Recent content by hessodreamy

I bought these Duncan mini humbuckers the other day and I'm trying to figure out what they are as they don't seem to match anything on the Duncan site. Resistances are 7.13 and 6.96. Actually seems a little too close to each other - certainly most of the Duncan range have about 1k difference...

For a new build I wanted to pair a mini humbucker bridge with a gold foil in the neck. I wanted to be able to do some riffy stuff while still keeping some jangle in the bridge, and also go brash and bright with the neck gold foil. I was going to get the creamery (uk builder) to make both for...

My Jazzmaster lacks mids in the middle position. It doesn't sound out of phase as such, just that the mids are cancelled and the bass and treble are overly pronounced. It's generally how middle positions sound, but more so. I've measured the volume output of each pickup and checked that they're...

I bought some second hand jazzmaster antiquities (bought separately) a while ago and just now got round to fitting them. But they appear to be so different that I'm thinking that one of them isn't the real deal. Here's the neck: Impedance 6.37. The black wire is positive. And the bridge...

I've found one of these in need of some repair. I believe they date back to the mid 80s. After repair I'll either be keeping it if I like it or selling it on. Any opinions as to how they sound and how much they might go for second hand when working (in the UK)?

About to put some Seth Lovers in my hollow body. Anyone used them with a coil split? Any good? Or is it already too low an output?