Recent content by Darg1911

Re: Les Paul wiring - 50's mod diagram with shielded wires. Is it any good ? I prefer to use shielded wire. The type of shielded wire depends on what the pickups are wired with. If they are single conductor pips with vintage braid wire then I'll usually wire with the same type for the rest of...

I had a Zen like pedal on the board but it had a couple of tweaks. I wanted to build a straight up clone. Built on an Aion board. Used an AD712 op-amp and one 1N34A germanium diode (both socketed). Really simple circuit. Low parts count.

I'm not really big on Fuzz pedals. I like the 3 knob Tone bender MKIII's ok but even those can be too extreme (for my tastes). I recently built a germanium Fuzz Face and I'm loving it. I used an Aion board (Aion Electronics Solaris). It incorporates the popular mods like an Input control...

Re: DUST! If the head is sitting on a cabinet, you can check into appliance moving blankets. In the states they can be found for about 20 dollars each. I use them to cover a couple heads stacked on top of cabinets. Keeps the dust off and the cat from tearing up the tolex. They're large...

Re: TOO much false info on web - post pics and info on pups YOU'VE torn down Stock bridge humbucker from a Godin Core. It's a G&B with ceramic mag. Single, thick ceramic magnet. Flanking the magnet on each side are double stacked plastic spacers. Baseplate removed. The neck bucker...

Re: Bourns pots? Like this ... ;)

Still looking for a properly fitting case for my LP Jr. This is a long shot but ... Anyone happen to have a Junior and one of these cases? If so, does it actually fit right (without resorting to a T-shirt underneath the body)? https://www.themusiclink.net/p/cg-056-lpj

Re: Shielding and Gibson-style braided cables Glad you got it sorted out. Still not sure you have the pickups wired quite right (assuming they are Duncans) but someone else can take a close look. I like to use a piece of 18 or 20 gauge buss wire to connect the pot cases rather than...

Like an idiot, I'm trying to justify (more like talk myself out of it) replacing a nut on a Les Paul. Not because there is anything wrong with it. It's a perfectly good Corian nut. It's slotted about as low as one could go without buzzing on the upper frets. No string binding, no tuning...

Re: Best advice for removing glued tuners... I know you like the double ring tuner buttons. I just replaced the Grover Rotomatics in my Tribute with Schaller G-series vintage style machines. I didn't care about the double rings on the buttons but the Schallers were the double ring version...

Anyone know if Schaller is still making their tuning machines in Germany or are they farmed out to Asia? Trying to decide if the Schaller vintage style machines are any better than Grovers or Gibson branded.

Split shaft machines ... I know that they still make them in a 6 in-line for a vintage Fender thing. There may be others making them but I don't know of any. Is there not a market for them or is there some type of flaw in the design for guitar? Obviously they are the standard for Bass guitars.

Re: Let's see some telecasters( telecasters only)

I got this 4x12 at a community yard sale 3 years ago or more. It was an empty MDF cab that was missing the grill cloth and the back panel. Also was missing most of the baffle screws if I remember right. But what was left was in pretty good shape including the handles and the "tolex" (more...

Just posting this cause I thought it was interesting. This probably isn't new to some of you but it's new to me. Blackwood Tek. A type of pine (pinus radiata) grown in New Zealand goes through a pretty cool process to create fretboards. It's kiln dried, treated (and colored) under...