Yes, I think it might be a good plan to rip the lot out and start again...I tried it bypassing everything, and there was a definite improvement, so it...

Thanks guys. Not splittable, unfortunately, although my first suspicion was that one of the coils had failed on the old one. That's partly why I chang...

Sorry, had chance (at last) to get back on to this project, and it's still driving me mad... I ordered a replacement pickup which has finally arrived ...

No luck - the capacitor seems fine...

Haha - it'd be worth a fortune!You might well be right about the capacitor - I guess that would leave the tone pot as just a volume pot...