I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

[hanumanlangur]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

Ha ha, you're getting closer!

? But that looks like a regular JB?

(very nice looking axe, btw)

 

[Robert S.]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

Since I have never matched 3 pickups before, is there something I should know about pickup polarity for this combo?

No wind or polarity issues, just follow the install instructions.

 

[Robert S.]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

? But that looks like a regular JB?

(very nice looking axe, btw)

It is a JB. I have a JB jr in the middle of my RG550 and I have installed it into the bridge slot of several guitars. I think I mentioned that earlier.

Thanks, it has seen several looks changes over the years. It was pretty hot with black Hot Live Wires and a purple moto guard. It might have been red once as well.

It has a bridge on/off switch where the rear tone pot used to be and a series/parallel switch behind the tone pot for the JB to brighten the bridge slot up for some things. It started out as a 95 MIA standard but I added a Shaller Floyd, a LSR roller nut and locking Sperzals along the way as well. It's a cool "gets a lot of stuff done" Strat.

 

[MultiCaster]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

Are there any drop out issues with the LiL 59 in the neck?

 

[Robert S.]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

I have never had an issue with drop outs using the lil59n.

 

[phil_104]

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So Robert, where would I go to find a diagram of how to wire all these pickups with the on-off switch?

 

[guitarded]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

I added it to my other full size pup double hum Strat. You either love it or hate. it and works for me, and like I said, it helps get some of that notch position tone despite the fact that my 93 US Plus has three humbuckers.

The TBX pot is a dual concentric pot that cuts top or bottom end depending on which way you turn it.

I rip it out of every guitar that I see with it.

 

[guitarded]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-TBX-Tone-Control?sku=361264

That's very interesting, specially concidering I play through a mesa express.

What are these TBX pots you speak of?

 

[Robert S.]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

I use spst mini toggles and I insert the switch between where the humbuckers hot attaches to the 3 way and the volume pot hot in. 2 short pieces of wire and an on off switch is all you need.

 

[phil_104]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

I use spst mini toggles and I insert the switch between where the humbuckers hot attaches to the 3 way and the volume pot hot in. 2 short pieces of wire and an on off switch is all you need.

Perfect. Thanks a bunch for your recommendations. I just need to get the money for the set, and I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[shg]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

This guitar is in my lap right now as I type this:

standard 250k pots
super 5-way switch
Duckbuckers wired as 2-conductor
push-pull vol pot

I have it wired thusly:

SWITCH OFF
Position 1: bridge humbucker (both coils in series)
Position 2: neck side coil of bridge humbucker in parallel with middle pickup
Position 3: middle pickup
Position 4: middle pickup in parallel with bridge side coil of neck humbucker
Position 5: neck humbucker (both coils in series)

SWITCH ON:
adds neck pickup, both coils in series. So if I'm in position 1 with the bridge humbucker on and I engage the switch, I get a great almost P90 Les-Paulish "bridge and neck humbuckers together" tone.

Bottom line, love the Everything Axe set!

 

[Mpcoluv]

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L-45 is their take on the clearest even mini-humbucker pickup you can possibly have. Acts like a strat pickup with a little humbucker chunk in it. It's so clear that you hear more of the strings. They quack very nice with L-200's.
Sorry for the hijack.[/QUOTE]

Hey Grumpy, what is the output like? I am looking for something that sounds like a real strat that will keep up with a PATB-3 bridge bucker.
Nothing I have tried has been perfect so fat.....

 

[Mer2112]

Re: I think I want the ''everything axe'' set.

A JB jr/Hot Stack/lil59n Strat is a killer sounding rig with a lot of very useable tones and no hum. I can get my hands on any SD pickup with 5 days notice and those are the pickups that have been in my Strat for a couple of years now. If you knew how many sets of pickups I went through before I settled on these you'd think I was crazy.

Everyone that plays my Strat wants it.

This is what my Everything Axe set will become. I ordered the Hot Stack Plus last night. The Duck Bucker was just too "quacky" for me compared to the LIttle 59 and the JB Jr.