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    RW/RP middle pickup not humbucking

    Thanks for your response, freefrog. So to be clear: I would have to rotate both humbuckers and rewire them?
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    RW/RP middle pickup not humbucking

    Will this not put one of the pickups out of phase? I get confused between wind and polarity. That's right, positions 2 and 4 are splitting the humbuckers and combining with the single-coil. And both humbuckers have the white and red wires tied together and soldered to the TAP on the Ibanez...
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    RW/RP middle pickup not humbucking

    Hi, I have a set of Invaders in my HSH Ibanez guitar and I wanted to find a single-coil to match with the two humbuckers, so I picked the Quarter Pound Strat in RW/RP configuration as the Seymour Duncan Pickup Finder tool recommends. The problem is that there is still a hum in positions 2 and...
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    Problems matching Gibson 498T and SD 59N

    The lowest I went was the top of the pickups flush with the neck level. I tried putting it flush with the ring as you suggested and the Rhythm setting sounds a little better. I'm gonna need longer screws though because they fall out at that height 😌 The back of the pots say 500K, but measuring...
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    Problems matching Gibson 498T and SD 59N

    Hi, I've put a 498T and an SH-1n in my Epiphone LP and there's a couple of problems. First, in the Rhythm position the sound is quite muffled and a bit gnarly, especially in the 12+ frets. It has no character. Second, the middle position sounds exactly the same as the Rhythm position; the neck...
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    Pickup upgrade for Epiphone Les Paul (hard rock/metal)

    The reason I ask about the ProBuckers is that they're cheaper, and have an Alnico II magnet and therefore close to that 'Slash-like' sound but are they high-output enough for metal? The Black Winter is tempting. How is it for more hard rock/classic rock sounds?
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    Pickup upgrade for Epiphone Les Paul (hard rock/metal)

    Those are good suggestions, thank you! What do you think of a slightly better stock Epiphone pickup, like a ProBucker?
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    Pickup upgrade for Epiphone Les Paul (hard rock/metal)

    Hi, I have a Korean Epiphone LP from the 90s and I'm looking to upgrade the bridge pickup. The stock one has its pros - it's pretty high output - but it does get pretty muddy. I'd like to play metal like Lamb of God and Tool but still be able to play some lighter stuff like Guns N' Roses and...
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    Replaced bridge PU on RG470 and getting a hum

    Hi, I just removed the stock Quantum pickup in the bridge of my RG470DX (HSH) for a Seymour Duncan Invader and now there's a hum on whatever pickup the five-way switch is set to. The hum doesn't go away when I put my hand on the strings or other metallic parts of the guitar. I followed these...
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