Humbucker Soup

“Sven” Writes: I have an Gibson classic 57 humbucker witch has an really high output = 9K!! and its NOT an classic+ what I know, but installed it by iself in bridge position whith selector on treble it sounds thin, wery quiet and is humming slightly. What could be wrong? Our Answer: Hi Sven, it [...]

“Tom O” writes: “Hi! Just found your site. I’ve got an interesting problem. I bought a 1966 Gibson ES-345 recently. I’ve had them before so I’m already familiar with using the model. What baffles me is that the middle position, which is usually sweet sounding when the inputs are in each channel of a Deluxe [...]

If you normally use Humbuckers, but want a P-90, the P94T drops right in place with no modifications P-90′s are great, but let’s face it: they are a major pain in the ass. You usually have to do some fairly invasive surgery in order to get them mounted properly. That’s fine if you don’t mind [...]

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