Recent content by blackbear

I got a new set of SPB-1s and installed them in a P/J bass without hooking up the Jazz pup (and left the middle switch and knob to fill the middle hole). I used new Bourns pots. The SPB-1s sound great. The problem is the tone pot doesn't change the tone at all. I used the Seymour Duncan diagram...

Has anyone ever had a shorted (defective) CRL switch? http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=3s_1v_2t_5w I have it wired exactly like this Seymour Duncan diagram, but all the pickups are hot in all the switch settings. I just pulled the middle and bridge...

Hi, I've been a mostly acoustic player my whole life, although have always had a couple of electrics, a Dan, which I still own, and a stupid rare Tele (serial # 5862) I sold to buy my Collings CJ. I've never felt comfortable on electric, mostly because of tone, but I've also never put in the...