Recent content by Thomas_Desch

Hi guys I've just installed a Strat pickup in an old acoustic guitar I have. I will install vol and tone pots later, but for now, I just run it straight to the jack. But the hum! What am I doing wrong? Is it the strings I need to ground somehow? Tips will be much appreciated.

Guess it's just GAS, but I'd like to try something new in the bridge of my Strat. Got a Lil 59 (neck version) there now which I'm happy about. But you know. Experimenting is fun. I don't use the bridge much on its own, but when I do, I like it to sound good for clean and overdriven tones (never...

Re: HB with great clarity? For use in HSS configuration Yes, it is a good setup. If my amp is set to slight breakup with the guitar volume on 8, it goes to crunchy when I switch to the bridge pickup. Very good volume balance. Here's how it sounds...

I've got a Strat (alder, rosewood fretboard), and currently it has got a Fender Nocaster neck pu (great), an APS-2 middle pu and a Little 59 (neck version) in the bridge. This setup works great for the type of music I play (country, blues, light rock, "jazz", slide). I'm considering installing...

I'm considering installing a Fender Nocaster pu in the neck position of my Strat and using an APS-2 (non-RWRP) in the middle. Will there be any phase/polarity issues I should worry about? I don't need hum-cancelling.

I have just been reading a bit about the MusicMan Albert Lee model with single coils. I always thought there were APS-2 pickups in it, but it turns there is an APS-2 with a backplate in the bridge, an APS-3 RWRP in the middle and an APS-3 in the neck. What kind of magnets are used in the APS-3s...

First post for me in 2013, so happy new year to all of you. The Duncan website only shows DC resistance and resonant peak for both coils together. Does anyone have the data for this pickup split? Or is there a formula to calculate it? (Divide DC res by 2, multiply resonant peak by 2 :) ?) From...

A friend of mine has one of those old (early-mid 80s) Schecter strats. Similar to the one Mark Knopfler used a lot. It has maple neck and mahogany body. Currently the stock pickups are in it. F500 I think they are called. As good as they sound, they are very powerful, and my friend is...

Hi folks, Been a while since I posted here. I've actually started a similar thread before, but because I have deleted those particular YouTube clips and the account, I thought I'd post again. The first clip is a systematic demo of all (11) the sounds possible through my particular setup (neck...

Hi folks, I think a good way of getting out of the hot lick rut is to try to listen to soloists that play other instruments. I listen a bit to jazz, and some of the finest phrasing and tone known to man do, in my opinion, come from many of the sax players. I particularly like cool jazz alto sax...

Hi folks Has anyone any experience with using .012 strings on a Strat? Is it much different than using .011s in terms of tone and playability? I currently use D'Addario EXL115 Blues/Jazz Rock 11-49, but since I play a bit of slide these days, I consider moving up a step (I don't want to make it...

Hiya I've just made three videos that I've stuck on YouTube to demo my new pickups (SSL-6, APS2 and Lil'59). The guitar is a modified Fender Highway One Strat (first version). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTLsuqUeN30 (Clean demo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrYfKKWjbNw (Distorted demo)...