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I want to buy the NECK pickup of these: https://www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/hot-jaguar Where can I find the PICKUP COVERS that are exactly compatible with those pickups? Any Jaguar pickup cover will fit or there are some risks?

Usually humbuckers have one row with screws and the other row with slugs pole pieces. However there are unconventional humbuckers that have: - Both rows with screws (see attachment "double_screws") - Both rows with slugs (see attachment "double_slugs") How do those different pole pieces...

I have a GFS humbucker with these wires: ​ I would like to add a 3way switch that allows these combinations: - Humbucker mode - Split coil - Split coil out-of-phase Is it possible to do using a 3way switch?

Usually mini humbuckers without poles are built in one of two possible ways: 1) Two steel bars with a bar magnet under the bobbins 2) Two bar magnets without bar magnet under the bobbins (original Firebird pickups) My question is: how is the difference in tone and output between the two...

I have a guitar with two humbuckers. If I rotate the bridge humbucker by 180°, then when both humbuckers are selected I will get an out-of-phase sound (Right? Correct me if I'm wrong!). Now, if I add a switch on the bridge humbucker the inverts the phase (out-of-phase switch), that gives the...

I have a custom made stratocaster with vintage bridge (strings spacing 2-7/32'') which has wider strings spacing than modern bridges. The pickups are strat-sized lipsticks and the problem is that they sound definitely weaker on the two external strings (low E, high e). I suspect that, given the...

I have a set of AlNiCo5 lipstick pickups I bought on ebay but they seem to be totally demagnetized (with a screw I can't feel magnetic pull at all whereas with the same screw I can feel it with other pickups). Since I can't remove the pickups from the guitar (don't have the solder to put them...

I've noticed that original Danelectro lipsticks use Alnico6 magnets. What's the reason of Alnico6 instead of, like, Alnico5 or Ceramic for lipsticks?

Hi all, I'd like to know this: when it comes to lipstick pickups (any brand) does guitar string spacing matter?

I have a single coil guitar but it sounds too treble and brittle. Instead of changing pickups, I'd like to know if there are ways to tame the excessive treble and warm up the tone by replacing the volume/tone pots. Do you have suggestions about the resistance and capacity values?

Hi guys, I'd like to know if you can list some electric guitar names (except Squier and Fender) whose nut width is not larger than 1.650'' (42 mm). Note: I play blues and classic rock so I'm not interested in metal-focused guitars. Thanks