Recent content by hermetico

Re: Out of phase sound in Jimmy Page wiring. Yep! Regular strato singles have same electrical and magnetic polarity. They are "in-phase" but not hum-cancelling. To make them hum-cancelling we need to reverse the wound of the middle pickup, by example (this is RW/RP). To have an "out-of-phase"...

Re: Need help wiring blower switch with Triple Shots Look at this picture: In pink, I'm showing you which lugs are connected when the 4PDT on/on is in standard mode and, the pull/pushes are pushed down. Bridge's green goes directly to the triple-shot connection rule. The other three...

Re: Wiring 4 push/pull pots like a Triple Shot Here it is...

Re: Wiring 4 push/pull pots like a Triple Shot wire each pickup as follows: Run each hot to its respective lug in the 3-way switch.

Re: Need help wiring blower switch with Triple Shots Well, since I cannot upload a picture and, since I've sent the pic to the OP by mail, requesting him to hung it here and didn't happened by now and, since it took me a while to draw the design, I've created an entry in my blog and, I am...

Re: Please, post a picture of a Spin-A-Split circuit Look if this is what you asked for... Note: if you wanted '50s tone mod, just solder the cap's leg to the middle lug of volume pot, instead.

Last Saturday I was in a store just to intensively test Mesa Boogie pedals. I am just regretting not having test the Tone Burst one, but I've tested the Grid Slammer, the Flux Drive and the Throttle Box. I was highly impressed (so much that two of them are now in my pedalboard). I've found my...

Re: Strat Wiring Help You can do this: Notes: White wires represented in light blue Bare wire represented in grey. Volume = Master Volume Tone 1 = Independent middle volume Tone 2 = Spin-a-split to Slug coil. Assumptions: Your singles are Fender or direct replacement Neck is regular Middle...

Hi, recently bought a Fender Hot Rod III Deville, which I love but, I feel that can be highly improved with some speaker swap. Do you know any mass-production speakers that will enhance it?. Which are your experiences?. Note: I mean mass-production because, I wouldn't like to buy again a Weber...

Let' see if you can recommend me a good Solid State Amp, around 100W, with stunning cleans and being a good platform for any pedalboard. Let's say, max 600$, I don't want to put my money on a SS amp. As a guidance. The only two solid state amps which sound convinced me where: - a Fender Deluxe...

Re: Wiring Gone Wrong. This is actually how I would do that: Your design have some flaws. One of the most important is that you cannot ground your neck pickup (on humbucker/split/parallel switch) if you are going to use a phase inverter later. Notes: I've ommited the treble bleed mod...

Re: S1 Switch to split 2 HB at once

Re: Special wiring I can't find anywhere. I honestly don't see any way you can do that with just a DPDT. The good new is that you can do that with a 4PDT and, the Fender S-1 push/push can be handy and classy for this application. See attached diagram.

Re: Still need some help wiring this gd SD p-rails bridge pickup!!! If I am getting you, you wanted to have both pickups in series in the middle position of that 3-way Gibson toggle switch. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. PERIOD. To do that, you need an extra DPDT on/on switch or, a pull/push pot. Just...

I was working on an Epihone Firebird of a friend of mine, that had three pickups. The axe was routed to hold two mini-humbuckers (neck, middle) and a humbucker (bridge). So, I thought that a couple of SD SM-1 (firebird style mini-humbuckers) and a SH-55b (Seth Lover) would be a nice match. But...