The Tone Control Capacitor The tone control capacitor is often one of the most misunderstood components of the electric guitar. In this short guide, we’ll discuss how it works and how to choose the one that’s best for your instrument.
Question Hi Humbucker Soup, Could you offer me some guidance on an issue I found with the three pickups on my Les Paul-style guitar? When dialing in the bridge and middle pickups, I noticed that when the volume of each is turned up to the max, I get a slight loss in overall volume output. […]
Question Hi HBS, I wanted to try your partial tap resistor for my coil tap. How does DCR relate to choosing a resistor value? Would you say the recommended 7K is a good choice for my SD Pearly Gates, because the DCR is 7.3K? What about my Custom Custom in the Bridge Position? It has […]
In this article, we’ll provide a Peavey pickup installation guide to help you install any of their pickups into your guitar. Peavey isn’t known for their pickups, as DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan are, but they come stock on all Peavey guitars, so you’ll probably run across one sooner or later. We’ll discuss all of the […]
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 […]
Ever wondered how to coil-split a Gibson 61 pickup? If so, this guide will help. Coil-splitting is when you use a switch to turn off one of the two coils in the humbucker, thereby creating a single-coil sound. This can help brighten your guitar tone when you need to cut through the mix.
Today, we’ll be illustrating a TV Jones pickup installation guide. With this, you’ll be able to install any model of pickup that TV Jones makes. We’ll cover single coils, P90s, and humbuckers, and we’ll even toss in a diagram showing you how to perform the coil-split modification on your guitar. Before You Get Started This […]
Question Hi Humbucker Soup, I have a Tele with a standard single-coil in the neck and a twin rail humbucker in the bridge (4 wire) with a 3-way standard switch, 1 volume knob, 1 tone knob, and a DPDT On = On = On. The intention was to have the DPDT give 3 options for […]
READER QUESTION: Hi HBS, Thank you for the article on splitting a humbucker, using a push-pull pot. I’m doing the same thing, but the humbucker is in the neck position and the single-coil is at bridge position, with a 3-way selector. One volume pot and tone pot with a push-pull. I also have an open […]
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, […]
This article will discuss how to install a few different types of Joe Barden pickups into your guitar. Joe Barden pickups can suit virtually any guitar, and a long list of well-known players use them, including Bruce Springsteen, Danny Gatton, Jimmy Thackery, Kevin Eknes, Ted Turner, and many more. You can find Joe Barden pickups […]