Recent content by Gabrielinconfident

Yeah cuz that's how you get tight thrash & death metal tones: 1970s Fuzz Face or Big Muff.

As in my previous message, I have used a graphic EQ (MXR 6-band), and 100hz is the mud freq. Sometimes I cut 200hz as well, but very little. Which is why I was thinking around 150hz. Ideally I would use a variable capacitor to find the exact value, but I don't even know where to find one.

Well that's the thing, I’m mostly – mostly! – interested in filtering out low end from the bridge pickup, for metal chugs. Instead of boosting the mids and highs with an overdrive pedal, or use active pups, I wanna be able to plug directly into the amp and passively tighten up the tone for palm...

As I mentioned, I don't use tone pots. My guitars came with vol+tone, I've rewired them to be two vols. The switch would likely be connected to the jack, i.e. last thing in the chain, since it's the easiest way to affect both pickups at once.

Thank you for the reply. I'm guessing something like the PTB, but universal instead of just neck, and a 2-way switch instead of the 1M pot. If I do use a knob, does it have to be 1M? My guitars have two knobs, currently 1 vol per pickup including a push/pull split and a Liberator, and finding a...

I was thinking about tone knobs, which I don't use, and I thought an inverted one (i.e. high pass instead of low pass) would be much more useful to tighten up rhythm tones. Quick search and it's definitely possible. But then it occurred to me: what about a switch? Basically, I’m thinking of a...

​ Found this on the internetz. Electronic nerds, please confirm or correct it

I've never seen the guts of the Triple Shot rings, but I was wondering if it's possible to use two 2-way mini-toggles to get the same result. I'm not going to buy the rings, reasons being: 1) I've used them in the past, and while the sounds were extremely versatile, the switches were very...

I was looking for pickups on Amazon because I live in Brazil and it's tough to find specific items here. Setting aside how absolutely horrendous the search function is, this is what the listing looks like: Do I go by the picture (exactly what I was looking for), or by the description (7 string...

I'm looking at the single coil options for direct purchase on the SD website, and… why are they all white? Where's the black cover option? Or cream, parchment, etc. Floor Customs are always extra, and I don't really want a pink or green cover, just black ones. Anyone know what's up?

Hi folks. I’m thinking of doing something a little different, and thought I’d run it by the forum first. 1: Is the Custom Staggered Strat the same as the Custom Flat Strat, except for the height of the pole pieces? 2: The STK-S6 has the same coil design as the SSL-5, correct? 3, and most...

One of my guitars has a Duncan Distortion in the bridge, and I'm thinking of putting a Hot Stack in the neck position. My question is: would the neck model be too low output compared to the SH5 and should I get the bridge version instead, or that wouldn't be a problem? The DC resistance of the...

Hey, everyone. Recently, I've been going back and forth with the Custom Shop for a neck pickup and they have been denying to do EVERYTHING I ask for. I've posted a thread here last week if I'm not mistaken and it's related to this. Here's the deal: both my guitars have HH configuration, but I...

Hi, everyone. So, here's the story: I need a pickup that sounds like a strat, fills a humbucker route and doesn't hum. Basically, a humbucker that sounds like a single coil. After months of back and forth with the Custom Shop, they denied every suggestion I made. They included: -A stack inside...

Hi. I have a guitar with a 5-way switch and HSH configuration. I want to change it into a 3-way switch for the humbuckers and use a push/pull to turn the middle pickup on and off. The problem is: the switch I bought has all 8 terminals straight, not staggered like the tele ones. I'm kinda green...