Recent content by Mr Natural

I've recently purchased a Gibson SG that came with Classic '57's and 300K linear pots mounted on a circuit board. It's a great guitar and I'm happy with the sound, but all my other humbuckers use 500K volume pots. I'm wondering if it would be worth the trouble to install 500K volume pots with...

I'm about to buy a cheap semi-hollow guitar to see if I like one, maybe a low-ball Ibanez or an Xaviere. I'm thinking a set of '59's would be a good versatile set of pickups for this style guitar, but didn't see any recommendations for hollow-bodies in the Duncan description. I'm looking for a...

I have seen some Gibson 490's selling on Ebay that come with braided shielded wiring. On Gibson's website they say the pickups come wax potted with four conductor wire, but are otherwise original PAF. Did some of these pickups come with anything other than 4 conductor wire???

I'm new to single coils and planning on buying an SSH guitar in the near future. From my limited music store auditioning it seems that the AlNiCo single coils are airy and open with a laid back low end. The ceramic magnets seem to have a better frequency response, but seemed to lack the open...

Looks like six pieces of Ash, but I'm not real sure???

I put a A2 in a modified HB-102 (nickel silver baseplate, brass screws, etc) and love it - sounds great. Put an A2 magnet in a real JB and it was pure nasty - no bass, midrange sounded like it was coming from an old transistor radio, not much there I could use. Conclusion - The JB and the...

I want to try a few different magnet types in an HB103n. Is there a standardized size? All insights greatly appreciated.

After playing a friends Les Paul Standard with Pearly Gates pickups, I installed a pair in my Studio. When we compare them, I'm getting a noticeable "glare" in the high end with the Studio that isn't nearly as pronounced on their Standard. All I can think of is that the pots on the Studio are...