I have an American Fender Strat HSS with the S-1 Pickup system. I am ordering the Rat 2 distortion pedal and have heard it sound thin and crummy with the single coils. I am possibly thinking of upgrad...
... 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...
...oblem been searching for months too but, the opposite direction!! from the 7th fret UPWARDS to the bridge pickup i cannot play the g-string as the neck is bent, i have to play inverted (i.e over the t...
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Not the pickups themselves.... I meant the wiring scheme from the pickups to the internal components and pots. Sorry, for not being specific the first time around.... Check the wiring again...
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You would have to remove the pick guard.... Generally, the pickups are directly attached to it and once you take the pick guard off you will be able to see the bottom of the pickups. The man...
...e that has a good neck, a body style that you like, the 'overall features' you are looking for (pickup type and arrangement, single/double cutaway, weight, where it hangs when you put a stra...
...re cheaper than a new acoustic amp. I haven't tried this out yet as my acoustic is an acoustic - no pickup yet, but I'm looking.... Let me know if this works, may save me some cash too.......
...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...
...ave some fret work done once, after I had a made a permanent D-chord impression. And I had to replace the pickup switch long ago.
I've thought about upgrading the pickups, not sure if it would...
...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...
...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. ...
...ss you purchase the standard model and distress it yourself. I think you will enjoy the response from the pickups and the action. The Jaco Bass is a winner, its way underpriced it could sell for $899....
...ion as to what hardware was originally installed on the guitar at the factory so this should clear up the pickup questions. He may also have information on the MSRP of the guitar at the time it was m...
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It's basic electrical engineering technology....
The materials utilized/selected in pickups is the same that is utilized in the power industry, and is based upon "Ohms Law&q...
...that it was set up very well. The nut height was good, the frets level and finished, bridge height good, pickup height good. Overall I would say that was at least of higher end Eppiphone quality a...
... tremolo arm removed.
There are many accessories added on like a Fender 4-ply Blue Moto pickguard, black pickup covers, blue bell knobs and switch tip (probally from DiMarzio), and possibly a vintage...
.... Best thing about it is the most I have ever had to to from a delivery is raise/lower action, and adjust pickup height. That's it!
Super clean, punchy, amazing tone.
I have three Zon Sonus V...
...ch brand, type and gauge of strings to use. I'm only using it for recording using a microphone - no pickup. I'm mostly recording acoustic guitar as a track(s) with electric guitar, keys, b...
...s both distorted and clean.
I have found, due to a very limited budget, that i spend more time use the pickup selector and tone knob on the guitar than i do working with the pedals.
You gotta st...
Intonation
Make sure your guitar is in tune, and intonated properly. Different intonations, even slightly different, can make completely separate flavors of distortion so get it as close as you can....
...at gave me series/parallel & in/out phase combinations of the neck/middle & bridge/middle pickups. Since I found all of the resulting sounds useful in various situations, I decided to...
...39;t have a truss rod, but a reinforced neck.
KAY: VALUE LEADER 1963
1961
Kay model 1963 three pickups, tobaccoburst, semi-hollow body, electric guitar 1961 made in Chicago, IL USAThis is a...
Fender Custom Classic (Custom Shop) Jazz Bass American Deluxe 4 string
Price paid: $1799 at Music 123
Body: Alder
Finish: 3-tone, nitro cellulose
Pickguard: Tortoise shell
Neck: Maple, satin fi...
...nd ply bodies, thin blocks, the classic crappy Korean tuner (still used today!), real weak sealed ceramic pickups became standard. Now we have Fender US, Japan, Korea (India), and Mexico. Again, best ...
Well, I finally got my bench cleared and organized, so I`ve spent a few hours tinkering with the old Gibson GA-15RVT Explorer.
Getting up to speed:
In a thread some weeks ago, several folks w...
...t, Here is an article written by luthier Dan Erlewine (Stewart McDonald)
1. Removed the hardware and pickups Normally this is a simple step, but everything on this guitar was frozen with rust and...
When I hear someone say they are going to go out and catch a good buzz, I know they're not headed for their home studio. Buzzes, hums, hiss, pops, crackles and other sonic debris are the bane of ...
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