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I need to replace the 5 way switch on my Stratocaster -- it's an 09 Standard series, and it has no pickguard, so the switch is mounted to the body. I'd rather get a nice Fender or CRL switch than a cheap box-shaped one like the stock one, but I don't know if the spacing will be right. I can...

Putting new pickups (Black Winters that I got mad cheap on eBay) into my guitar and was gonna use this diagram: https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seymourduncan.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2F2H_3G_1VppSPL_1TppPH.pdf Why is the left nearest-to-pot lug...

For instance, if you buy a WLH set, will it be noticeably better than if you bought a WLH bridge, and then later a WLH neck to put with it?

Looking for new pickups for my Schecter Omen-7 that I've had for two years! I play about every genre under the sun so versatility is key. Relative to the stock Schecter "SuperRock" pickups (which are somewhat high output with ceramic mag & all slug pole pieces), I'm looking for better...

Re: Quick Wiring Question The volume knob hasn't been touched since before the change -- still a wire connecting volume straight to tone. Will get around to wiring the ground wire for the DPDT switch soon.

Hey! So I have a strat that I had wired 1V/1T, where the tone knob was push-pull to add the neck pickup to any position. I'm modding it so that instead of a push-pull making that happen, it's a DPDT switch. My question is, what do I need to do to ground it? (to be clear, I have the pickup lead...

I think my Mustang III's speaker is broken. There's a fizzy sound that happens at all volumes, but it's more pronounced when the input signal is louder, and it's more pronounced on low notes. With heavy distortion it's not noticeable but it really ruins clean sounds. It happened because I was an...

Re: what did Santa bring you for Christmas? Got a nice hard case for my Schecter Omen-7, and this beautiful Recording King! My first foray into lap steel world

Girlfriend's New Guitar Day! My girlfriend plays a bit of guitar, and we like to look through Craigslist and Ebay and comment on the guitars we see. We stumbled upon this ratty Dean for $40, she liked the look of it, so we picked it up as a project instrument! It's dirty, missing a strap...

Re: P Bass neck dive body weight I probably will go for some strap locks then! I don't want to get a new body cause I really like how it sounds now, and changing bodies or necks always seemed like taking out something essential to the instrument to me -- like it'd be a different bass if I...

My Squier P Bass is the only instrument I have that neck-dives, and I can't stand it. I've been looking and asking around for solutions. Here are a few things I won't/can't do: - get lighter tuners -- I don't think any after-market ones would be markedly lighter than the standard cheap tuners -...

Found out the other day that Graphtech is apparently making tuners now, and they do a different gear ratio for each string. I've never felt like each string responded to tuning differently from the next one, but I guess that could just be because I'm so used to compensating for it. It's...

When I play my P Bass and get into it with more forceful picking, the strings often get depressed so far that they scrape the pole pieces on the pickup, which creates a really ugly sound. It happens whether I'm using fingers or a pick. My action's pretty normal, low but not low enough to buzz. I...

I'm looking at a guitar body for my first project guitar, but I asked and the seller told me the neck pocket is 2.25" across. I know the standard Fender measurement is 2 3/16...is there any specific Fender year or model where the neck is 2 1/4 instead? Or is there another brand that's made their...

So I have the Dunlop GCB80 volume pedal -- http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/gcb80-high-gain-volume -- that works in a Crybaby housing and uses a pot like a Crybaby. But it moves way more easily than my Crybaby, to the point where I can't set it somewhere and lift my foot up without knocking it...