pickup

Forum Post Any Ibanez roadstar fans here?
... I forget the model #, but it looked like a black strat with a different head. Had 3 black single-coil pickups with the metal strip instead of six poles. It had a floyd rose. Anyways, the str...
Forum Post Ibanez PM-120 Potentiometer values?!?
... with the tone control up, the guitar has the Zing of a nice 335 but with more hollow quality. The middle pickup position is now twangy with the tone up which sounds great for any kind of travis-picki...
Forum Post How can I add a series parallel switch to my J-bass?
Just replace the P pickup in the diagram with a J. Oh, the phase stays the same too.
Forum Post Dick Dale
Can anyone help with a wiring diagram for pickup switching/bypassing that Dick Dale uses?
Forum Post I need to know what age & what is special about the Fender Stratocaster handed down to me
Stratmanshow Well it would not upload the file as not a jpeg , So I will Type some of it. Pickups 3 American Strat Single coil pickups. Standrad pickup settings on the 5 position blade , Controls : ...
Forum Post Rickenbacker 4001 body blank
...dy that makes or has Rickenbacker 4001 style bass body/neck blanks...as I want to add my own hardware and pickups to it..I dont want any pickup holes dug out....as i am planning on installing non Rick...
Forum Post What is the Story on Memphis Guitars
i have installed a Lil '59 humbucker at bridge on my strat and it just sings.. its the best pickup i've ever had on my strat..
Forum Post Pickups series/parallel + Q about pickups...
... series p/j combination, here's a nice article about it all: http://www.telling-amplification.co.uk/pickups_1.html Now surely, someone can help me out here. My IBZ has a P Quarter pounder pic...
Forum Post tune down half step???? HELP
Put in a mini toggle to kick in the bridge pickup. You can add neck & Bridge or all three. I have done a couple like that, then you have 7 settings.
Forum Post Strat string height
I have recently inherited a very old Kay double pickup archtop. It looks ancient...probably atleast from the fifties. Does anybody know a source I could use to date this beast? It's awfully ...
Forum Post Squier vs Fender
...nip> I agree wholeheartedly. The thing used to be that the Squiers and even the Epiphones were just pickup swaps away from their cousins, aside from wood. Now the workmanship is admittedly more ...
Forum Post String rattle/buzz/vibrat ion/thing?
... about string buzz, tone, or some kind of distortion. For distortion or tone, try lowering or raising the pickup... if you have staggered poles then raise it high at the highE and much lower at the lo...
Forum Post Gibson 490 vs Seymour Duncan 59
Go for it, especially something like a pickup swap. You can always swap the original back in.
Forum Post best replacement tube in a tube overdrive pedal.
Jim has a point. There are so many factors that affect your overdriven tube tone- pickup type, pickup output, pedal gain, preamp gain, power amp gain, tone control settings (on the pedal and the amp)....
Forum Post Squier made in Japan models?
... by Accept lists Squire Strats being used in the liner notes... I first replaced the bridge and neck pickups in mine with Dimarzio HS-2 and HS-3s. Then I replaced the bridge with a Kahler tremol...
Forum Post relic serial number
...h® Vintage Style Tuning Machines Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo Pickguard: 3-Ply White Pickups: 3 Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat® Pickups Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Contr...
Forum Post John Mayer's Gear
...oks yellow, maybe it's just banged up a bit and it looks plastic, especially to the left of the base pickup....
Forum Post Can anyone identify this Fender??
... Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines Bridge: Custom 6-Saddle Synchronous Tremolo Pickguard: None Pickups: 1 Fender Santa AnaTM Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Fender Atomic IITM Humbucking P...
Forum Post Opinions on Q Tuner pickups
... Neodymium Q-Tuners by Zack Uidl When I first started hearing about the Neodymium Q-Tuner guitar pickups, I had to get more information as soon as possible. After a short review of the websit...
Forum Post single coil to hummbucker??
... pickguard...if it's already routed for a double coil then you may be "ready to go" That pickup would not be my choice for a strat but yes you wire it the same. Those have 4 conductor...
Forum Post AC/DC sound
...und raw and imperfect. Your rhythm guitar sounds great--if you can get one I'd replace the bridge pickup with a "Hot Rails" type pickup--it will give you a more fat vintage Gibson-y...
Forum Post Gibson SG vs. Les Paul
version, was very weak due to the relative thinness of the body and the placement of the neck pickup cavity. This made the neck tenon very short and frankly insufficient. One of my former co-wor...
Forum Post mxr blue box gate mod ???
hi jimmy, i also found that it works best with a single coil neck pickup, and tracking gets better with the tone control rolled down. i figure that it's easier for the circuit to track (analize ...
Forum Post Changing middle PU tone knob to bridge PU
...bridge without tone control.Another option if you don't want to solder is just swap the rear and mid pickup!!then you have on pos 4 the neck and bridge and thats a killer sound like a telle!!...
Forum Post Replacing Fender Strat Pickups
... it was purchased. Got it for $200. After a few months of use, I'm finding I don't like the pickups. In my prior electric-guitar-playing life, I had a Gibson L6 Deluxe and a Gibson Les...
Forum Post 1980 or 1981 :The Strat"
... or glod plated brass hardware. It was a three year low sell yet high quality guitar which has a special pickup in the bridge slot, the X1. It has 9 tonal settings. Do not be fooled by those who mi...
Forum Post Yamaha RGX820Z
The little knob is the volume control when you're in the active pickup. The larger knob below it is the blend knob. If I rotate the bottom know counter clockwise, I get no sound either, but thats...
Forum Post How best to cut a pickguard
...Its where the neck fits into the pickguard, it just needs to have that cutaway cut back towards the neck pickup, the depth and width of the extra overhanging 22nd fret. The fretboard overhang an...
Forum Post Accoustic Amp vs. Electric amp?
...ked with the salesman "I'm not intending to use them together, HA HA." The Washburn had a pickup so on a whim I plugged it into the Marshall. To my suprise it sounded fantastic throug...
Forum Post PU-wiring
...capacitor, the capacitor's connected to the treble/bass switch, the switch's connected to the pickup, and Rock-n-Roll comes out the speakers. ...
  << Back 1 [ 2 ] 3 Next >>

The Content on this site is provided for general information purposes only. It can not and should not be a substitute for face-to-face professional advice. By entering this site you declare you read and agreed to its Terms, Rules & Privacy.
Copyright © 2006 - 2009 Axe Central