Recent content by eclecticsynergy

Can't think of an easy way to do what you want using a standard 5-way (or even a Superswitch). And I concur with the others above that two humbuckers in series with each other is unlikely to be useful, likely even unusable. So let me offer an alternative that I might consider myself: swap the...

Heavy and huge but indestructible & foolproof, and no power required. Mine's close to forty years old and still going strong. I've gone through several Morleys in that time.

my main board jam board and this one, for a reunion mini-tour with my band from the 80s EDIT: had to replace the pics; I'd forgotten that the software here no longer allows direct Imgur links, so I can only post the version with the white frame now.

I like T-tops in neck position, had one at the neck on my main gigging Floydcaster throughout the 80s, and on quite a few Gibsons over the years. They are fairly well-balanced and polite, crisp without being overly harsh. And don't impose a lot of their own personality on a guitar's sound. It's...

Recently got myself an Alexander History Lesson V3. Very nice delay pedal IMO, an update of their Quadrant Audio Mirror which I've used for some time. This is a commentary about both of them. The Quadrant felt like a big step up from old school delay pedals. First of all, there are four modes...

Am curious whether it might make a decent vintage-plus output bridge pickup in a thin sounding guitar. Fat yet detailed seems like a combination that could have off-label potential. Has anyone here tried it for anything besides jazz? PS: Anybody else think it's a bit ironic that a pickup named...

I have a RioGrande hybrid humbucker with rod-magnet coils based on their Tallboy and Halfbreed Strat pickups. Would love to have a rotary for coil choices (this pickup only, using regular 5-way blade for overall pickup selection). Am thinking four or five positions: Series, parallel, inner coil...

I have a white Burny LP Custom from the 80s. Color has darkened to a nice shade of ivory - except where the pickguard shaded it. Underneath the pickguard it's still pretty bright white, and I mostly prefer the look of Customs without a pickguard. I know UV light can age finishes, but it's not...

Redoing an HSS Strat type. Guitar's voice is pretty neutral - maybe a slight mid hump but not in a nasal way. 250K volume would eliminate needing a Superswitch and simplify the wiring somewhat. For any who have run the PB with a 250K volume, how did it sound? Among those who haven't, what would...

Musing on this while thinking about another thread; decided to start one specific to this specific particular issue. Answers here might be useful someday for those running three full sized hums also. In this case running full sized bridge & neck hums and a stack in the middle. (Stack is fairly...

Never realized this could be done without a superswitch or half-superswitch. Just wanted to make sure the diagram below is viable and correct. Wiring experts, can you please confirm? Thanks very much.

Will be rewiring an HSS superstrat type once I've repainted it. Ideally, here's what I'd like: 500K volume pot, but the two singles see 250K one tone for the bridge, one for both singles autosplit in position 2 A) Can that be done with a standard 5-way? B) If not, could it be done with a tone...

I have a PA-STK in middle position (between a PATB-1n and a PATB-3). Am rewiring the guitar to autosplit in positions 2 & 4. Am wondering if I ought to split the middle to balance with split coils from the neck or bridge. I don't want the middle overpowering them - it's singlecoily sounding but...

Rewiring a Floydcaster for autosplit in positions 2 & 4. It has Parallel Axis pickups (PATB-1n / PA-STK / PATB-3). I figure probably best to autosplit the middle too, so as not to overpower the split coils from neck or bridge. Can this be done using a standard 5-way or would it require more...

Rauta Customs has made some unusual pickups, including one that looks sorta like the offspring of a P-Rails and a Charlie Christian.