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Chasing tone on a Flying V copy that's naturally bright. I wanted big bold Gibson-ey sound. Stock pickups were fat (huge bobbins and extra thick magnet), but lacking subtlety. Super Distortion/Air Classic was too piercing in the bridge and too tame/floppy in the neck. JB/Jazz was closer, but the...

Word. I guess I assumed it would have two tone pots. zz0.u2k87lmizn8zz

Tele switch is pictured, it has the Eric Clapton mid boost so I don’t know if it’s wired the same as a traditional telecaster. I am wanting to swap in a 5 way switch so I can do Nashville Tele stuff. I’ve looked at diagrams, but they’re all a little different than when I have here, so I’m...

Was doing some pickup swapping yesterday and accidentally nicked a coil on my Duncan Custom. Oops! So I did the testing on this page: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/how-to-test-guitar-pickups-with-a-multimeter and it appears that the adjustable south coil is toast. No reading...

Hey all. I wanted to step back from this tone chase and see what you all think are must try humbuckers, and/or your favorites. Pickups have changed a lot since I started swapping in 2005… would love to hear your opinions and maybe a “why it’s great” as well! I’ll go first. faves dimarzio...

Hi all! Starting a thread to track progress on installing a set of P-Rails. Been reading about it and it seems like this is a good starter scheme... I don't really use split coil sounds much, so parallel/series/P90 sounds like a solid place to begin...

I have a guitar with a Jazz neck model in the bridge. Single pickup, 500k volume pot, that’s it. I’d like to add a single coil to the neck spot, and I have both a generic Strat neck pickup and a Duncan Broadcaster pickup laying around. Would either of those sound okay with 500k pots, matched...

tldr: HH set for a blues/classic/90s rock cover band playing lead guitar. Fat singing rock leads on the bridge, hollow bluesy SRV leads on the neck. Long: I’m playing a Tele in a cover band, classic rock to blues to 90s rock. Think Matchbox 20, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Lead guitar mostly. Love the...

Hey everyone. Hoping for a recommendation. I have a Strat Am Pro II that I’d like to put a single coil size humbucker in the bridge. I use this guitar at open blues/funk jams, and often go into a backline amp without any pedals… so rhythm is played on the chimey neck position and I’ll switch to...

I'm building one out for traditional country guitar techniques. What bridge pickup should I pick for that traditional chirpy country sound? Vintage 54, Antiquity, and Five-Two are the most appealing to me from descriptions and sound samples. The guitar itself is naturally snappy and bright, amp...

Which one would you all recommend for a mid heavy Jackson style guitar that I’m trying to nudge towards chimey single coilness? Current pickups are P.A.F. voiced and about that output. Guitar is a 25.5” bolt on.

Hey all. Hoping for some help with a Jackson super strat I have. HT-6, the Misha sig with MM1 pickups. Basically when I'm on Neck, Bridge, or Neck/Bridge there's a ton of piercing high end that is hard to dial out... turn down the treble/presence and it's muddy, leave the treble/presence up and...

Got an Epi Casino with dogear P90s. Love the guitar acoustically (full hollowbody) but amplified it is pretty odd. Tons of attack, notes decay REALLY fast and sustain only lasts about 4 seconds on any given note or chord, and output-wise the pickups seem louder than my hottest guitars (PRS SE...

My Tele has the kind of tuners that you poke the string down into, rather than through. So you cut the string beforehand, give it a couple extra inches and poke it down into the tuner. Went to re-string the other day and as I wound the unwound strings they all slipped out. This happened on 5...

Ok pickup gurus. Have a scenario/conundrum to throw at ya. What does the EMG 85 excel at in the bridge, and what are some comparable pickups? Most of what I find googling is just Harmony Central type “it’s great! 18 volt! It’s better than the 81!” basic stuff. Reason for asking is a lot of my...