Recent content by scpa105

I have a HSS strat. The singles are standard Fenders and the humbucker is a custom custom. It's been set up for awhile now, but I'm certain there's a 500k pot in there for the volume or the tone (I custom wired it for only one tone and one volume AND the 'bucker is wired so it has a tone...

So, I was polishing my Strat's frets last night with some steel wool. Although I taped my pickups off to protect them from the steel shards, I stupidly used a strong magnet to clean up some steel wool pieces off the guitar's body when I was done polishing. End Result: my beloved ssl 1/ssl...

I'm installing a tapped ssl-5 in my strat, and will be using a push pull volume pot. I can't figure out how to wire the ssl-5 to the push/pull pot and the 5 way switch, and I can't find a schematic for the mod (although I know it's one that's very popular). Can anyone help me with advice...

Has anyone wired their ssl-1/ssl-1/ssl-5 strat up with the Gilmour bridge pickup control mod (the mod that gives you the additional options of having your bridge/neck or bridge/middle/neck pickups on at the same time)? If so, how would you describe the neck/bridge and neck/middle/bridge...

What are your thoughts on copper shielding the body cavity of a strat and its effect on tone? I'm considering doing it on my ssl-1/ssl-1/ssl-5 strat. I heard that shielding may cut treble a little, but given how trebly and bright my ssl-1's are, that doesn't necessarily sound like a bad thing...

I have SSL-1's in the neck and middle positions of my strat and love them. I have the tapped version of the SSL-5 coming in the mail this week. Let me also add, regarding strat tone, I'm a fan of David Gilmour, Robin Trower, and John Mayer. So, with the ssl-5, I can either tap the pickup...