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I think most vintage strat singles are wound with 42 AWG, tele bridges mostly with 42 (though the higher DCR on some makes me think they might be 43 gauge, like the Broadcaster pup), and the tele neck with 43 AWG. Is that all correct? What wire gauges are used in Seymour's single coils? If I...

A quick search of the forum, and my recollection tells me that one of the Seymourizer pickups was the predecessor to the SH-6n distortion neck. I believe that's the Seymourizer II. I believe there was also a Seymourizer I, which was meant to be a bridge pickup. What's the deal with these two...

Here are the outgoing pickups (prices shipped to continental US): hotrails bridge, black, $45 hotrails neck/mid, white, $45 JB jr neck/mid, black, $45 lil 59 neck/mid, white, $45 GFS lil' killer, 10K, black, best offer The Duncans are in good working order and decent cosmetic shape. The lil...

I have a 3 way PCB tele style lever switch which worked in the neck position when it was first installed a few weeks ago, and has since stopped working for the neck position, but works for the bridge and middle. When I push the lever laterally, the connection gets made and the neck pup works...

How well do the ssl-6 custom flat and ssl-4 quarter pound flat work with humbuckers in an HSH configuration? Alder body, maple neck, maple board, vintage trem. JB or SH-5 Custom at the bridge, PAFish HB in the neck. I'd like the middle single to be higher output than standard strat singles...

When combining coils from standard 4 conductor neck and bridge humbuckers in series, do you like the bridge screw coil/neck slug coil or the neck screw coil/bridge slug coil combo better? I'm guessing the bridge screw/neck slug is a bit brighter, correct? Which pickups have you tried this with...

I recently refinished and wired up a Harmony strat copy with a pair of HB's and used the stock 5 way switch. Right now I have them wired up at the bridge and neck positions of the strat, which means nothing in the middle position, and the same tones at positions 2 and 4. I was thinking about...

I found some 5-40 allen head screws which would work for polepieces at fastener-express.com. They have "alloy steel" and stainless steel. What are Duncan polepieces made with? Any thoughts on whether "alloy" or stainless will be closer to the Duncan polepieces?

Looking for comparison and contrast of the Full Shred bridge SH-10 or TB-10 vs the Custom and or the Distortion. What are your experiences with them? Also, looks like all the FS polepieces are fairly short and do not go very far through the baseplate. Anybody tried shorter polepieces in a...

I picked up an IC400 reissue Iceman recently. The stock pups are the AH1 and AH2, which are OK but not great. I like that they have plenty of mids, some scream for soloing and a bit of chunk on the low end (once the low E string hex pole was screwed out a bit), but they seem to lack clarity...

What's the link to the Seymour site which explains the pickup letter and number codes? I know I've seen it before, just couldn't find it again a moment ago.

Wasn't sure where this should go or if it's a deuce, but here it is: Eruption via cello!

What do you think about all mahogany carved top LP style axes, like the '57 LP copies? Are they too dark and tubby? What pups do you like with them, and what styles are you playing?

I recently pulled the Duncan Designed JB/59 set out of my MIK Hamer Standard (alder) and installed a Distortion at the bridge and Screamin Demon at the neck. Someone suggested that combo on this forum some time ago. I was a bit skeptical of the SD at the neck, but it's resonant peak at 7K and...

The practice space thread over in the guitar forum got me thinking about this one: post your band's page and recordings. My current band: www.myspace.com/westcoastdoom And the last one: www.myspace.com/sideofbacon