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I was testing some pickups I had lying around. The neck was rated to 7.4, the bridge 9.0k. I set the ohmeter to 20k, and measured them to 4.81 and 5.14, respectively. How can this be? Are there certain factors that can lead to a decay in resistance? I just found it really strange... I never...

I have a Telecaster with a Fralin P92 humbucker in the neck and an OC Duff Plankster single coil in the bridge. The switch and the pots make a lot of scratchy and ugly noises. Have tried to use contact cleaner, but to no avail. I figure I'll just swap out the switch/pots. However, I am very...

I am trying to repair the electronics of my G&L Legacy, and the pot controlling the bass is an oddball pot, according to ItsaBass. I need a 1 Meg reverse log ("1MC" / "1M REV A"). Where can I find it? I know I can procure it from G&L's own store, but their standard shipping cost to Europe is...

I have G&L Legacy I'm wiring up for the PTB wiring, following this diagram: My wiring: When plugged in, there's a tiny bit of output. The amp needs to be turned way up. Tried troubleshooting with this methodology: http://www.guitarnuts.com/technical/electrical/trouble/strat.php...

I have a Grissom model. I absolutely love it. I never broke any strings for the couple of years I have had it. However, the last few months the B-string has broken 4 times. I have always been a bit concerned about the entry hole through the bridge, as it seems as if the strings are resting...

I have a Valvetech Hayseed 30 (a Vox clone) I have been very happy with. However, a few weeks ago, the sound just disappeared in the 30W mode. Switched it to 15W and it worked fine. Good sound and all. I guessed it had to be 1 or 2 of the 4 power tubes that were failing. A couple of weeks later...

I have a Thinline 72 reissue. I'm very happy with the tone in the neck and the neck+bridge positions. Often leaving the tone control untouched (I use it, but only for smaller adjustments). However, I never like the bridge when the tone pot is maxed. Is it possible to put a cap on it to reduce...

I guess it is due to the acidic content of the sweat in the palms. How do you go about removing the stains?

I had a couple of single coils lying around, and I discovered that they were stored very close together. Is there a risk of degrading something by having done that?

I bought a reverse wound bridge pickup (Fralin SP43) for my G&L back in the day. A friend wants to buy it, but is this at all possible to install in his (presumably) normally configured Strat? Wouldn't it be out of phase in the notch position middle/bridge? Or is there a possible workaround here?

I've got a 3 SC Legacy, and I changed the wiring back in the day. Now I want it back to the PTB wiring, but the schematics at G&L's own site are either missing or really, really poor. Anyone got a good schematic on that around?

Finally I got rid of my old Takamine, which was pretty good actually. But I wanted to take it up a notch. I feared that Martins in general were a bit too dark/muffled, while Taylors were too bright and zingy. This Martin has something in between, which I really like so far. Very loud! Very...

Reading the title, and you're thinking "yeah, right". Yeah. But seriously. Today I've been thinking about a new guitar. Not looking to (necessarily) get full on Les Paul sounds, not looking to get 100% Strat sounds, but a bit of both camps. Sorta. I want something with a pickup config that...

I ordered two wide range humbuckers with "vintage braided lead wires" from The Creamery. The other option was having 4 wires. Thought I'd be getting two wires per pickup, but there's only one. I assume there's a way to ground them? Using the braided hose or whatever it is?

Think this will last for a while: The rig I'm playing through: