Recent content by UCSDBoy

Hi everyone, I know this may sound odd, but if you'll indulge me: I know that a tone pot can be replaced with a resistor and a cap in series, and some would say you could do away with the cap entirely if the resistor is around 250k or so. Since a volume is just a voltage divider, I could...

Hey guys, Just need to ask - can the hyper switch assign combinations of pickups like 'neck + middle in series' to position 3 instead of the middle pickup? I'd like to try that combo + I'd also like to have a tele-like neck+ bridge in parallel. I don't see anything in the user manual that...

Hi guys, I've been wondering something. Obviously a potentiometer is a variable resistor and that means a 500k ohm pot can be turned down to give only 250k ohm resistance. When it's wired up as a voltage divider in a guitar circuit however, does the same effect still apply? I've heard that...

Hi guys, I have an HSS Strat I'm assembling out of Warmoth and other parts. I remember the JB was pretty good with 250k pots, but I'm hesitant to throw in all 250k pots and have it be too dark. I read a post from Seymour himself somewhere that he set up one of his HSS Strats with a 500k volume...

Hi guys, Do you think the custom shop can make a backplate for a trembucker with long legs? I ripped out the True Duo pickups from my 2011 Ibanez S and they are HUGE. measurements wise, it looks like a backplate on a normal thickness hum bucker would give me the right depth. Otherwise, I'd need...

Hi guys, I want to load out a new pickguard for one of my strats, by taking the neck and middle APS-1s from one strat, and the Custom Custom bridge HB from another. I don't figure the CC is going to be like the JB, and handle 250k pots that well, however. Since I want to try and keep the...

Hi guys, I love the sound of the anniversary JB and I have a TB JB that I can mag-swap with a roughcast A5. Anyone know where I can buy one of equal or better quality to what SD provides? Best wishes and Happy New Year!

Hi guys. I'm putting new cts pots into an RG I have - 2HB, 1 volume, 1 tone. I have about half a dozen pots on hand - all of them CTS. Putting them up to an ohm-meter, I'm seeing readings from 480k to 516k, when rotated to full open position. Do you guys think it makes much of a difference which...

I always buy SDs with regular (short) mounting legs. However, I got an Ibanez S that has that tru-duo system, or whatever it's called. these things are HUGE. Pretty sure I'd need longer mounting legs and maybe a block to cover the empty space. Does anyone know if I can get a 59/custom and a...

Is it just me, or is the hole for the bridge humbucker on a fender HSS pickguard a little off, for a trembucker? I got this thing to fit, but just barely. I think if raise it any further, it'll start pushing the black tape down...

Hi guys, long time no see. :) Does anyone have any experience with using the SSL1/APS1s with a compound-radius or flatter neck? I'm thinking of replacing the stock neck on my strat with a warmoth. I'm thinking if it mess up the sound too much, I'll just go buy a good fender neck, or pay up to...

Just checked out the 2013 catalog and noticed that not all pickups are included. APS-1 singles, A2P (non-Slash), Custom (Custom|5). Does this mean they're not in production anymore or just not in the catalog? I suppose anything can still be made through the Custom Shop...

I got an Invader that came off a Fender Esquire FMT back in 2004 or so. Swapped it out for a P-Rails when they first came out. I've tried the Invader out in one of my strats just for kicks and have come to the conclusion that its not my thing. Anyone want to buy or preferably trade for another...

I have an old Hot Rails bridge pup from '96 that I'd like to complement with a neck and middle pup and make a hot rails strat. It seems like Hot Rails pups now come in some type of encased plastic shell with circuitry on the bottom, almost looking like some type of active? Mine has a normal wrap...

Has anyone tried making the balance between the custom coil and the 59 coil adjustable using a blender pot?