Recent content by shaggydawg

What's the deal with choosing caps? In getting ready to install the JP wiring with 500k pots, I see drawings showing either 0.02uF or 0.047uF caps. The original Gibson harness uses 0.02uF. Could it have something to do with 250k vs. 500k? :?: TIA for any inflammation!

Dear forum! Does anyone have a Gibson PPAT-520 push/pull pot in their possession? I need to know the depth of the thing so I can see if it will fit into an SG cavity. I think the DiMarzio pot is too deep so the Gibson is my only hope. The SG cavity is only 15/16" (or 0.9375") deep. I think...

Is there a standard way to check out wiring before going to all the trouble to restring the guitar? I'm about to do the infamous Page wiring and was wondering what people usually to for a quick functional check before restringing, if anything. I can see tapping pickups maybe, but I'm not sure...

Good idea ya think, or YAWWWWNN? For standard Blues/Rock/Pop stuff. Seymour Duncan Silver Special Hot Rodded Humbucker Set Limited Edition (Nickel) "Made exclusively to celebrate our 25th anniversary! Includes an SH-2 Jazz (neck) and SH-4 (bridge), both hand engraved with Seymour Duncan's...

Hi all, I've got some kind of "Rails" pup I'm trying to ID. It's either a Hot Rails or a Cool Rails, that much I know. There's a label on it that says "1NC". But "1NC" doesn't seem to match up with anything having to do with Rails. It's almost as if it's got the wrong label on it. Thanks for...

Dear Forum, I was inside my axe the other day and was looking at the wiring that was done by someone else. I have a couple of Seymour Duncan humbuckers in this thing, along with a DPDT switch. The switch is used to split the pickups by grounding the red/white pairs. Seems pretty normal, but the...