Recent content by Edward203

Hi, I finally rewired my guitar for passives (JB / 59). I opted for the 3 way switch with the push pull on the tone knob. I checked the JB out of the box and it read 17.2, after I installed it reads 16.5. Just wondering if I should be concerned about it and if it is because I have the push...

Hi, I followed the diagram below and there are several things that somehow went wrong with my installation since I'm getting tons of noise, also the three way switch was somehow touching the back plate a little bit and whenever I closed the back of the guitar I wouldn't get the hot signal so I...

I bought a JB/59 from Amazon, order was fulfilled by Amazon so the pickups were in their warehouse. The actual seller (Zorro Sounds) seems reputable they sell all kinds of guitar accessories and small instruments, pups came in the regular SD clear box sealed with tape. Multi meter show the...

Spray painting a pickup after disappointing "Shop Floor Custom" experience?? Hi, I patiently waited a month for a Seymour Duncan "Shop Floor Custom" trembucker JB and a 4 conductor '59. The pickups arrived the day before the factory closed for the Covid 19. Unfortunately they sent me a...

Just wondering how often guitar manufacturers release new guitars, not necessarily brand new models but at least different colors. Mostly interested in ESP and Jackson. I was waiting for NAMM winter 2020 but I didn't see anything in the look I was looking for, other than the Mayones guitars...

Hi, This is my first time re wiring a guitar, I am ordering some parts now and I was wondering if you must solder the cap and or grounding right behind the actual potentiometer even when is a push - pull one. There is not much space back there, at least from what I can see in the pictures of...

Hi, This is my first attempt to re wire a guitar, I'm going from actives to the JB/59 4 conductors. I don't see the ground coming from the guitar bridge (floyd rose claw) in this diagram, does it matter much where it goes? Where should I solder it? I've seen the ground soldered to one of...

SD Diagram question: 2 HUMBUCKER | 1 VOLUME 1 TONE | 5 WAY BLADE (with coil split) SD Diagram question: 2 HUMBUCKER | 1 VOLUME 1 TONE | 5 WAY BLADE (with coil split) Hi, This is my first attempt to re wire a guitar, I'm going from actives to the JB/59 4 conductors. I don't see the ground...

Hi, I am looking for a diagram that will work for: 1 volume pot, 1 tone pot, 2 humbuckers with a blade switch, preferably no push and pull just regular pots. According to the members the only one I see in the SD diagrams with a regular 5 blade switch it won't work they way I want. Ideally...

Has anyone tried Marty Friedman set from EMG? I've heard it doesn't really sound much like the JB, if anything they're a tame version of them but I just wanted to confirm here. I really like his tone in Rust in Peace (Megadeth), I know he used a Kelly with one JB back then. I'd just get a...

Re: Question about SD 5 way blade diagram I am asking because the 3 blade switch diagram (no coil split) for 1 tone and 1 volume shows the ground wire coming from the bridge of the guitar but the diagram with the 5 blades and the coil split doesn't. 3 blade diagram, 2 humbuckers, 1 tone, 1 volume

Hi, This will be my first attempt to re wire a new guitar from actives (EMG81/85) to passives (JB/59 or JB/Sentient). I was thinking about doing the 5 blade wiring to have the coil split option. I may not use them if they hum too much but I thought since I am rewiring the whole thing I might...

Hi, I am in the process of gathering the supplies I need to rewire one of my guitars from actives to passives. Since I'm basically rewiring everything and I run into shielded vs. not shielded wiring, should I get the shielded one? This is a new guitar, the inside has some black paint which...

First time I'll be wiring a guitar, going from active EMGs to SD Thrash factor and Sentinent. Since I'm basically rewiring the whole thing, should I go for the 5 blade switch to have the option to split the humbucker in coils? Are there any disadvantages to do that over the regular full...

Hi, Over the year and a half I've owned my ESP KH-602 I have gotten really comfortable with its shape and its neck, this is a neck through guitar with a "extra thin U" neck at 350mm radius. I have another neck through ESP which is 305mm "thin U" not extra thin, just thin U. The difference...