Question Hi, I have all my Strat switches wired without any jumpers. I always only have master volume and master tone. I get all the sounds I’m supposed to, but I’m wondering if wiring it this way compromises the tone at all. Thanks, Eric Answer Hello Eric, thank you for the great question! I’m afraid […]
Question Good morning, I took a look at your TV Jones page. TV Jones four wire pickups are wired by TV Jones so that the North wires – Red and Green – are wired together, white is hot and black and bare go to ground. Your diagram has them going the humbucker route, where the […]
Question Hi Humbucker Soup, I’ve put a humbucker on my flat-top acoustic guitar but it has no significant amount of metal to ground to. Is there a clever way around this? Thanks! Answer Hello Paul, Thanks for the great question. The primary ground point on your guitar is the sleeve lug on the output jack. […]
Modifying your guitar to get a personalized sound can be a lot of fun, and there are countless modifications you can make to do just that. One of the simpler ones that can have a big effect on your guitar is the bass roll-off, which turns your standard tone control (which usually removes high frequencies […]
This guide will illustrate how to install all models of Stephens Design pickups in your guitar. We’ll cover everything from single-coils to humbuckers, and we’ll provide you with plenty of illustrations and diagrams to follow. Dave Stephens created Stephens Design pickups after many years of working with other artists and playing the blues. His work […]
In this article, we’ll cover how to coil-split a DiMarzio Chopper Telecaster bridge pickup. Many players switch out their stock Telecaster pickup for a mini-humbucker to cut down on the noise that a single-coil pickup produces. There are many suitable brands of mini-humbuckers available, but the DiMarzio Chopper is designed specifically for the Fender Telecaster, […]
Monty’s Pickup Installation Guide In this article, we are going to explain how to install different types of Monty’s pickups. “Monty’s” is a group of luthiers and musicians based in London, who have created a full line of guitar pickups, as well as a twin JFET Boost pedal. They have been in business for more […]
Greasebucket Tone Circuit For many people, the tone control on their guitar is something they seldom use, because it often makes the guitar sound too warm, especially when playing older, vintage guitars. While adjusting the value of the capacitor can help reduce how muddy the tone gets, and a treble bleed modification helps roll off […]
READER QUESTION: How would I wire a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickup in the bridge position, with two single-coils in the neck & middle (hss) using a super switch (5-way)? Thanks! Shane
Question: Hi! I’ve been reading your guides on coil-splitting and was wondering about a calculation. A 7k resistor with a coil-split would result in a 20% of the second coil. What is the calculation that I can use to get the exact values? I thought X/(X+Y) = Z would get me the resistor value. With […]
Let’s take a look at the DiMarzio EJ Custom coil-splitting diagram. If you’re not familiar, coil-splitting a humbucker deactivates one of the coils and gives you access to the sound of a single-coil at the push of a switch. The Dimarzio EJ Custom is an Eric Johnson signature model designed to his specifications. It has […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker pickups. This configuration is fairly straightforward. There is one master volume and one master tone. Both of these pots are 500K ohms. The selector is a standard three-way blade switch, as found in a Fender Telecaster. […]