Recent content by martyman

I wound up with a mismatched set (one black and one chrome) and would like to have either a set of black or a set of chrome. So I'd like to trade one of mine for the opposite color. Which one doesn't matter. Mine are "as-new" four conductor and have not been installed. Will only trade for the...

I am assembling a one-pup EVH-style frankenstrat. Alder body, one-piece maple neck/fingerboard, original Floyd. I am trying to decide between the Invader and the Rockfield Fat Ass. I have had really good luck with Rockfield SWV / SWC setup in a cheap Epi SG. The tracks of the Fat Ass on the...

I recently picked up an old Tele blackout on eBay, the one with basswood body, Pearly Gates in bridge and '59 RP in the neck. I'm not crazy about the out of phase sound in the middle position. I am thinking of changing to a coil split with push-pulls. I guess I'd have to follow the Peter Green...

Just picked up a used blackout tele that has Pearly Gates in bridge and reverse-wound, reverse-polarity '59 in bridge, 3-way switch. The middle position is both pickups out of phase. I want to install two push-pull pots to split the coils on both HB's (probably having the slug coil be the single...

I inherited a 1990's MIJ Dinky (basswood, Floyd, maple w/ rosewood) with a swimming pool rout, a Screamin' Demon and a Hot Rails. The current pickguard is HSH and the prior user had the SD in the bridge and the HR in the mid. Any suggestions as whether that is a good setup. If so, what to put in...