Recent content by cementwave

I'm in the process of building a bass and its in the final stages of completion. I bought a pair of the passive Phase II soapbar pickups for it and I want to wire them up to two concentric pots so they each have a volume and a tone. I dont want(or have room for) a toggle switch though. Anyways I...

I have a fender jazz bass with a maple fretboard. It currently has the stock american vintage pickups in it. i'm considering getting new pickups and i'm not totally sure what to get. i'm looking for something with some good highs and mids. i really like the sound of old rics like on early...

I've got the SSB-4 passive soapbar pickup set and I want to wire it up as 2 tone, 2 volume and a 3 way toggle. Unfortunately it only has two wires coming out of each(not including the ground). Will I be able to wire them that way or not?

I'm going to start making a bass soon, its going to have a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard and the body will be maple in the center with mahogany on the sides(kinda like a neck through). I'm thinking that for the pickups I want a SMB-4a in the bridge and a SSB-4 in the neck(well more like...

I have a Fender Jazz bass and I have been thinking about replacing the neck pickup with a p bass quarter pounder. According to the descripition it says that it sounds best with a rosewood fretboard, but my bass has a maple fretboard. I was wondering how this would affect the tone and stuff. I...

I bought a Fender Rumble 100 bass amp a while back. It gives me the tone that I need and it works. The only problem I have with it is that it just isnt loud enough. I need help making it louder. You might be thinking, "why dont you just go buy a good amp?" I cant because my parents are...

Next semester I am taking woods and I am planning on making a bass body. Its going to be more or less a p bass made of walnut with a strip of (hopefully figured) maple down the middle. I've decided I want to route it for humbuckers and thought of maybe using the kind on the american deluxe p...

i just ordered 2 neck/middle vintage noiseless strat pickups and a little 59 brige and a tbx tone pot for my strat. now i have just a few problems. in the tbx wiring diagram it says that i need a ground lug connected to the selector which i did and one that just hangs off a wire i guess. which i...

ok, so here's the deal. i bought a les paul pee wee on ebay, mainly for a travel guitar. i found out that the body is made of plywood. so i decided that i would make an sg body for it in woods. i have a screamin demon that ive had for a while and i wanted to get rid of it and get another...

uh do you need a tremspaced pickup for a regular tremelo?

hey guys, im new. during the school year im going to make a guitar in wood shop. :) its basically going to be a fender american deluxe strat fmt except the body and the humbucker will be different. and a maple fret board. the problem is i cant figure out which humbucker. :question: the ones...