NGD... Could not help it!

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Am getting an ant mini neck locally from a buddy of mine... The neck of the honeyburst is a squealer as well, so this new pickup will be welcome. I'll use it in one of them... Still I love the tone of the original minis:



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NGD... Could not help it!

Nice!

I wonder what that mini toggle does...

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It’s to switch the mini pickups of course.

And the big switch throws a light that tells the waitress to bring another beer.


(Seriously I would guess the mini toggle is for phase. Splitting a mini pickup wouldn’t be that useful.)
 
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You sir, are a man of taste and distinction, and have absolutely nothing to apologize for!
 
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Is your neck "squealer" wax potted?

Nope... I've dipped the mag and its cover into hot wax before closing it up, but did not help. This eliminated the squeal from the bridge, but not the neck. I suppose the coils are to blame and I did not wanna do a full wax potting. Instead, I thought I'd get me a new set of minis and keep the old ones as is you know.

Here is more info:

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?274170-The-anatomy-of-1976-Gibson-Deluxe-mini-HBs

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Re: NGD... Could not help it!

Nope... I've dipped the mag and its cover into hot wax before closing it up, but did not help. This eliminated the squeal from the bridge, but not the neck. I suppose the coils are to blame and I did not wanna do a full wax potting. Instead, I thought I'd get me a new set of minis and keep the old ones as is you know.

Here is more info:

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?274170-The-anatomy-of-1976-Gibson-Deluxe-mini-HBs

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Wax on the mag won't help anything.
 
Re: NGD... Could not help it!

Nice guitar! I've had a Les Paul Deluxe in my collection for many years. I'm a big fan of the neck pickup sound.
 
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Wax on the mag won't help anything.

There were some instances in which it was useful. Think of tele baseplates and squeals like hell. It happened to me with an ant neck as well (mag swaps you know) and could get rid of it quite easily with a little bit of wax on the thin sides of the mags, where the mag touches the spacers...

But this did not help with my mini neck of the 76 deluxe.

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Damn the virus!

I've ended doing the setup of my recording gear... So, here is one of the results, and how this 76 deluxe's neck sounds.


It's the neck of my 76 Deluxe (the honeyburst in that pic above). Details are:

- 76 Deluxe - neck (stock pickups)
- JTM50 clone (JJEL34II tubes)
- WGS ET65 speaker
- MJM Phantom around the end
- Shure SM57 and Beta 57

Stay safe guys!

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