Locating Bad Fender Rhodes Piano Pickups Quickly

[@JonathanLewis-uw7ow]

Fantastic- this will help me fix my 73 stage. Appreciated

[@DavidThackerMusic]

these videos are so insanely helpful. thank you

Hello, great instructional video! Do you know the pickup wiring for the 54 model?? Thx

[@cx7at]

Excellent the video. Well explained !!!

[@replayloud7045]

Can we use the tap test (ie tapping a screw driver) to also identify dead pickups? Is the advantage here that we can tell if there's a series wire issue too?

[@lukewarm5356]

Really useful, thanks for this

[@STP_Fantasma]

I was told that using a low heat soldering iron, like a 30w is ideal for this type of work. Is this true?

[@Superphilipp]

Definitely. You want to be careful not to melt the plastic

[@Munivemusica]

Is there any way to remove noises from the Rhodes?

[@TESLAB-ie2mn]

Why are the coils damaged? I can't figure out why, since there is no current flowing through it (no more than mV) so that it could burn or something like that... I am a guitar tech and I know that the working principle of the electric guitar pickup and the Fender Rhodes is the same but I have NEVER seen a guitar pickup break! Could someone explain it to me?

[@jonatanmorgenstern]

from what I have read this happens due to humidity and oxidation that causes the small wires to go bad.

[@silicon212]

38 bad pickups? No wonder the poor thing had no output. Assuming that's a 73, that's over half bad. If I get a MkII with white pickups, they're all getting replaced.

[@tom_k_d]

From my experince the ones with the white cover tape (late late 70ies and early 80ies) are a lot less reliable than the older ones with transparent tape - their wire tends to corrode at the solder joints, especially when the Rhodes was stored in humid environment. Given the cost of 73x new PUs, it's best to avoid instruments equipped with the white ones, especially if the metal parts of this specific instrument show signs of corrosion, too.

[@erwe1054]

fastest method - touching pickups cores with screwdriver, and listen.

[@jorgemellooliveira9611]

Ótimo

[@PedroPetracco]

Heyy, this is some complicated shit! Gotta love the real thing. Sadly, I'm sure to stick to my Vsts. Lol