Recent content by Redbowties88

What the hell is this? I saw it listed on a local Facebook buy/sell group for $20 and couldn't resist. The guy I bought it from apparently was given it by his uncle years and years ago. He said he remembers it coming in a Lotus box, but had no idea if it was a lotus guitar or just the neck. I'm...

Hey guys, can someone direct me towards a good wiring diagram for a 2 humbucker (4 conductor) guitar? Thanks

First off sorry for the multitude of new threads today, this project has just been throwing me curveballs. As it turns out the stock pickup height screws from my epi don't work with these burstbuckers. They have both too fat a shaft and are not long enough to deal with the longer "ears" on the...

So I'm installing some used burstbuckers in my SG and I want to use this wiring diagram and install them with the "Jimmy Page" wiring. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=jp_style I just wanna check on how the colors match out. On the SD diagram it...

So I ordered 4 new pots to install with my new burstbuckers, 2 with the correct taper for volume (audio?) and 2 for tone (Linear?).. however they arrived unmarked in a bag. How can I tell which ones are which? also they were supposed to be alphas and they feel pretty crappy and aren't branded...

So I just worked up a deal for a set of burstbuckers 1&2 for $90.. I don't know a whole lot about them but figured at least worst case scenario I could sell them and get most if not all of my money back. I'm planning on putting them in my SG, but I might give them a whirl in my Wilshire too...

So, I was hoping to see some blowout black Friday/cyber Monday deals on pickups this weekend. In particular for a set of Whole Lotta Humbuckers. However it 15% off at Guitar center is the best I could come up with. Doing some more browsing it appears that there haven't been really too many...

So I took a good pickup out of one of my epiphones and soldered on a nickel cover that I took off some other pickups a while ago. I tried to take as much care as possible but when I put it back in the guitar it had become severely monophonic. I would like to avoid this happening again in the...

I just discovered that these exist! Really cool idea and from $100-$250 the prices for them aren't too outrageous. Anyone have any experience with them? What do you think? How do you have to wire them to make them work with the passive magnetics? Do they need a preamp?

So I'm messing around with the stock pickups on my g-400 having ordered a new set to install soon. I figured it wouldn't hurt to experiment with these a little first. First thing is the pole pieces have gotten decently rusty over the years, how is that effecting the sound? Another thing I hear...

So I've had this idea and I want to see what you guys think of it... I like a lot of heaver "Metalcore" type music. However I don't play it often and some of that is because I've only got 1 solidbody and I don't feel like changing tunings around very often. How do you guys think it would sound...

Hey guys, first off I'm a bit of a noob so I would appreciate your patience with any stupid questions I may ask. I'm planning on getting a set of the "whole lotta humbuckers" for my G-400 and wire them up with the Jimmy Page schematics. For pure aesthetics I would like to run the neck pup with...