Recent content by Frogster

I'm putting together a Parts 'Caster with a Lonestar body and Warmouth neck and want to go with 3 pickups, a Little 59 in the bridge, and single coil Duncans at the neck and middle. I'd like to be able to split the bridge pickup but would rather have a switch than a push-pull. I seem to have a...

I just received the pots, switch and capacitor I ordered from the Guitar Parts Resource site to re-wire my Tele Affinity. I printed off the standard Tele wiring schematic from the Seymour Duncan site and the solder terminals on the 3-way switch are offset the opposite direction from the switch I...

Was having a discussion with a buddy over the weekend and he had these questions.....thought I'd post to the gurus on this site. The "quack" sound from a Strat is using positions 2 and 4 (bridge and middle, middle and neck, with reverse winding on middle pickup), right? Is this because of the...

Have been looking at the Mission Amp 5e3 kit to build. Fender has reissued their '57 Deluxe amp with a pair of 6V6's @ 12 watts. The '65 Deluxe Reverb (and reissue) also has a pair of 6V6's and is rated at 22 watts. Not sure what the Mission Amp is rated at but why the difference in output with...

Was digging thru a bin looking for parts and came across a pair of pups I bought at a show some years back. They are Bill Lawrence 4-wire humbuckers and are marked L-900L and L-900R. They have black covers (no screw holes) with "Lawrence" embossed in gold. Any idea what they are (I haven't put a...

I have a friend that just bought a used set of S.D. HB103's off Ebay and he's wanting to know if gold covers can be added to these. This is an area I've never fooled with. Can this be done (and if so, whats the procedure)? Thanks.

Got my Tonerider Alnico IV Classics into my Epi Les Paul and am really happy with the sound!!! Phase II is to tear out the pots, switch, jack, caps and install the push-pull stuff for the JP mod. Question is, where would you recommend using shielded wire, if anywhere? The pups are 4-wire with a...

Have a friend that is redoing a Les Paul-style bolt-on neck guitar and sent him some links to schematics an he had a question about these: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WDUHH3T2201 and http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WDUHH3T2202 Being the wiring non-guru that I...

Posted this on another site, thought I could get great feedback here as well. Found some misplaced CD's, one of which was my all-time favorite...John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers w/Eric Clapton. Sweetest tone that ever was. Any insight into how he got that tone? My thinking was a Les Paul thru a...

Having played Fenders for quite a few years (played Gibsons way back) I've gotten used to one volume, one tone. In upgrading my Epi Les Paul I'm considering reducing to the 1-volume, 1-tone style with a tone push-pull to split both the humbuckers. Please chime in on your opinions on the...

Are there different brands of push-pull pots or are the ones from different sources from the same manufacturer.....if different are any better or worse in your opinion (am considering doing the Jimmy Page mod on an Epi Les Paul).

I want completely replace the electronics on my newly purchased used Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top and I read on a thread somewhere that the Epi's use the short shaft pots instead of the long-style used on a Gibson Les Paul......any comments out there? Thanks........

1. Has anyone tried using a Tele @ the bridge, a Tele or Strat at the neck, then a humbucker just above the bridge or in between the neck and bridge for Gibsonish tones (I'm assuming you'd use a bridge humbucker, if any). 2. I've never understood the function of tone caps...do they only come...

I have an 80's (I think) MIJ Tele with a fat maple neck. Some years back I installed the SD Broadcasters (STL-1b and STR-1). I've been playing it out a lot more lately and it's way too bright for my taste. I play Classic covers (Stones, Beatles, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, CCR, etc.) and sometimes...