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Railhammer Alnico Grande Coil Splitting

Railhammer Alnico Grande coil splittingIn this post we'll look at Railhammer Alnico Grande coil splitting, a simple modification that anyone with these pickups installed in their guitar can complete with only a couple of tools

This discussion assumes that you already have your Railhammer Alnico Grande pickup installed and that it works correctly. If you need help installing these pickups, please reference our article titled Railhammer Alnico Grande Wiring Diagram .

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Dimarzio PAF Master Coil Splitting

DiMarzio PAF Master Coil splittingGet some fresh tones from your guitar with an easy modification that only requires a few tools: DiMarzio PAF Master Coil splitting

This article is going to assume that you already have the DiMarzio PAF Master installed in your guitar. If you do not have the pickup installed, we have the complete step-by-step instructions here at Humbucker Soup: DiMarzio PAF Master Wiring Diagram.

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Shielding Single Coil Pickups – Pure Vintage Tone Without the Noise

shielding single coil pickupsLet’s talk about shielding single coil pickups to reduce some of the noise that can enter your tone when using this type of pickup

Single coils are well-known for being noisy, and that’s because they are very similar in design to an AM radio antenna. Single coil pickups exhibit many of the same tendencies to collect noise from the air. Humbucker pickups use two coils wound in opposite directions to cancel out the noise, but those pickups are known for having a warmer sound that’s quite different from that of a single coil. Die-hard fans of the single coil may find a humbucker undesirable, and the only option left is to try shielding.

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Entwistle x90 Les Paul Wiring Diagram

Entwistle x90 Les Paul WiringBoth the Entwistle and the Seymour Duncan pickups use the same wiring code so you can use the same diagram for both brands, and the component list will be the same as well

Here’s a Reader Question About the Entwistle x90 Les Paul Wiring Diagram

Hello,

I’m rebuilding a Les Paul Gold top copy (Custom77 French Builder) as a first guitar rebuilding project.

I bought the wood part and took off all the electronic parts to start from scratch, with just the basics.

Wiring was unreadable and so badly made, compared to all of my 20 guitars, it was probably modified by a newbee like me, but without real care, and it was not working at all.

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Les Paul Wiring Diagram

Les Paul wiringReplacing the pickups in this iconic guitar is a snap with this Les Paul wiring diagram

Today we’ll look at the Gibson Les Paul wiring diagram so you can use it as a reference when installing new pickups or changing a component because of wear. There are many different brands of pickups you can install into your guitar, and once you know the wiring code of the pickup, the rest of the installation is the same.

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