Question I own an early 90’s USA Peavey Axcelerator with 3 single-coil housing blade humbuckers, and I would like to change a pot to a push/pull one to split all coils. If you have a diagram of how to do it I would be very grateful. If it’s not possible I would like to have […]
In this article, we’ll provide a diagram that demonstrates DiMarzio Tone Zone Tele Bridge Coil Splitting. The DiMarzio Tone Zone T is a mini-humbucker designed to fit into a single coil spot. It’s wound to replicate the tone of the standard size Tone Zone perfectly. It provides a rich, clear tone that cuts through without […]
One of the easiest modifications you can perform on your guitar is splitting your humbucker pickup. Today, we’re going to show you Seymour Duncan Custom Custom coil splitting, in just a few easy steps. The Custom Custom is a high-output pickup that’s well suited for the coil-splitting modification, and it should result in an extra […]
In this article, we’ll illustrate how to install DiMarzio Vintage P90s into your guitar. The DiMarzio Vintage P90 is a single-coil pickup in the style of vintage Gibson PAFs. These soap bar pickups use dual Alnico 5 sand cast magnets, and coils wound on a vintage winding machine. Vintage coil tape, braided single-coil conductor wire, […]
When choosing a new pickup for your guitar, the magnet is one of the most essential yet complicating elements involved in the sound creation process. We’ll try to demystify the process by looking at the issue of alnico vs ceramic magnets and how they affect your guitar’s tone. You’ll see in this discussion that these […]
In this post, we’ll show you how to wire a DiMarzio IGNO for your guitar. This pickup features DiMarzio’s patented dual-resonance design and scatter-wound coils, and it uses Alnico 8 magnets for greater output. The DiMarzio IGNO is a new humbucker developed for Polyphia guitarist Scott LePage.
Frequently Asked Question: Why Are My Lindy Fralin Pickups Out of Phase? Is your newly installed Lindy Fralin pickup phase giving you problems? One of the most common problems a guitarist faces when purchasing new pickups is getting the phase right.
In the last article we talked about building our own single coil pickup, so this time, we’ll talk about making double coil guitar pickups. If you missed the single coil article, you can check it out here: Building Your Own Electric Guitar Pickups – Part 3.
There are so many different kinds of pickups available, that it can become difficult to sort through the ever-growing list to choose the best one for you.
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.