Recent content by davguitar

I just received a SPB-3 today (Quarter Pounder for P-Bass), and I ordered it from Guitar Parts Resource, LLC, in Millersburg, OH. I just opened up the plastic box it came in. One white lead wire for one coil is completely missing and one black lead on the other coil is cut in half. The covers...

Well I just bought a SD AlNiCo II Pro Strat pickup to put in the bridge position of my maple neck American Standard Strat, to use along with a SD SSL-1 in the neck. (I'm putting a North magnetic polarity Fender in the middle for now.) Tell me I'm going to like this setup. My rationale was...

This may not be news to anyone here, but I believe I've discovered that Fender's single coil pickups can have different magnet orientations within their own line of pickups, depending on the model. I have a Fender American Standard Strat with the stock "Delta Tone" pickups. The tone is only...

What is the magnet orientation of the standard SSL-1's (i.e. the non-RW/RP version)? North or South? I'd appreciate the information. Thanks!

I could not find the wiring schematic at the main S.D. site for switching the coils on a 'Lil '59 from series to parallel. I think everything else is there but not that one. Please help a lazy guy figure this out so I don't have to do it by trial and error. Thanks! BTW, last week I asked for...

I won't mislead anybody. I'm not the largest purchaser of aftermarket pickups. Many of my guitars have the stock pickups. But I always look at Duncan first. Many years ago I bought a Duncan Strat pickup that turned-out to be just awful in the bridge position of that particular guitar...

I'm thinking of trying a TB-5 in my solid mahogany bodied custom Strat style guitar. SSL-1 single coils do well in it. The tone of the mahogany body seems to offset the brightness of the SSL-1's and I get a tone that I'm well pleased with. However I do want to try a full-size humbucker in...

I'd like some opinions from any folks who may have used the 'Lil '59 neck position pickup in the bridge position of a Strat type guitar, along with SSL-1's in the neck and mid positions. A friend of mine prefers the neck position version as he thinks it's a better tonal match with the other...