Recent content by AdmiralB

When did QPs get protruding poles? I have a recent Jazz set (~6 months), and a new P/J set, and the poles protrude slightly above the covers (the Js are higher in the middle). But I just bought another Jazz neck, and it has flush poles...based upon the cosmetics of the printing on the cover...

I've got a set of P90s I took out of a Hamer a long time ago...probably from a '96 or '97 guitar, they still have the old inked paper stickers. The usual Hamer 2N/3B set. I recently picked up a guitar in which I'd like to use them, but it would look best with cream covers and mine are black...

A little over 6" lead, works perfectly. Definitely used, bobbin tops have light scratching and string marks. $40 shipped CONUS.

One S-X pickup, black. Absolutely mint in box with unopened pots/harnesses. Had it in a guitar for 30 minutes (already wired for EMGs, so I didn't need to open the electronics parts), decided it's not my thing. $50 shipped CONUS.

I always figured, brass or German silver. But I just bought a guitar that has an OEM '59N and PGB with black-painted baseplates that appear to be neither. They are drilled for direct mounting; I went to solder nuts to them - scraped away the black paint on the tabs, cleaned with acetone - and...

I just put a tapped SSL6 in a guitar. I intended to use a no-load pot to 'spin' the tap; wire the full-coil lead to the selector and connect the tapped lead to the wiper of the no-load pot. By grounding the 'bottom' terminal, at '10' the tapped lead is isolated, and rolling down to '0'...

Looking for details on SD's passive EMG 35 series replacements shown at NAMM...anything out there?