Recent content by Karn Evil 9

I'm flirting with the idea of replacing the stock pickups in my Custom 24 (with the rotary switch) with a set of P-Rails. Has anyone here tried it, and what do they think of the tones? What sort of wiring setup have people tried? Also any pics would be appreciated, I'd also like to get an idea...

I scored an antiquity firebird neck p/u off eBay a while back and only got around to putting it through its paces; it's currently in the neck position of my custom superstrat with a '59 in the bridge. one of the clearest sounding neck pickups I've heard; you can actually play crunchy rhythms on...

I'm going to be replacing the stock bridge pickup in my friends PRS Dave Navarro signature model with an Invader and the wiring diagram on the PRS site is colour coded for their pickups. All i need to know is which colour wires to attach to the coil tap; can anyone give me some pointers? cheers

Does anyone know what sort of procedure Gibson go through when they 'age' the finish on their VOS Les Pauls? Apparently it's due to UV light interacting with the nitro finish and that exposure to sunlight should do the trick, but could i get the same effect with some sort of UV lamp? If so...

i might soon get my hands on a second hand JB for a pretty cheap price, so i've been thinking about experimenting with different magnets. what sort of magnet/guitar combinations do you guys recommend? i'm going for an 80's rock sort of sound (lynch, demartini etc) ; basically something tight yet...

i just installed a set of phat cats into one of my guitars and the bridge pickup is working fine, however the output of the neck pickup is alot lower and the sound is really dark and muddy. i've got the heights setup right and all the solder connections are good as well, so does anyone know what...

i just got a bridge p-rails delivered and i don't have a 3 way mini toggle lying around; how would i wire up a 3 pole on/on switch so that i could have the full humbucker and then the p90? the wiring diagrams on the duncan site only seem to be for on/off/on switches. cheers

i've seen on some of the fender japanese reissue strats the pickups referred to as 'dimarzio collection' pickups. does anyone know what the specs are like and if they're any good? any info would be appreciated!

i've recently acquired an LP standard and the top is like a browny butterscotch/goldtop and has a sticker on the back of the headstock saying 'limited colours edition'? i can't find any information on the net regarding when they were produced and all the other relevant stuff. any info/links...

i'm currently 'refurbishing' an old sg custom and have a spare '59 bridge humbucker laying around i want to put in it; how would phat cats in the neck/middle go with it ? any recomendations/comments would be appreciated!

i just sent off a pair of pickups(seth lovers) to get wax potted, and after removing the covers to my pleasant surprise i discovered that they were zebra coils, one in the usual zebra and the other a reverse zebra; so when i get them back i'm going to leave the covers off because i love the...