Recent content by NoMoreMKIV

I just did a rewiring job for a friend on a Gibson RD Custom. The guitar had all sorts of active electronics with treble boost and a printed circuit board, etc. He was dissatisfied with the sound the way it was before. We basically gutted the guitar and put in decent Seymour Duncan pickups and I...

Hey there- I'm a single coil kind of guy, so forgive me for the potentially dumb question. I just bought a guitar on E-Bay (it's enroute to me now), and it has a '59 and a Custom 5 in it. The guy who sold it wasn't sure if they are 2-conductor or 4-conductor (probably 2, I'm guessing). I've...

Hey, A question for Stratdeluxer or others... What is the best way of adding a status LED to an old RAT and a DOD Overdrive/Preamp 250? If you have suggestions for components, that would be great too. It's so annoying using the "play it to see if it's on" method (though the RAT gives you a...

Hi- I just got my first ever pair of EL34 (the SED Svetlanas). These are for use in the Class A sockets of a simulclass Mesa Boogie Mark IV. Shortly after powering up (~10 minutes), I noticed that the glass around the plates becomes quite a bit hotter than the 6L6's in the other slots, and...

Hi- I'm looking at buying one of the Schecter C1 Classic guitars. This guitar apparently comes stock with a Duncan JB in bridge and Jazz in neck. A buddy of mine recommended the burstbucker as a "much better" option. Having never heard the burstbucker, I can't really know if this is true...

Hi- I don't want this to turn into one of those threads with 50 entries... but... I was wondering who makes the best quality-per-dollar for electric guitar strings. I'm looking for either 0.010-0.046 or 0.010-0.052 sets. Let me emphasize the "per-dollar" aspect of things, since I know there...

Hi- In some Telecaster schematics, I have seen 1MEG listed for the volume pot, and 250K for the tone pot. However, in this guitar, it's the opposite - 1MEG for tone, 250K for volume. 1) Why would someone do this? I understand the desire for the 1MEG on the tone, but not the desire for...

Hey there- I've got a late 70's silverface Twin Reverb, with JBL's. This amp has been modified to blackface specifications, but still has master volume. The issue is this: the amp seems to run really hot, and I am wondering if this is normal. The tubes in it are Philips 7581A, and they are...

Hey There- I've got a late-90's 535 with the double variphase controls. I had two questions: 1) Anyone know what the stock pickups are in this guitar? 2) Anyone have suggestions as to what would be an upgrade for this instrument? It's my only humbucking guitar, and I actually know very...

Hey there- I've got one of the reissue TS9 tubescreamers (mid-90's), and wanted to mod it to the TS808 specifications. First I changed the two resistors in the output network as described elsewhere, and then I put an IC socket on the board in place of the TA75558P that was stock in my unit, to...

Hi- I've been thinking about doing the TS-9 to TS-808 modification to my tube screamer (it was a reissue, made in mid-90's with Ibanez label). Here's my questions: a) What specifically is the change in sound from the op-amp swap? b) What is the change in sound from the resistor value...

I've seen some schematics that have tone control #1 for neck, and tone control #2 for middle. I've seen some simple "mods" described for moving tone #2 to the bridge (by moving one wire on the pickup selector switch). And then I've also seen schematics that have the second tone control...

Hi- I just installed an SD APS-1 RW/RP in my middle position on a Strat. I read in some article that you need to reverse the black and white connections for a RW/RP pickup, but I didn't know if that's true in all cases, or just in pickups that don't do you the favor of changing the colors so...

Hello again- Another question... I've got a Strat Plus Deluxe that had lace sensors in it, but a few years ago, I had them removed and replaced with Seymour Duncans. Specifically, I had the following installed: Bridge = SSL-2 Mid = SSL-1 Neck = SSL-1 The guitar never sounded right, and I...

Hi- I've got a single position hum-canceling Seymour Duncan from the bridge position of a G&L Legacy. There's a sticker on it that says 1NC (I've seen elsewhere in this forum that this might just be initials of person who made/tested it?). Individual pole pieces, 4 wires (red/white tied...