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    Coil Tapping vs Coil Splitting

    Hi everybody, I recently purchased a guitar with two humbuckers, with a push-pull pot for coil splitting. To my surprise splitting the coils introduces A LOT of hum (and I mean a lot, very very noticeable even on cleans). I have had a lot of guitars with high gain pickups and coil splitting, and...
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    Background hum with Pegauss and Sentient

    Hi guys, I recently had a set Pegasus - Sentient (6 strings) installed in a guitar of mine, and I am quite happy with the tone. The only things that is bothering me, quite a lot actually - is this constant background noise, quite mid-focused and prominent. Here's a clip to hear it...
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    Is this wiring right?

    Re: Is this wiring right? I don't know about that switch, but this switch is like the fender type in the following: (I have import type, but that's not an issue) Now, I don't believe you're reading it right. On the left pole, the output is always going from the common (lug 4 going downwards)...
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    Is this wiring right?

    Hi, I gave my guitar to a luthier to switch pickups (stock dimarzios with SD Pegazus and Sentient) and asked to achieve a particular combination of the pickups with a 5 way switch, and he asked to provide a wiring myself because he's not gonna work out the wiring himself. Besides the fact that...
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    Do SD pickups ship with proper screws and back paddings/springs?

    I bought a few days ago a set of SD, second hand, a SH2 and SH4. I mounted on my guitar, they sound nice but not quite the tone I was looking for. Anyway, buying second hand I got the pickups not in their original box, and when I started switching my former ones with these I noticed that: a) the...
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    Hot Rodded set and 5 switch selector - how do I route the whole thing?

    Hi guys, I bought a Hot Rodded set (SH2 and SH4) that I want to install on my guitar, but I've never done it before so I have a few questions. My guitar is a Yamaha Pacifica 821 DX (http://images42.fotki.com/v1373/photos/9/911314/4490806/yamaha821dx-vi.jpg?1227830505), with a H-S-H...
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