Recent content by ancient_owl

Re: STK-S4 wiring issue? Here's the basic picture. Neck SD pickup is wired this way: red isolated, black and bare (yellowish) - grounded, white - to the 3-way switch. I hope this will clear the situation...

Hello! I've just installed STK-S4 in the neck position of my partcaster. I was ready that it's a low-output pickup, but I have a weird issue with harmonics - it's exremely hard to get them and, moreover, it's completely impossible to get natural harmonics at the 5-th fret. I had Dimarzio...

Hi, guys! :wave: (background info, not the problem) I have a PRS SE which had a set of Duncan Distortion(b) and Duncan Jazz(n). A really great and powerful combo for driven sound! After a while I decided to install a single in the neck, I've never had singles, so I really wanted to feel the...

Re: SD wiring for PRS SE without coil split Just in case someone needs this scheme. Got it from PRS support:

Hello! I've recently bought a pair of Distortion and Jazz(n) and want to install them in my PRS SE. I decided to leave only 1 volume pot and feel no need in coil splitting. The main problem now is a 3-way blade switch, which is not listed in official PRS schemes page. It has 8 contacts (I'm not...

Hello! So, I got bored with the sound of stock pickups of my guitar (korina-maple-ebony) and I'd like to swap pickups. The bridge'll definitely be DD, as I play Slayer/Metallica and some 80's stuff. For the neck I'd like to have a pickup with decent clean tone and nice distorted soloing...

Hi, mates! Finally made my mind on choosing the right pickups (Custom+Pearly Gates) and now I want to install no-holes solid covers on them, these: http://pop-music.ru/bigimg/888880013855.jpg I want to smoothen a bit my tone with them as I want to remove the tone knob from the circuit. And now...

Hello guys! About half a year ago I installed the AHB-1 set in my BC Rich IT Jr. V. and that was a HUGE improvement :cool: compared to original BC Rich pickups. However, now I feel that my tone is too dark-toned, it seems to be true that active pickups contribute to guitar tone more than the...