Recent content by ruger9

OK, so I have tried several pickups in my HSS (neck & middle; there's a JB in the bridge), and I can't find what I'm after.... Texas Specials: too thin/harsh, didn't EQ well with the JB, to my ears (I know this has been a popular combo for many years). YJM Fury: nice, but too much bass in...

I've got an HSS strat, haven't found "the" single coils for it yet... going to try YJM Furys next (I had a Fury neck in a Charvel and LOVED it). But I hate magnet stagger, especially on the middle pickup, because it's under my pick. Does anyone know the construction of the Furys- can I just...

So, I've got a JB bridge (full size HB). I've got an STK7 in the neck, and an STK4 in the middle. All the pickup positions sound fine, except one: bridge+middle. (JB is split) The middle is set pretty low. Sounds fine on it's own. The JB is VERY close to the strings, because I like the tone...

Re: HSS strat.... Texas Specials vs YJM Fury Here's how the Fender is wired, stock: And here's what that get you:

Re: HSS strat.... Texas Specials vs YJM Fury The only connections I made: the bottom of the switch: Left to right: Green- bridge hot (originally ground) / yellow- middle hot / white - neck hot the top of the switch: 2nd lug, red+white for coil split grounds: black neck, black middle, black...

I've scoured the net looking for a diagram that gives me the coil combinations below, but came up empty... I'm wondering if what I want maybe isn't possible using a standard 5-way blade switch and would require a superswitch? Neck full HB Neck coil split Middle both full HB Middle both coil...

I've got my old '91 Charvel 3DR, JB bridge, that I installed a HB in the neck some 26 years ago... SD59 didn't get it Fury sounded really good, but I hate the adaptor rings, ruins the look of the guitar HFH ... better, but pretty thin and a bit ice-picky on the high end, otherwise quite good...

I just bought an HSS strat, and I'm doing kind of a Sambora inspired thing.... I'm going with a JB in the bridge. I know his USA Sig has a PAF Pro, but he used the JB in all his Kramers, and I have a JB in my old Charvel 3DR and have always loved it. For the singles, I was going to go with...

So, there's this particular tone I've been trying to figure out for awhile now... Jonny Lang, on his newer stuff. It is a very mid-heavy tone, not much bass or treble. Almost sounds like a fuzz, but he doesn't use fuzz. He always has an 808 of some kind on his board, but that's not it. If...

Re: Artie's De-Mud Mod is Magic!!!! (a review) Hey! It's the man himself!! Alright.... so, you're saying "between the red and white wires", which I also see in the illustrations of your mod... but Duncan's .047 is just placed on the hot lead, after the pickup... again, is there a difference...

Reading through the recent Vintage Guitar, they have a feature on semi-hollow guitars, and they show a bunch of CURRENT ones.... Zion Legacy Ninety (it's a tele thinline) with "Seymour Duncan Jonny Lang Signature humbuckers with auto-split" ???? Anyone know anything about these? They are...

Re: Phat Cats: PG Review "bright and clear" ???? Black only, and the only black pickups I'd be willing to change my guitar's aesthetic (gold cream hardware on natural spruce) for would be Charlie Christians. But the L-609 was recc'd by someone else as well, who actually compared them (said...

OK, so- I've been reading for years (mostly here) that the Phat Cat neck is "muddy". PG seems to seriously disagree, calling it the brightest/clearest HB-sized P90 in a recent shootout.... so which is it? Here's my dilemma.... I've been trying to find the right neck pickup for my Epi...

I just got a set of the Tallboy P90s, the ones they stuff into Filtertron covers.... they are A5, I ordered A2, so MJ screwed up. Before I send them back.... I actually like the A5 in the neck position, and am afraid an A2 might lose too much definition (they are in a hollowbody: Gretsch...

Big fan of YJM's tone, I know he was using the Dimarzios and now of course he uses the SD Fury. Here's my deal: I have my old 80's Charvel, with a JB in the bridge (which I will never give up, love that thing.) But looking to inject some "YJM neck tone" into the axe, was looking to put a YJM...