Recent content by tkingen

I have a pair of Antiquity humbuckers in a Blacktop Tele. The bridge pup is perfect for what I'm trying to achieve with this guitar. The neck is *almost* there. After much experimentation the bass strings are fat and articulate but the treble strings are a tad too bright. I've even swapped out...

I recently purchased a Blacktop Tele and love it but the pickups had to go. I already had a set of Phat Cats and a Jazz neck so began experimenting. Right now it has the Jazz in the neck and a Phat Cat in the bridge. This combination gives some wonderful "Tele on steroids" tones, but I'm feeling...

I'm thinking of replacing the pickups in an ES137. The neck 490r is okay (although a little muddy, but the bridge 498t definitely needs to come out. Too hot and middy sounding. Playing mostly jazz and blues, I'm looking for something solid but airey and articulate. I do have a Jazz neck and...

I'm working on a G&L Bluesboy with stock single coil in the bridge and Duncan Jazz in the neck position. The Jazz is almost there - open and airy but the low E isn't quite as detailed as I would like. Been thinking maybe a P90ish pickup would help out and the GFS Mean 90 looks interesting. Any...

I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a 10" Weber for my PRRI. Right now it has a nicely broken in Jensen C10Q (new version) which is close to my tonal goal for this amp, but would like it a little less harsh, a little less breakup and a little more volume. People had great suggestions in...

I'm working with an alder body/maple neck tele with ashtray/3 barrel bridge. It has a 5/2 in the neck and Alnico Pro II in the bridge. The 5/2 neck sounds great with a little extra treble, kind of muscular tele/strat. When going to the bridge APII the lower strings are snappy and full but the...

I'd like to rewire an American Deluxe Tele. Right now it has SCN pickups with the S-1 switching. What I'd like to do - - replace the bridge SCN with a Duncan Hot Stack. This would have a push/pull tone pot for the options of hum cancelling or power boost. - leave the SCN in the neck position -...

Looking for advice on how to wire a P-Rails so that it's working as a P-90 only. I assume you would solder the two blade wires together and the remaining two would be the hot and ground for the P-90, but I don't know which colors go with which coil. Thanks in advance!

I have a G&L ASAT Bluesboy and would like to replace the neck Seth Lover with a P-Rail. I'd like to replace the tone control with a push/pull pot that would give the P90 in the down position and just the rail in the up position. Is this possible? Thanks.

I just received an Emi Copperhead for my Fender 65 Princeton Reverb. It doesn’t seem to be quite the right speaker for my playing so I’m looking for suggestions on an alternative. The stock Jensen C10R Reissue has great sparkle although a little harsh, and lacking in the low end. The Copperhead...

I took a set of P-Rails out of a guitar with one push/pull volume pot, one regular tone pot and a Gibson style 3way switch. Everything was working great but I plan to sell the guitar and want to keep the P-rails. So now I've tried two different sets of humbuckers in this guitar. First set was...

After using a set of P-Rails for about a month, I think I'd be happy to just have two options - either P-90 by itself or blade by itself. These are installed in a Fender Tele FMT with one push/pull volume, one push/pull tone and a Les Paul type three position pickup selector switch. What i...

Want to trade my barely used set of P-Rails for a set of PAF style humbuckings. What do you have?

Currently my #1 has a Duncan APTL-1 Alnico Pro in the bridge and STR52-1 Nashville 5/2 in the neck. I like the setup, but am curious about what kind of difference might be found by swapping out the neck for an APTR-1 Alnico Pro neck pickup. Anyone have experience with both?

My #1 Tele is loaded with a set of Nashville 5/2's. I love the sound of them except for one thing - when turning down the volume control the bridge pickup gets nasal sounding. The neck pickup doesn't have this problem. What could be causing this?