In this post, we’ll be walking you through the coil-splitting of a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB. Two coils are usually used in a humbucker pickup, but a switch can be used to turn one of them off, giving you access to single-coil tones. Single-coil tones are typically brighter and more precise than the warm and […]
If you’re planning on shielding your guitar to cut down on electromagnetic interference, you might be surprised at the number of different products that have sprung up to accomplish that task. The old-fashioned ways are still there, however. You can still shield your guitar with aluminum foil or copper tape, and conductive guitar shielding paint […]
If you’d like to know more about how to use shielded guitar wire, this is a good place to start. We’ll help you decide if this insulated wire is the right thing to use for your situation, and we’ll show you how to install it.
In this post, we’ll talk to one of our readers who has his own guitar-based business: Anthony Turco. Anthony is the founder of Ampturco Guitar Werks, a business that makes drop-in wiring harnesses for guitars.
Graphite vs plastic vs bone nuts: one of the best ways of improving your guitar’s tone is by changing its nut. The cheap nut that is used in so many guitars will rob you of your sparkling high-end and sustain. But, when it comes to deciding on a replacement, you’ll find that there are quite […]
In this article, we’ll talk about how to wire a DiMarzio Fast Track 2 into your guitar. The DiMarzio Fast Track 2 is a mini-humbucker that uses two blades instead of steel posts in its design. The Fast Track 2 has a much higher output gain than the Fast Track 1. It’s an excellent choice […]
Tired of surfing forums for the right Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB wiring diagram? The search is over! The SH-4JB is a humbucker that uses a balanced coil configuration to produce improved harmonics with just the right blend of sustain and distortion. It’s a high-output, versatile pickup that sounds very good in the Neck and Bridge […]
The Seymour Duncan SH-2N Jazz is a humbucker pickup with a clean and articulate tone that’s perfect for fast runs. Used as a neck pickup, it’s an excellent match for many of the brand’s bridge pickups. For this wiring installation, we’ll use four different colored conductor wires and a bare wire.
Today we’ll cover installing pickups into a two-pickup guitar with a two-pickup guitar wiring diagram. So, to start, we’ll demonstrate by modeling our guitar circuit after the Fender Telecaster, which uses two pickups, one volume, one tone control, and one three-way switch.
In this post, we’ll show you how to wire a DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Blues into your guitar. The Virtual Vintage Blues is a stacked humbucker that’s been designed to sound very similar to an original pre-1963 Stratocaster pickup, perfect for playing the blues. A stacked humbucker is two coils placed on top of each other, […]
The Fender Telecaster is a legendary instrument, but it can become frustratingly noisy at times, leaving you frantically searching for a way to quiet it down. Noise gates can help keep the noise under control when you’re not playing, but when you hit a note, and the gate opens, the noise comes through. Here’s where […]
This time around, we’ll be looking at how to wire a DiMarzio Fast Track 1. The DiMarzio Fast Track 1 is a mini-humbucker that uses two blades instead of steel posts. This design uses a single continuous magnetic field to create an even string balance with very little magnetic pull. The mini-humbucker design allows the […]