Recent content by Dauminator

I'm putting together an HSS Strat and I'm going to use the fender dual 250k/500k pot. I'm very new to wiring but with the resources I've found online I think this will work. Honestly surprised there isn't a wiring diagram with a normal 5-way switch and the standard volume-tone-tone layout. I'm...

I'm a fan of the les Paul Tribute. It is great, a no-frills Les Paul (that actually looks like a Les Paul) that's $900-$1,700 less than the Classic or Standard. It has no binding, but with reflector knobs, the selector plate (that it comes with), and great feeling satin neck it's hard to beat...

I've got an esquire build lined up and I'm thinking about throwing some rails in it. I like the idea of position 1 being single coil, position 2 being parallel, and position 3 being series. Would anyone know how to wire it up? I saw one article from Premier Guitar but their diagram doesn't even...

I bought a pickguard for my Epi SG to go from humbuckers to p-90s, and of course the holes ALMOST line up. I'm taking this as an opportunity to learn how to work on guitars, and was wondering if anyone has a preferred method. There are two methods of filling that I have heard of so far, the...

I've come up with the idea of an esquire but with a P-Rails in the bridge, and wiring is not my strong suit. Esquires have just one pickup yet a 3 pickups selector switch, and so I was wondering if there was a way to wire the P-Rails to the selector switch with position 1 being a "humbucker,"...

As a man with a college budget I like to save where I can, and guitarfetish/GFS is bookmarked on chrome. I like the sound of their pickups, but I tried an Xaviere xv550 and it's taken a good amount of work to make it halfway decent. If you pay attention to them at all you'll have noticed they...

I'll never be able to afford a true Les Paul, and this is about as close as I'll ever get. I've heard rumors that it will be a special run but I've never pre-ordered a guitar before, let alone a "budget" brand like epiphone. Trogly is showing some QC issues, and I have never played burstbuckers...

Re: Best pickup combo for everything 80s It's funny you used Rock Me Like a Hurricane as an example, because the first 80s hair band I was introduced to were the Scorpions. That's why I associate a white offset guitar with the 80s. I'd go for an explorer but I really do not like the way they...

Looking for a combo of pickups that nails that goo-y glam filled goodness that is the 80s, think Mötley Crüe, Def Lppard, etc. Doesn't have to be SD specific. Hoping to buy and mod one of those Squier HH Jazzmasters in white

Re: First wiring attempt gone wrong. HELP! We have a winner :evil: I soldered the red and white wires together and what do ya know, it makes a sound! Sweet sweet rock n roll lol. Under high gain you can tell its not completely grounded, but my katana has a noise gate that I use anyways...

Re: First wiring attempt gone wrong. HELP! This is the bridge to bridge capacitor this is the toggle switch to the output jack I also grounded the post to each other where the diagram shows. This is the video I watched...

I recently purchased a Les Paul body as a project to learn how to work on guitars, and I've gotten everything down except the wiring. I thought I followed the diagram properly but when I plug it in it buzzes like it's not grounded and the pickups barely make any sound if at all. This is a...

Hey guys, I have a Katana mk2 100 that I plug straight into my computer (PC) via USB. I am very new to recording, and I use Audacity as my DAW. I've noticed that the sound through my headphones sounds different than playing the amp through the speaker, and I don't know why. Is it the katana...

Hey guys, so I’m working on my first project guitar, and I probably count’t have picked a worse one to start. I’m not that familiar with soldering, so I tried out the GFS Kwikplug stuff. The guitar is a semi hollow LP copy with no back plate. Long story short when I went to put the pots in the...

For the Christmas of 2018, I got an Xaviere XV 550 that I had been looking at. It’s a les Paul hollow body copy with F-holes, zebra pickups, and diamond inlays. What attracted me to it the most though was the finish: for $270 (after shipping), could the guitar really be that good?? THE GOOD: The...