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    Heat damage to pickup from soldering?

    I removed a cover on a humbucker and am worried I may have heated it too much while I was struggling to unsolder it, and possibly damaged it. It's a Jazz neck and I noticed that it's noisier than the JB bridge I have in the same guitar. Would heat damage cause it to be noiser, or what exactly...
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    How much of a difference will a small-ish variation in pot values make?

    I bought a few 500k pots, a couple of them are around 485k while a couple of them are around 515k. How much of a difference will there be between them or will it be completely imperceptible? Would it even be worth worrying about or should I just slap them in and call it good?
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    HH 3 way wiring, getting a little bit of output from neck pickup when in position 1

    I just wired up an HH setup with a 3 way switch, I used this wiring diagram: https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/2H_3B_1V.pdf I plugged it in to test it before screwing on the pickguard and putting the strings on. I'm tapping on the...
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    Humbucker Parallel mode out of phase?

    Using a series parallel mode switch like this one: https://www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/1H_1VppSP.pdf Is there a way to wire it so it's out of phase when in parallel mode? Maybe just by swapping a couple of of the wires around?
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    Long pickup legs won't fit guitar - what to do?

    I bought a new Seymour Duncan custom shop Jazz neck and already began installing it before realizing it won't fit my guitar because it has long legs. What should I do? I bought a new baseplate for it with short legs and was just going to swap it but I did some research and it seems a little...
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