This is the first in a series of articles in which we will discuss every aspect of the guitar pickup. We’ll cover, with as much detail as possible, how pickups work, the different types, and when to use each. So, let’s get started.
The Vox V846-HW Hand Wired Wah Pedal, as the name suggests, is hand wired on a turret-style board. It’s modeled after the classic design used by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and countless others.
Preamp Tube FAQ: What Do Preamp Tubes Do? Preamp Tubes amplify the very low signal coming from your guitar. With this step, the amplified signal is better prepared to go through the circuitry of your amplifier. The signal then goes to your EQ controls, your Reverb, Auxiliary Outputs, and also into your Output Tubes. All […]
Telecaster FAQ 1 – Which Fender Telecaster is the best? There are many Fender Telecaster models, and there are just as many types of players that will argue over which particular model is the best, so the answer is entirely subjective.
Let’s take a look at the difference between gold plated and silver plated guitar jacks. Which one’s better?
In Part 1, we’ll take a look at the first actual pedal that we are going to create. It’s called the Piledriver, and it is a Gain Boost pedal that I got from modkitsdiy.com (https://www.modkitsdiy.com/pedal/piledriver). This is listed as a “beginner” pedal and that is one of the reasons that I chose it. Gain Boost […]
To build your own effects pedal, you will usually need to buy a kit for the project. The price of it will vary, based on the kind of pedal that you plan to build. If you’re building the project from a schematic, you will need to buy all of the parts individually on your own.
First things first: what is the Nashville-Style Tele, how is it wired, and can you modify your Telecaster so it produces that tone? A Nashville-Style Tele is just a Standard Telecaster with three pickups instead of two, and a five-way selector switch instead of a three-way selector switch. This Mod was created by Tele players […]
The Seymour Duncan Zephyr Silver Tele Lead is designed as a direct replacement for the bridge pickup on the Tele. It was created in response to a challenge put to Vice President of Engineering Kevin Beller, that he design the best pickup in his power, regardless of cost or material.
The Seymour Duncan ST59-1 Little 59 is another mini-humbucker designed to deliver more of a Rock tone from your Tele. It features two coils side-by-side, and uses a ceramic magnet for high output and a brighter high end. Designed with Gibson’s first humbucker in mind, the Little 59 is meant to have that PAF (Patent […]
The DiMarzio Chopper T Bridge DP384 is a very high-output pickup, designed especially for the bridge position of the Fender Telecaster. It has a lot less twang than the stock Tele pickup, but a good deal more mids and lows, and considerably more volume.
The Seymour Duncan Hot Lead Stack Tele Bridge Pickup is a stacked humbucker, designed with Heavy Rock in mind. There are two over-wound coils stacked on top of each other around a bar magnet, creating a humbucker pickup that is the same size as a single coil. This leads to silent operation, which is essential […]