Recent content by ISHIELDS

I was working on this guitar and was curious about how it was wired(from the factory) is there any reason for the neck side to be "backwards", in terms of "hot and cold", from what would normally be done? Pickups are seymour duncan

sooooo, today i picked up a 7 string Ibanez AZ...which is a DREAM guitar, to me. it is a magnificent guitar...plays like butter and is second to none in craftsmanship and quality. that said, i am not super excited about the pickups...the sound is not bad, in fact, the clean tones are...

i have now wired many guitars...learning by looking at diagrams on line and getting GREAT advice here...so i have a question...and really, it is regarding a guitar i am currently working on: i finished my schematic for this guitar, only to notice that there are around 12 wires going back to...

ideally, this is what i want to do

i was wondering if some of you wiring wizards would mind having a look at this...i want to add a mini-toggle to split the humbucker...not 100% sure how? I am thinking it will need a spdt on/on switch, but not 100% sure on the wiring. this is what i am trying to achieve...with the split, of...

hello all.....i am swapping out pickups (hopefully) this weekend in a guitar and ran into a snag....maybe? the neck pickup i was sent(in a package labeled "neck" pickup, actually has the resistance of the corresponding bridge pickup; so, i think it is obvious that i was sent a bridge pickup in...

hello all! i was wondering if those in the know could share some insight into something i discovered recently? the other day, i was tinkering with a pickup that i had accidentally broken the connector prongs off of. now, i know i could have repaired it(most likely), but curiosity got the better...

just re-wired one of my favorite guitars and had to use mini pots. i used alpha 500k mini pots; believe they were around $3 each. i have noticed a little bit of interference/scratchy sounds when turning the volume knob sometimes...this is the first time i have had to use a minipot and this is a...

i am currently re-wiring a guitar with a body cavity depth of 1.125"....soooo, my old favorite 5 way switch will not fit :( do any of you all have any good recommendations for a switch that would work here? thanks!

hello all! i recently picked up an Ibanez ICHI10; absolutely love the guitar, but can't help but want to tinker with/modify any guitar i have. in this cae, i am wanting to put a JB JR in the bridge position. the guitar is wired using solderless connectors, and i have never dealt with something...