Hi guys,
I opened up two guitars the other night with the intention of swaping pickups but realized the current installation was nothing like the Duncan diagram i had in front of me. Why is that? are there a zillion different ways to wire up the same pickups? I was going to just gut the guitar and install new pots, caps, wire, etc and follow the Duncan diagram. Maybe I'll try that.
Does it matter what type of wire I use? Gauge? I say this because it seems I may end up needing extra wire for the output jack, etc.
I also noticed on this guitar and actually other guitars that the cap isn't wired between the pots....rather it seem wire from the tone pot terminal to the back of the pot. What is this?
Also, my local shop carries CTS pots and Dimcarzio pots. Is there a difference? I was only going to replace the pots because there is so much solder on the back of the pots from the last guy who did this work for me.
What about matched pots? Is it really important? I've heard of matched tubes.....but pots?
Thanks.
I opened up two guitars the other night with the intention of swaping pickups but realized the current installation was nothing like the Duncan diagram i had in front of me. Why is that? are there a zillion different ways to wire up the same pickups? I was going to just gut the guitar and install new pots, caps, wire, etc and follow the Duncan diagram. Maybe I'll try that.
Does it matter what type of wire I use? Gauge? I say this because it seems I may end up needing extra wire for the output jack, etc.
I also noticed on this guitar and actually other guitars that the cap isn't wired between the pots....rather it seem wire from the tone pot terminal to the back of the pot. What is this?
Also, my local shop carries CTS pots and Dimcarzio pots. Is there a difference? I was only going to replace the pots because there is so much solder on the back of the pots from the last guy who did this work for me.
What about matched pots? Is it really important? I've heard of matched tubes.....but pots?
Thanks.
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