Restoring 70s STRAT low pickup volume

[The Dude]

Agree with Chuck. Nice looking axe. Out of curiosity, did you have the pickups rewound, solder issues, or what was the final solution?

[olddawg]

Bet the knobs aren’t original. Nice “big headstock” Strat. Pay attention to the micro tilt mechanism.

[Leo_Gnardo]

both neck and middle pickups fixed!

The sweet sound of success! Did you find a rewind? Let us know, in case anyone else in that area runs into the same problem, they can find the info by searching.

[Chuck H]

Bet the knobs aren’t original. Nice “big headstock” Strat. Pay attention to the micro tilt mechanism.

Agree. I still like it. And I usually like to contrast my pickups with the pick guard too, but on that guitar I like the black on black.

[brunobliss]

Agree with Chuck. Nice looking axe. Out of curiosity, did you have the pickups rewound, solder issues, or what was the final solution?

Took it to a local Luthier (Filipe Brandão btw great person / professional), he tried to salvage the pickups by first unwinding both PU a couple of times but ended up having to totally rewind both. 3 Days turnaround. I'm very happy with it

Agree. I still like it. And I usually like to contrast my pickups with the pick guard too, but on that guitar I like the black on black.

All the hardware, apart from the white knobs (waiting for the black ones to arrive) and schaller strap locks (i think) are original stuff, here's a picture of me in the 80s holding the actual guitar