Recent content by tlhamon

Complete with all original materials. While the pickups themselves are nearly perfect, the leads were shortened to fit in a Strat. It may be necessary to extend the leads (still plenty left to solder to as all are at least 3" long). Additional specs: '56 vintage stagger pole pieces. $160...

I'm am simply looking for an aesthetic change to give my all black guitar a little pop. Open to most pickups other than super high gain metal types.

Need some help here. I think I know the answer, but want some feedback before I begin soldering. I have a single coil pickup with a black ground, a white and a red lead. I ASSUME the red is the hot and the white is either a coil tap or is used to reverse phase. I'm guessing that as long as I...

I've done some searches and nothing useful has turned up. I've noticed that some vintage type humbuckers have wooden spacers (I assume most pickups use plastic. Does the wood make any difference or is it strictly a snob factor?

I've hit a bit of a snag. I installed the EXG on my guitar in addition to the passive pickups (which is supposed to be possible). However, it just doesn't sound right to my ears. I've double checked everything and it appears to be wired correctly, but I can't remember if the ground wire from...

All of the current overdrive pedals are of the "boost" flavor. I have a Tube Screamer which does that job fine. I would like a different flavor of pedal that will have enough gain by itself to sound good, but I don't want a buzzy distortion (DS-1) or fuzz. Anyone have any suggestions? It's...

I just installed a P90 sized humbucker (GFS, not Seymour) and to my ears it sounds very anemic compared to the neck position which is still a P90. I'm wondering if the P90 is really just that much louder or if the GFS is wired out of phase (I used the including diagram, but I have received a...

I'm sure I could figure this out with some trial and error, but I would rather not burn up my switch. Does anyone recall seeing a diagram for a standard 3-way blade switch (think Telecaster) used to select the coils on a single humbucker? The SD site has a diagram for the P-Rails, but it uses...

I have a Squier Surfcaster with the Duncan Designed Lipstick pickups. I really like them a lot. I was curious if anyone knew if they had the same materials (alnico 6 magnets) as the USA version. I'm just curious more than anything. All of the Duncan Designed pickups I have used have sounded...

...pickguard and Duncan Designed Jazzmaster pickup for your regular tele neck pickup. I would prefer a Duncan Designed model, but let me know what you have. This is what I have: http://www.fender.com/products/vintage-modified-telecaster-special