Recent content by Brett Valentine

Hey all, just picked up a MIM Standard Tele w/Ash body upgrade (the Carvin DC-400 next to the Strat in the picture is gone and the Tele has taken its place) and am looking to change out the pickups (bridge p/u mainly). It's just too much top and not enough mids. I was wondering if anyone has...

Always intended to add a clip of the project I did with the SATF. Here's a version of "Help The Poor" from a Harmony Central electric Guitar jam thread. It's not a "flat" representation of the pickups, but what I can get with my guitar. Recorded into a Line 6 Guitar Port. Here it is (warts...

For any of those who remember, I installed the TBX bass cut mod on a couple of my guitars. I could never figure out how to smooth out the bass cut as it all occurred between 5 and 6 on the pot. I remembered the thread and rooted around and found Doc's mod to improve the TBX's original function...

Anybody try this? Not sure of the wiring. For a generic master volume wiring scheme, substitute the volume pot for the TBX control.

Okay, I know it's a sickness, but I just purchased another Hamer (used amber SATF with case) on ebay and am looking for different pickup ideas. Looking for brighter and a bit less smooth than the other (which is an absolute winner). The first has a Jazz(n)/Pearly Gates(b) combination, how...

Based on the success with the TBX mod on my Hamer SATQ rewire, I'm considering a new rewiring project. My Carvin DC135 -koa, Hot Rails(n) Carvin S60 blade(m) pickupspstom Custom(b) has the Stellartone ToneStyler installed and it's not the best fit for what I need, but I like the 1+ Meg...

I just installed a Stellartone ToneStyler in my DC135T. While the PG(b) is my favorite bridge pickup, in all koa, the tone is warm, and the mids are a bit too much. The ToneStyler seems to accentuate this even more, and so, it's time to replace the pickup. After listening to the clips and...

I'm looking for that warm singing Alnico II Pro neck tone with a little more stringiness to it. Do you think the Pearly Gates with a cover can get close to this? Brett

Mapping out how to wire a 2 humbucker 3 way selector switch with a master volume, master TBX tone control, Master Mids control. Would it work Switch Middle lead to the TBX open lead from TBX open lead to Volume open lead from volume open lead to which ever lead is open on the Master Mids...

Just picked one up for $324.00. Very pretty, not sure about the core body wood . . . poplar? basswood? (it feels like it responds more like a semi hollow, more "airy" than a solid mahogany body). It has the Duncan Designed p/u's now; actually a pretty nice, mellow sound that responds nicely to...

Finally decided on a Pearly Gates neck to go in combination with the Custom Custom I had. Put them in a Carvin DC400T (maple through body neck and cap w/ mahogany body wings, active/passive electronics). It's a completely different guitar! Where the Carvin M22V and M22SD pickups were...

Okay, I've got a Custom Custom lying around, ready to install in my Carvin DC400T (Maple neck, ebony fingerboard, mahogany/maple cap body, Wilkinson Trem, bypassable preamp). After trying the CC in the Brian Moore (with an APH-1n), I decided it's new home would be in the Carvin's bridge...

I picked up a Custom Custom and a Classic Stack this afternoon as part of my "general guitar facelift" project. I tried dropping the CstmCstm in the bridge position of the Brian Moore (in place of a Pearly Gates), and I took it back out in about 2 minutes! It was just too close to the neck...

I'm thinking of this for my TexMex Strat (neck).

Hi all, In light of the recent pickup change I did on a used Brian Moore I just picked up (Alnico II Pro neck/ Pearly Gates bridge) I went back and played the DC 400T (mahogany body, Maple neck, flamed Maple top, ebony fingerboard) and decided the pickups were definitely lacking in a...