Recent content by THRobinson

I thought it would be easier to run together, basically fewer wires in the way when done. Mini switch housing wise, I wasn't sure if the ground going to the switch meant the housing was grounded as well in which case could treat them as pots, running a wire from housing-to-housing instead of the...

Side note... LINK... wow... I thought I was making things difficult with wiring, check that one out! I was debating a 3-way in place of the 3rd tone, or one of those 5-way switches that look like a standard Les Paul 3-way, but about $65CAD for those. More than the guitar cost. So, basically...

I went cheap... ceramic FLEOR brand. I have a PBass Alnico and a Telecaster set of Alnico FLEORs and the build quality is actually very good. The HONDO cost me $40 with a hard shell case so, although a nice Alder body and locking trem, I wanted to stay cheap with this build. These are the...

I have an old Hondo that has a SSH configuration. Each pickup has a mini toggle on/off, there is a mini toggle for coil split of the humbucker, plus vol/tone/tone. Part of the harness was gone when I got it, and the previous owner decided it was easier to reip the leads off at the pickup rather...

Was looking at sets of humbuckers for a guitar on SD's site as well as DiMarzio, and noticed that on both sites they have various nickel options, raw, gold, and in some cases stuff like black, white, etc. DiMarzio has a selection of bobbin colours including chrome topped... but neither site...

Pickups seem original, but, as mentioned is post #3, the guy pulled the leads off the single coils. Just the spots where the solder was remains and 0 readings with a multimeter. Humbucker has 1" of 4-wire shielded lead hanging off it and I get a reading off each coil. The Harness has some of the...

Bought an old $40 Hondo Fame 763, dismantled, parts there but unwired. Has two single coils and a humbucker. Looks like the 3 pickups each have a mini toggle to turn on/off. There are 3 pots, assuming a volume a tone and? Fir the third. Also a mini toggle near the pots, thinking a splitter for...

Bought an old $40 Hondo Fame 763, dismantled, parts there but unwired. Has two single coils and a humbucker. Looks like the 3 pickups each have a mini toggle to turn on/off. There are 3 pots, assuming a volume a tone and? Fir the third. Also a mini toggle near the pots, thinking a splitter for...

Darn site .. tried to edit the post but ERROR 404 everytime OK... grey is ground. Some of the wire is braided/shielded. Pickup wire is grey with a white lead and a ground wire inside, i used grey/blue because can't see white. So, red cap is on the bottom lug and the top of the pot. There is a...

I have a MIJ ES355 clone, just grabbed cheap for a fun quick fixup. Amazing shape surprisingly, no warping, mold, water damage, but the saddles were just a white clump of oxidation, screws rusted and when I took out the old wiring, the pots were just solid brown with rust. To make things...

Hey guys... starting to build a pickup winder and seen a lot of vids about making them etc, and seems pretty straight forward for the most part. I was wondering however, let say you had to recreate a pickup, or you had an old one missing a pole, etc... how do you know what magnet was used...

I'm starting to design a pickup wonder and debating how elaborate I should get with the design. I was looking to possibly design something with preset wind patterns but, in the Arduino forum, it's been mentioned that wind patterns affecting sound/tone is a myth. I know many things are a...

Hey guys... Got an old Synsonics Terminator last week, needs some TLC and figured, why not upgrade it. Why? Why not? I have fun with these oddball guitars. One thing I had planned was to swap out the weak Squier-like single coils for a pair of ceramic single coil sized humbuckers with...

Hey guys... I know this exists and certain I've seen it, but been on Google combing through diagrams and just not finding it. Looking for a diagram for guitar, 2 singles, 1 Humbucker, 5-way switch, 1 vol, 2 tone, and a mini toggle switch for the humbucker split. It's that mini switch addition...

Saw a semi-rough shape '70s Hagstrom Swede for sale, and debating on buying it as a rebuild. Some electronics were replaced, wiring wrong, Wilkinson pickups, some neck binding missing. I'd like to rebuild it with new parts because originally used parts would be impossible to find. Pickup have...