Why are my pickups not working?
Make sure the jack on the guitar is not bent or broken. Check for broken wires or cold solder joints. ... Using an ohm meter, check each pickup for possible damage to coils, lead wires, solder joints, and possible breaks in the coil from removing a cover or having a string hooked into the coil.
Why is my neck pickup not working?
If you got no sound from the neck pickup on the test, try removing the pickup and taking the cloth out. You can remove the pickup by removing the four screws on the corners of the plastic pickup ring. Just make sure the guitar isn't plugged into anything and the strings are sort of loose so you can get it out.