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Forum Post Replacing Fender Strat Pickups
...e 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 Le...
Forum Post Pickups series/parallel + Q about pickups...
...e 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 pi...
Forum Post Jeff Healey- what pickups?
...f Healey band) playing guitar, as usual, facing upwards on his lap. It looked like a strat and had 3 red pickups. Does anyone know what these pickups are, or have any other info on equipment used? ...
Forum Post Mighty Mite P-90 Pickups
I'm in the planning stages of a custom guitar which will have a pair of P-90 pickups. I don't have a lot of experience with P-90's, so I've been trying different guitars at music s...
Forum Post bartolini pickups wiring diagrams wanted
Where can i find some informations about bartolini pickups other than at www.bartolini.net ? I have two Hi-A pickups (PB 8S, JB 9J) and a TBT. I need some samples wiring diagrams. I want 1 vo...
Forum Post Best combination of Lace Sensor pickups
Hi I would like to change the pickups on my 2001 American Deluxe Strat, to Lace Sensor pickups. I am just not sure of which would be the best combination. I Play blues and classic rock. what do you...
Forum Post How to replace Pickups?
Hi How complicated is it to replace pickups? is there any site that has instructions that are quite easy to follow?
Forum Post Opinions on GFS Pickups
Hi I am thinking about changing the middle and neck Pickups on my stat to the GFS faux Texas specials. Do you think I will regret it?
Forum Post Bare Knuckle Pickups - into which of my guitars?
...hat do you think? Should I put them in my Gibson SG, or my Les Paul? (They are Bare knuckle stormy Monday pickups?...
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 websi...
Forum Post PRS replacement pickups
I am considering replacing the bridge pickup in one of my PRSi. I have decided on a Duncan Custom Custom. Do I need to get the standard size or the trembucker size? -Bucky (Dave, quit reading ...
Forum Post Replacement pickups for Peavey Wolfgang?
I have had the higher end Peavey Wolfgang for about a year. I recently just bought my first Strat - a new American series. I really like the way my Strat sounds with my amp. When distorted, all the no...
Forum Post Mighty Mite Pickups ?
I have ring of fire playing right now, man that mexican brass sound is cool in his songs. Makes you wonder also if there'd have ever been a Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave if there was no Johnny Cash...
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 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 What mods do you recommend for MIM Strat?
...ou want out of it. Here's a list of what I've done to mine: Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's pickups all new pots, jack and switch Grover locking tuners If you dig the sound you'...
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 Pickup Configurations: PJ vs JJ
...ross 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 subjecti...
Forum Post which Korean Les Paul copy do you think is best?
The pickups are always an issue. Even if I were to buy an historical reissue, I might be questioning the choice of burstbuckers 1&2 vs. 2&3. But it's not like you can't...
Forum Post Fender Jazz Bass electrical problem?
If you run one of the two pickups louder than the other, you will get hum as they are out of phase. This can be corrected by any decent guitar tech with a little re-wiring. As far as hum when both pic...
Forum Post Best method for setting optimum pickup height on a Stratocas
...st 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 new pickup advice
...ke vanhalen style of music with tons of pinched harmonics but I haven't had the chance to try out any pickups other than cheap ones does anyone have any suggestions on which pickups I should try ...
Forum Post Strat wiring mod help
... boils down to parallel and series, with reprecussions for each. Basically, the idea would be to wire your pickups directly to the output jack, a simple procedure in itself. If you want the push pulls...
Forum Post Yamaha Pacifica 112 -will Strat pickguard fit?
...ls on a 112 model, you can get a pickguard from a Yamaha EG 303 (which has the routing for 3 single coil pickups). The routing on a stock 112 pickguard is standard to accept aftermarket pickups. I ...
Forum Post Marcus Miller Fender Japanese Made P Bass
...#039;t there a place where you can get it done near you? It's a pretty simple fix assuming that your pickups are working right. You can just adjust the pickup height to where they pick up the s...
Forum Post Do all tube amps sound like this? Help!!
...n 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. ...
Forum Post Fender Strat Replacement Necks? Where?
...o. Several, as a matter of fact. It's very common for someone who's replaced the second-rate pickups in an Asian import guitar with aftermarket stuff to get very enthused over the change...
Forum Post Looking for best electric guitar under $400 CAD
...uch prices. Usually their good looks are deceiving. This sounds like the G400, with the waxed (I think) pickups. A solid good guitar, though the pickups are a bit muddy, but overall a very good val...
Forum Post Ibanez PM-120 Potentiometer values?!?
...ilar in construction except with a rosewood fingerboard is much brighter. I don't think it's the pickups because I've had the same pickups on an AS200 and they were very bright and art...
Forum Post how would i know if a fender squire is authentic
Thanks for all the awesome detailed info on pickups! My thought was to keep the original pickguard-pickups-knobs, etc. all intact and experiment with dropping in a loaded pick-guard. I did replace ...
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