Recent content by larryguitar

I've got a guitar I'm rewiring, and replaced the import switch with a Fender; problem is the wood where the switch slot is cut is quite a bit thicker than a pickguard, and the switch (even after some aggressive trimming) won't move far enough to reach the last (bridge) position. I'd rather not...

I tend to find most single coils too bright, probably because my gear is generally set for HB-equipped guitars. I'm looking for a S/S/S and H/S/S set that leans more toward dark and smoky rather than thin and biting. Only interested in actual single coils, not stacked or single-coil sized HB's...

I've always known about 'Polk Salad Annie', but never realized Tony Joe White was SOOOO good. Swampy rhythms and little hooks all over the place, along with a marvelous singing voice. Some great tones, too; he's able to control the bite and attack of that Strat like it's part of his body; I...

I'm actually a drummer. Those were an early attempt to isolate the shell from the mount, allowing the shell to resonate more freely. It's become more common in contemporary drums today: Larry

You've got $60 to spend on a pair of NEW humbuckers for an LP style guitar; whatcha' buying? Larry

So, with a 24 3/4" scale, ebony FB, mahogany body, 3/4" maple cap and one piece mahogany neck, here's the question: What is the QUINTESSENTAIL Les Paul humbucker set? Not the best, not your favorite, but the one which best captures what a LP 'should' sound like? Larry

I'm trying to wire a dual HB guitar with V-T/Blend, rather than a three way switch. Problem is I need long-shaft pots, and I'm having a heck of a time finding long shaft 500K blender pots; anyone got a source they could share? Thanks, Larry

I've got an Egnater 15 combo I really enjoy, and it's started having significant volume fluctuations; I'll get it set up at one volume, and it will either increase in volume about two-fold or decrease in volume the same way. Would that indicate new tubes are in order? Bought this used several...

I thought it might be instructive to see what specs alone could tell us about a pickup's tone. Since I'm winding a bit again, I have the opportunity to list the specs for pickups nobody's ever heard before, and then see how people's predictions match up to (my subjective opinion, admittedly)...

I dipped my toes in winding a few years ago, and now after a move and starting to get my shop set back up I've built a better winder and started experimenting again. I can only say that, after a few years off, successfully winding a humbucker makes me think that I might actually have made it as...

After getting so much help on whether a Hotrails, with it's brass ferrules molded in, could be direct-mounted, I used the toothpick suggestion I got here and decided to put one in my HSS MIJ Jackson. (The HotRails neck version happened to be one of the 3-4 Duncan pickups my local GC had in...

So I'm getting the itch to change out the stacked 'single coil' SD's on my Jackson H/S/S, and I've been looking at a HotRail for the neck; I posted a bit a ago asking about their tone. My concern is that the HR (and most SD single-coil sized pickups, it seems) come with a cover with threaded...

I've got a great MIJ Jackson with Floyd and S/S/H set up; it currently has a JB in the bridge (which is absolutely staying) and Duncan stacked single coils in the middle and neck. I'd like to get a neck pickup that can do the typical neck humbucker stuff (think Gary Moore, for instance) and...

Finally got my counter hooked up, so I'm not 'flying blind' winding anymore. This one was designed to be fairly conventional: Screw: 5,200 turns of 42AWG PE wire, 4.5K Slug: 5,500 turns of 42AWG PE wire, 4.55K A2 'full length' (2.5") Magnet I was surprised at the lack of variation in DCR from...

So an A2 humbucker, screw coil 3K and slug coil 3.2K, so total 6.2K. I'm hoping the low wind will be bright, softened a bit by the A2. I'll throw it in the test sled tomorrow and do a clip. Anyone want to offer some predictions/opinions/guesses as to what we'll get? Thanks, Larry Edited to...