Recent content by Jarrodpimentals

So Seymour Duncan and fralin and a few other have directions for adding a metal cover to a humbucker but the directions all kind of suck and are very vague. I’m wondering what actually causes the microphonics. I just put one on and I covered the poles (not the screws) with wax and I even coated...

I got a Jackson x Kelly kex and started swapping pickups. I started with a bareknuckle and it was ok but bassy, so I switched to a jb trembucker (I have a Floyd) and the guitar is still overly bassy, more so than with the bareknuckle. And I hate it. I even rewired it to be just 1 volume pot...

Hello. I’m losing my mind. I’ve installed a jb Trembucker and it sounds off. So I checked the output signal at the end of my guitar cable and it’s only reading 16.9 instead of advertised 17.6k. So I uninstall the pickup and check it and it’s 17.6 uninstalled. If I just solder it to a volume pot...

I’m just trying to learn more about these things. I have a evh el34 50w head. When I bought the amp I put in all new jj tubes (el34 and Ecc83) and biased according to Howard kaplans specs at 45mv So I recently decided to try some svetlana el34’s I put them in and check the bias before playing...

Hey all, I got a Kramer Baretta recently with a SD JB coil split push pull feature. Only one volume knob, no neck pick up so no switch either. I certainly hear a difference between humbucker and single coil mode but I feel like it doesn’t completely disengage. Still sound very surfy and twangy...

I’m curious if anyone else has this amp and if they also think it’s sort of hit or miss. I am positive some days I turn it on and it sounds different. Most of the time the sound and tone is fine, maybe 8 out of 10 times it’s like this but 1 out of 10 it sounds pretty shitty and the other 1 it...

Random question. I have the evh 5150iii el34 50w head and I’m very happy with it. For the first time yesterday I used the headphone out into some cheap (60$) headphones and the amp sound really really good. Probably (definitely) better than through my cab. Which is odd because usually the...

Hello. I got a 50w evh amp recently with cab but I’ve been playing through my Marshall cab instead since it’s broken in. Yesterday I decided to start breaking in the new cab. Marshall is 8ohm EVH cab is 16ohm. No problem amp has a switch for either, but I left my 8ohm attenuator plugged in(in...

Hello. I purchased a Jackson Scott ian kvt that came with DD HB103 pickups. I don’t mind the tone but I’ve noticed that they are weak compared to my other guitars, I’m thinking they might be running like 10k pots or something. My plan is to either run higher pots to push them or I’ll just get a...