Recent content by zakk_speed

I swore I was done when I picked up the radius. Made a promise to myself even. And the first time this went around I resisted, but then it didn't sell, I started a conversation with the seller....and you know the story. Delivered in a DeLorean about an hour ago :) Behold the 80's glory of a...

Two weeks ago i bought a '78 on CL. I didn't even expect it to work, but I thought WTF got it : Signed by Seymour on the back....cracked bobbin.. single conductor..spot on 9K..loaded into my mahogany Jem SuperStrat thats been troublesome for pups. I've had a C8 in this guitar. I've had a CUOA5...

I just finished up my HSS BMP-1 project and I'm having an issue I cant get sorted..so here is the gratutitous guitar pic Its loaded with a ProTrack/EMG-SA/Fred combo, the passives are running through the BMP-1 and out to the 5 way, the EMG is running directly to the 5-way middle. The output...

I want to suggest a superswitch combined with a BMP-1 diagram that will have this combination 1. Neck Only 2. Neck + Bridge North coils humbucking 3. Neck + Bridge 4. Neck + Bridge South coils humbucking 5, Bridge Pickup I'm not good at superswitch combinations, but this is something that the...

The fact that I dont want to put what it is in the title tells you why I'm a bit wary. I'm all for new tech - I bought the first POD when it came out, but if I play that now it seems so dated. But this threw me a GAS curveball. I think its smart use of technology married with a traditional...

I want a rw/rp true single for the middle slot of my two mahogany Ibanez S guitars. The switching will be autosplitting the neck and bridge in positions 2 and 4, so I dont want stacks or single sized humbuckers. I've tried the various ibanez options - S1, C2, C3 and to my ears they universally...

Thought you might get a laugh out of this....a few weeks back I involved my kids in restoring an old guitar, and ever since the 5-year old has been wanting to do it again. I was chatting to him about how I'd like to change out the middle pickup in my one 'ground floor' guitar, but things were...

I hope someone smarter than me can work this out - I've been staring at wiring diagrams for two days :eyecrazy: I'm wiring a PASTK-1N (neck) and a PATB2 (bridge) with a fender 4 pole super 5-way, 1 vol, 1 tone. The configuration I'm going for is this 1. Neck (coils series) 2. Neck (top coil)...

I need a standard spaced bridge pickup and I have this homeless Air Norton lying around - I hear great things about the standard Norton so I want to un- air (suffocate!?!) it. I opened it up and I see the spacers for the air mod, however the bottom of the slug coils has been designed with a...

Just scored a set of parallel axis on the bay, and the two singles are giving me an odd reading. In the tone chart it gives the resiatnce as 6.8k, but I'm getting 6.8K on each coil for a total resistance of 13.6K? Is this normal?

By old I mean 90's or 80's era. Let me explain... I'm an Ibanez player thru and thru, but many of my jam buddies love their Charvels, and I see a lot of love in this forum. I hanker after one good true strat shape alder body floyd equipped axe, and thats not really an ibanez thing. I put an...

I just received my 540 Saber project from the mailman, and it has a DP207 D-Sonic in the bridge. Anyone using this pickup here - if so can you give me a quick rundown of what its good at? Initial impressions are hot, warm, overwound, but this guiatr is in a bit of a state and I've done no...

I`ve a couple of my RG`s where the standard PCB 5-way is getting crackly, and I wanted to buy good quality replacements. For one, the RG-560 HSS, I wanted the megaswitch-e type, and for the RG-470 HSH I wanted one that will replicate the ibanez jem style switching. I`ve seen recommendtaions...

I just did a mag swap in an old TB5J I had, and when I pulled the tape off there was some kind of separator layer, about the thickness of a piece of thin card, between the bottom of the bobbins and the magnet. It looked like some sort of plastic wafer. I just left it in place, popped in the...

I`ve had it in the bridge of two guitars (basswood & alder) and the neck of pretty much every one I own, trying real hard to get the hype...and its left me cold in every one, or more accurately too meh in the bridge and too warm in the neck. I really wanted it to work in the Roadster in...