yeah i checked those two solder pads at the time with the same result.øøøøøøø wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:38 amAha, one more spot to check:
the two rectangular solder pads on the far edges of the pickup bobbin, on the same plane as the six polepieces.
If you look at the top (coil side) of the pickup (your first photo), you can just barely make out a coil wire going over the edge of the black bobbin down to the solder pad.
Check the integrity of that wire (assuming there's something similar on the other side), probe those two solder points with your multimeter, maybe reflow those two solder joints if it's still showing open circuit
There's one observation i made that i didn't mention yet. I took off the black tape that goes around the whole pickup to see if that would reveal anything. There was a strand of the copper coil that was loose. looked like one hair out of place.