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jseelye02 · 4th August 2009

I have a 1978 Gibson SG that I love, but don't use often. I decided to bust it out today and noticed something odd: the neck and bridge pickups sound amazing, but the middle position sounds pretty strange. It's not 'phase-y' strange, it's more like 'it doesn't really differ from the neck pickup' strange. I spent 20 minutes flipping back and forth between the neck and the middle position and I couldn't hear a difference other than the neck being a bit louder. The highs rang the same and the lows felt about the same as well. Any thoughts on what this could be? All my googling points to a wiring issue, but this guitar is 100% original and I've never noticed it before (but, as I said, I rarely use it).

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

4th August 2009	#1
jseelye02 Gear nut Joined: Jan 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 88 Thread Starter	Gibson SG pickup toggle question I have a 1978 Gibson SG that I love, but don't use often. I decided to bust it out today and noticed something odd: the neck and bridge pickups sound amazing, but the middle position sounds pretty strange. It's not 'phase-y' strange, it's more like 'it doesn't really differ from the neck pickup' strange. I spent 20 minutes flipping back and forth between the neck and the middle position and I couldn't hear a difference other than the neck being a bit louder. The highs rang the same and the lows felt about the same as well. Any thoughts on what this could be? All my googling points to a wiring issue, but this guitar is 100% original and I've never noticed it before (but, as I said, I rarely use it). Any thoughts? Thanks.