Recent content by scarabunga

Hi, I suspect that there is a problem with the wiring in my Yamaha RGX820Z. It came fitted with Seymour Duncan '59 and JB pickups as stock. The reason I'm suspicious is that so many people have complained about the JB being too bright or having a harsh mid-range spike with 500k pots. I checked...

Saw a debate on another messageboard and I'll bring it here: How do you think you should set the pickup heights (specifically the middle pickup) on a Strat to get the most quack in the notch positions? Some people say lowering it increases quack. That doesn't make sense to me. If quack is...

How much difference is there in practice between the tone of a 250k volume pot and a 500k pot? My tech is convinced that once the pot's turned up full it makes near as no difference. What's your experience? I've never had two different pots in one guitar, so I can't really say.

What do you think gives the best Strat tone then, coil splitting or wiring for parallel? I've got parallel wiring for the neck pickup on my Ibanez, and I've never thought it's that great. But my tech advised me to go parallel on the bridge humbucker for my Strat today and I was surprised...

Hi everyone, Newbie here, just thinking of souping up my maple-necked Strat. Like everyone else, I want to have my cake and eat it, keeping all my existing tones and adding a humbucker as well. I know this isn't possible, but in your opinions, which single-coil sized humbucker gives the most...