Recent content by Rick

Hey all, I have three humbuckers in one guitar. Screamn' Demon - Bridge Screamn' Demon Mini - Middle JB - JR - Neck I would like to coil tap them. I seen this diagram, it's close but in that it shows how to wire up two humbuckers, but what about a third? Would I take say the center pup and...

Hey all, I have a brand new 59/Custom hybrid. Mounted it, soldered it up restrung guitar. Something is wrong. Following standard wiring: Red/White taped off Bare/Green to ground Black to hot Very thin sounding, not much volume So, I unsoldered everything and went direct to the jack, put...

Last night I took apart two pups. A 59 and a JB. The 59 I bought off ebay and the lead wire on it was short so I had to replace it. The JB I had to work on because the screw holes on the mounting bracket had been stripped out. So, I took the coils off the stock SD JB bracket and put it onto the...

Hi all... I've seen to types of switch packages, one where all the solder nubs are on the same side, the other package type has the solder nubs on alternating sides. My question is, if I'm looking down at the two switches, are the pins still the same going from left to right? I realize that...

All, I just bought a SD pup (59) off of ebay. Failed to ask how much lead wire was left. To my suprise, it came and is rather short. Need to replace the lead wire. I did some searching around on the internet for 4 conductor pup wire. It would appear as though pups use 28 gage wire. Had a hard...

I have a Bill Lawrence USA pup that I'm not using. I can't be certain which exact pup this is, I've provided pictures here. I was told when I bought it from someone that it was the same one that Nuno Bettencourt uses in his N4 signature guitars. It's clean and articulate, just a bit bright for...

Of the various types of pups out there, which type produces the best harmonics in a mahogany guitar? Would it be high output or vintage? I'm looking for a new set of pups for my Ibanez S series, my criteria is simple... I want nice string separation, no mud, and massive harmonics.

Hey all... Looking to swap out some stock pups. Wanted to know of this wiring diagram, produces these results. Looks like the wire colors match SD pups. DIAGRAM RESULTS

Hey all.. I have an old 1969 Kustom amp. It's old school. All analog, nothing digital in it at all. Powered by transisters not tubes. My normal rig includes guitar --> boss GT10 --> Kustom amp. This amp has no effects built in other than reverb. As I understand it, active pickups have a...

Hey all... My model 78 arrived today. It does not have a typical wiring. It's got a braided wire around insulation, then a main lead wire. Can someone help me out here and explain how this is to be wired up? Is the braided wire the ground wire? Then the main internal wire the hot?

Hey all... Was trying to find the modular preamp on the internet, not finding it. Anyone know who is selling them?

I have a pup that has a ceramic magnet in it, I'd like to put a Alnico 4 magnet in it. Where do you guys purchase your mags?

Just curious to know before I try it. I'm finding that the lower strings burry the high strings when I strum some chords.

NICE!!! I was not intimately familiar with the stock pup that was in there, but, I can tell you that there is a HUGE difference. That 1/4-Pound and my Hartke make one hell of a system. :)

how close do those pups sound? I already have a screamn' deamon in the bridge and looking to replace my neck and middle single coil pups. I see that the JB jr AND the Lil Screamn' Deamon are both high outputs so I'd think those would match up well. Also, i have a JB in another guitar. I've...