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Forum Post How do you ground a pickup? I have changed a pickup by mysel...
How do you ground a pickup? I have changed a pickup by myself, and I am not managing to ground it - it buzzes like mad.
Forum Post Any pickup selector position where the neck pickup is in use has a terrible buzz
I have an Ibanez RGT-42 with the stock pickup in the bridge position and a dimebucker in the neck position. When I play through an amp clean, all selections are fine. As soon as I kick on any sort of ...
Forum Post Pickup question: humbucker vs P90?
I'm looking at a guitar that comes in two configurations. One has "Two Humbucker" pickups and the other has "Two Duncan Designed P90 Soapbar" pickups. What's the diff...
Forum Post Best P-90 replacement pickup opinions
...s Paul Junior clone and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions. Also, since the Junior has only one pickup should I go for a hotter replacement. Adding a humbucker is not an option since I prefe...
Forum Post p-bass pickup height?
Hold the string(s) down on the last (21st?) fret. The string should remain clear of the pickup, no matter how you play it. Each half of a Precision Bass pickup should sit roughly parallel to the tw...
Forum Post Parallel / Series Pickup Wiring?
..., Im not sure if this post is a little out of place in a beginners forum but... I am changing the bridge pickup in my squier strat for some SD hotrails. The hotrails are the four conductor wiring ty...
Forum Post Pickup Configurations: PJ vs JJ
...oss a bass I think I would like for a low enough price to Ebay. However, it comes configured with a P J pickups instead of the stand Js I think I would normally go for. I know this is a subjectiv...
Forum Post pickup replacement? (for Gibson Melody Maker)
I am looking for a tetrad pickup wiring diagram for my Artisan TC Anyone have this?
Forum Post Bartolini MM pickup wireing diagram
Anybody have a wiring diagram for a Bartolini Music Man dual coil pickup? I can't seem to find one anywhere...
Forum Post Best method for setting optimum pickup height on a Stratocas
...t starting point for pup height adjustment. aka: Finding the "sweet spot" -~ on each of the 3 pickups. Right now my pickups are seated pretty low. And it sounds pretty cool. But I...
Forum Post humbucker pickup
...answer my question. I am buying my son an electrid guitar. I see that the guitars have either all single pickups or one humbucker pickup and on or two single pickups or it has 2 humbucker pickups. ...
Forum Post pickup height on P-bass
Thanks, ill give it a try but the output from the pickup is already very hot and I don't want distortion
Forum Post new pickup advice
I think you just found the pickup i'm going to buy, thanks for the Reply, I had no Idea that they started to make replica pickups.
Forum Post I want to change my pickup on my Epiphone G400, I want a sou...
I want to change my pickup on my Epiphone G400, I want a sound that is Hard rock, close to metal but not quite. I was thinking that the Seymour Duncan SH-6 would be a good choice, and was wondering if...
Forum Post Hello you all, I have a rear pickup on my gold/gold strat...
Hello you all, I have a rear pickup on my gold/gold stratocaster made in 1982 with raised pole pieces, Ihave never seen this and it should be an X1 pickup an the wires are indeed yellow and black! ...
Forum Post Emg Active Pickup String height
Does anyone know what the best clearance is with these pups?
Forum Post Ibanez JetKing pickup replacement
Hey i have a Ibanez JetKing 40 (red, two ach humbuckers and vintage vibrato, no coil taps) and was thinking of dropping some seymour duncans in it. a Phat Cat p-90 for the neck and a pearly gates hum...
Forum Post Soldering the pickup to the selector - Good Idea?
Hi Let me first say that I love the sound of my strat I have single coil pickups that are connected to the selector using crimps. I was wondering if I could improve the sound even more by ditchin...
Forum Post Strat mod: Bridge+Neck PU
I don't use my middle pickup on it's own. I want a "Tele" position where I can use the center position on my pickup selector to activate both the neck and the bridge pickup. I...
Forum Post 'Bridge on' switch mod schematic for Strat?
hi, I'd like to add a toggle switch to my Strat which activates the bridge pickup in switch positions 4 & 5 so I can get 'middle/neck +bridge' & 'neck + bridge'...
Forum Post Fender Serial Number Question
...tar, but it's needs some work. At one point back in the early 80s I'd switched out the original pickup for a humbucker, but now I'd like to get back to the original sound. So, which ...
Forum Post Fender Jazz Bass electrical problem?
This is 60 cycle hum, and is inherent in single coil pickups. Even upper end manufacturers who use the same style pickup have this humming when one pickup is "on" more than another, i.e., wh...
Forum Post P90's volume drop or difference
Hi My Les Paul Special is fitted with p90s from the factory. Problem is that the pickup on the bridge is a not quieter than the pickup on the neck. From the neck I get A nice rich bass sound, and fro...
Forum Post Strat wiring mod help
Here is the one I use 1-volume 1- tone 1 -Mini switch kicks in the bridge pickup at any time (Neck and bridge and all three ) It is on Seymour Duncan's web sight.easy to wire. http://www.seymou...
Forum Post Do all tube amps sound like this? Help!!
... addition to the excellent advice offered by Scott and Jim, I'd add one thing about setting up your pickups. Start by getting them even in terms of volume. I start with the bridge pickup. I...
Forum Post Mighty Mite P-90 Pickups
...ounds, P-bass, funky Jazz bass, they are worth the little dinero they cost. I also purchased a Jazz Bass pickup that i installed in a squier P bass, and it was a little quiet so i wired it in series ...
Forum Post Synthesizer Effect for Guitar
...eck out the thread I just started titled "What is the Ultimate Synth Simulation for Guitar - No Hex Pickup?". This one could get deep. I've tried many units to get a synth sound...stil...
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