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Re: Can it do Metal? You can do metal on a banjo so I'd say yeah why not a ukelele..

Re: First Guitar? A Futurama 3..!!! (I wonder if Matt Groening had one too..?!) I won it playing cards at high school, with marked cards I may add..!! I did come clean about this but my Buddy said he didn't care, it had been up in his attic for years an no one wanted it.. It was in bad shape...

Re: Post your Swiss Army guitars. American Fender Strat.. Duncan Distortion(b) Fender Single Coil(m) DiMarzio Chopper(n).. 500k Bourn No Load Volume Pot, Fender TBX Bridge/Middle Tone Pot.. Push/Push 500k No Load Neck Tone + 'Neck On' Switch.. 4dpdt Bridge Split 3-Way Switch.. From the...

Hey good guitar guys, I've had this 60 watt, 1x12" Celestron, FlexTone II SS modelling combo amp from new since 2001 along with my Fender Stratocaster.. Both remained totally unmodded or tweaked until this year when I rewired and changed the pickups on my Strat.. Was a big change and I like the...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch More superb theory, explanation and solutions from Teleplayer.. Thanks a lot Man.. I will be sure to do try the parallel the next time I have her 'kit off'.. :naughty: But for now and because you've been so good, here's a pic of...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch So the parallel/series/split mod isn't quite as easy as switching out a few wires as I first thought.. There are complications over phasing and magnet polarity which I maybe don't need to get into just now.. More research required I...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch Just been looking into the series split parallel switch setup and I'm interested in trying it out. Keep coming across this diagram as the one to follow:- How I'd like the switch to work ideally would be: Bottom (bridge) Position...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch Hey thanks for the cool comments.. The guitar was, I'm pretty sure a 'Vintage Blonde Reissue' with translucent paint. I left it in the sun for a few years at my last property and its definitely gotten creamier. The grain used to...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch Hey good folks, Well we got there in the end..!! I've done the complete build on my Strat and it works like a dream..) It was a pretty complex re-wire but I just took my time and I didn't break, melt or electrocute anything and...

Re: TBX Tone Pot Wiring Hey thanks for the suggestion ICTGoober.. Here is the Fender diagram.. From reading about the TBX tone pot, I gathered it was a designed around the active Mid Boost circuit and the 82K resistor is 'tone-sucking' in a passive system, hence me not following the Fender...

Hey Good Folks, Been experimenting lately with all kinds of tone pots, different brands and values, push pulls etc.. Fitted a Fender TBX tone pot yesterday, as on paper it sounded like a great solution. A 250K pot, no load and 1M pot all in one with various ways to wire it. I didn't use the...

Re: HSS Strat Wiring Diagram For Coil Split Using 3-Way Switch Ok guys...Been busy with this and I have maybe come up with my diagram.. :bigok: Its my first ever attempt at this and therefore decidedly rough and primitive so let me apologise for the eyesore.. I actually enjoyed making it and...

1999 Strat is standard apart from the trembucker just installed in the bridge with a 500k volume pot.. 5 way selector, 1 master volume, 2 tone controls (bridge, middle/neck).. Looking to make a coil split on the bridge pup and add an option to combine it with the neck pup at the flick of a...

..just got my Duncan Distortion trembucker to drop in the bridge.. new HSS pickguard.. new 500k pots.. super excited.. ..moved everything perfectly onto my new setup.. soldered in all the new pots and the lovely shiny new white DD.. ..finalised and set the loaded pickguard into position...

American Fender Stratocaster SSS To HSS Conversion. pots, caps, coil split switch Hey guys, Just got a Duncan Distortion to drop into the bridge of my pure 1999 SSS Ash Fender Stratocaster. Just need a few pointers and questions on the right components and best way of wiring this up. I want...