Recent content by Bruce Reed

I stumbled across a used SD zebra humbucking that has unusual wiring. It has a single,vintage-style ground-braided wire & hot, but with a single plastic-coated green wire. Anyone happen to know what model of pickup it is?

This sounds silly, I am embarrassed just posting, but I am trying to figure out why there are technically 5 wires in a 4-wire pickup code. Black Green White Red Bare, twisted I want to use it as a straight humbucking (no coil tap) in the neck position. It is the bare wire that I don't see in...

While checking out various chorus pedals I stumbled on a pedal that appears to look very tempting. It also has a separate echo and I was also looking at those, too. Does anyone have one of these? What are your thoughts. Have I found a great 2-in-1 option?

All these years I have wondered what the bobbin materials were made from and if it was finished with a lacquer, etc? Since I don't have a vintage Tele/Esquire in my arsenal these days I have nothing to go by but my memories of guitars past. My Esquire's Antiquity pickup appears to have a clear...

I may be needing a two-button overdrive on a second pedalboard I am putting together. On my main board I have been using an older Fulltone Fulldrive for years. The 200lbs Of Gold has been highly recommended. I do enjoy Plexi-style tone and having a two-stage gain+boost is something I want to...

I have a Custom Telecaster with a JD (Jerry Donahue) in the bridge position and am extremely pleased with it. In my Esquire I have an Antiquity and I just don't care for it. Compared to the JD in the Tele, the Antiquity sounds mild and the high strings sound thin. There's no problem with it, I...

I had been using an old JB (SH-4) in my LP Custom for many years and loved it! The only negative I can think of is that it basically overpowered the stock T-top neck pickup. I mainly lived on the bridge pu anyway so it never really bothered me that much. Eventually I put the stock pu back in it...

For many years I used a JB in the bridge position of my LP Custom. Because I mainly relied on the bridge position in those days I rarely used the neck pickup, but when I did the neck pickup (the stock Gibson T-Top) was much less lower in volume. I know that Seymour has always recommended the...

Can someone point me to a simple diagram for my Strat; 3 single coils, with a standard 5-way switch, control knobs to be wired as the following: Knob 1 - Volume, Master For All Pickups Knob 2 - Tone, Bridge Pickup Only Knob 3 - Tone, Middle Pickup Only That's it, nothing fancy. I just never...

Re: Esquire Wiring For Brighter Sound In "Neck" Position? Here's how it is wired now. Hope this helps.

Re: Esquire Wiring For Brighter Sound In "Neck" Position? Sorry, I wasn't clear. By "neck" position I meant the selector switch was in the neck or rhythm, forward location. This Esquire is a standard, single pickup guitar and wired as an early 50's model.

I have a recent Esquire with a Duncan Antiquity pickup. It was wired per vintage Esquire spec by my tech. In the direct "bridge" position it sounds great, but in the "neck" selector position just sounds muddy and overly bass-y, with no edge to it at all. Pleading ignorance I don't know what cap...

Re: Rusty & gunky Antiquity pickup covers? Antiquity in bridge position, Gibson Burstbucker 1 in neck position. These covers were cleaned about 3 months ago. They don't look all that bad now, but before I cleaned them they looked nasty.

Re: Esquire Pickup Replacement Yes, I also have a JD in my '96 Custom Tele and it is a bit "beefier" than the Antiquity in my Esquire. Personally, I prefer the JD for my playing, but I would say that the Antiquity is probably closer to the originals. You can't go wrong with any of these...

Anyone else out there having problems with their Antiquity nickel pickup covers turning rusty and showing signs of verdigris (greenish blue residue)? I am also having the same problem with my Gibson Historic VOS Burstbucker covers. I don't sweat all that much and always keep my guitars clean...