Recent content by bhuether

I installed a JB in my Ibganez RG2820. It is mahogany w/ maple top, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. I noticed on certain frets, especially on E and B string, the notes sound very warbly. I tried changing pickup height, bridge height and everything else I can think of. Nothing gets rid of it...

I have been using this wiring for a two humbucker guitar and it works fine with Dimarzio pickups. But I have been reading lots of conflicting info (people saying I need to do a phase reversal, etc). In any case, here is my current wiring and I modified it for SD colors: I know it is a...

In an earlier post, someone said I can use hex screws to make for better articulation. I had never heard that before. Can someone tell me about this? Which screws are we talking about exactly and where should I buy them? thanks, brian

Just wondering about this. thanks, brian

All my guitars have Dimarzios and so I figure I owe SD a chance. I play most instrumental rock. I currently use Dimarzio high output pickups. Nothing super high output. High enough for great lead tone in hard rock, glam rock setting and also good for blues. Nice sounding coil tapping and...

This is in regards to a Dimarzio... I installed a ToneZone. It sounded pretty **** good but when wired in parallel mode it is just as noisy as doing a coil cut. So I measured the DC resistance between various leads. Here is what I got: 9.22 K between red and black. No other wire pairing...

Check this out: Push/pull 1 is a coil cut switch that cuts both pickups simultaneously. This should work as Push/pull 1 down* 1 Bridge series 2 Bridge series parallel w/ neck series 3 Neck Series Push/pull 1 up* 1 Bridge north coil 2 Bridge north coil parallel w/ neck south coil 3 Neck...

I am getting a guitar with a 5 way megaswitch and push/pull. I want the following: - Neck series - Neck parallel - Neck cut - Bridge series - Bridge parallel - Bridge cut - Neck series parallel with bridge series - Inner coils in parallel I think I figured out a way to get that with the 5 way...