Recent content by Bo-Hawk

I am surprised this combo works. I put this in my Jackson Rhoads guitar I had for 20 years. Alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. A little personal history on this guitar. It always played great with some minor modifications to the trem and the nut and sounds great when unplugged. But...

I want to change up one of my strats. Mahogany body, Maple Neck. Currently has an EMG 60A and two EMG Crossroads single coils. I am thinking of doing all Screamin Demons. Trembucker in the bridge, and two Lil Demons in the middle and neck. Thoughts? Also if i go through with it, would the Lil...

I originally had a Custom 8 in the bridge in a strat and it sounded really good (but a tad too hot), but I found that pickup works better in a different guitar. I will be keeping a Lil Pearly Gates in the middle and a WLH in the neck. I was thinking of using SNS in the bridge and that is the...

I got a great deal on this Warmoth mahogany body strat (with spalted maple top in transparent amber, see pictures) and plan on adding a maple neck with pau ferro fingerboard to it. It's going to be top routed for HSH and I want to go with all humbuckers. The wiring will be unique. It will have...

I am working on a DIY Les Paul Copy with some Parsons Street PAF spec reissues from Steward Macdonald. I want to be close to vintage spec. What is (If any) differences between the Vitamin Qs and Bumblebee Paper in Oil Caps I believe they are similar enough, but I would like some input from...

What are the tonal differences? I got a les Paul with a Custom 5 in the bridge and a Screamin Demon in the neck. It sounds good but a bit too much mid scoop in it. I tried a ceramic and I find the mids good, but too harsh. A2 doesn't have enough high end or output. Your thoughts on what to...

I want to replace the Quarter pound single coil in my HSH strat. I like the QP but the hum is just too much for my setup. I currently have a Custom 8 in the bridge and a WLH in the neck. I leaning towards the Little PG from the custom shop with a series parallel switch for the middle...

Re: Tone from Coil Tapping a Custom 8 and WLH I may need to rotate magnets and swap green and black wires, but the basics are here

So I experimented with a unique wiring combination for my HSH custom Strat and had not so great results and I am planning on going with a near typical wiring scheme. Setup is Bridge: Custom 8 Middle: Quarter Pound Strat (reverse wound) with a tap for a more traditional Strat tone Neck: Whole...

So I got an Alternative 8 in My SG and I am finding it to be a bit aggressive on the high end and upper mids. The original Gibson pickups were just too thin and I had EMG 85s in there with a mild improvement. I love how thick sounding the Alternative 8 is, especially when clean, but the high...