In this short guide, we’ll show you how to install a Railhammer pickup in your guitar. The Railhammer is a relatively new brand of pickup that came to the market in 2012. These pickups feature a unique design that uses rails to pick up the sound from the bottom three bass strings and use posts […]
In this post, we’re going to look at a SOLO ESK-35 wiring diagram. The SOLO ESK-35, which is a kit guitar, is a clone of an ES-335 style semi-hollow body guitar.
Let’s take a look at how to coil-split a Seymour Duncan SH-2N Jazz. Humbucker pickups are usually wired to use both of their coils at the same time; coil-splitting is when you use a switch to shut off one of the coils to make it sound much like a single-coil pickup. Splitting the pickup will […]
In this post, we’re going to show you how to coil-split Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups. Humbucker pickups are usually wired so that they use both coils at the same time. When you split the pickup, however, you shut off one of the coils, making it perform like a single-coil pickup.
In this article, we’re going to talk about coil-splitting a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails humbucker with a toggle switch. If you’re handy enough to install a toggle switch into the pickguard of your guitar, you’ll find that it’s often the easiest solution for coil-splitting as well as many other modifications.
In this post, we’ll take a look at shielding a Gibson SG. The SG is one of the easiest guitars to shield because they usually have two humbucking pickups that eliminate most of the noise from the start.
In this article, we’ll take a look at the unique design of the Fender Esquire guitar and walk through an unusual single pickup Telecaster wiring diagram. What makes the Fender Esquire so unusual? It’s a one-pickup Telecaster that features a three-way switch. For those unfamiliar with what this switch does, or how it can be […]
Doing a DiMarzio Fast Track 1 coil-splitting is a great way to get some new sounds from your guitar without doing any permanent damage. This modification can be accomplished using any humbucker pickup that has four colored wires and one bare wire, but we’re talking specifically about the Dimarzio Fast Track 1 in this post […]
If you’re looking to get some fresh sounds from your Dimarzio Fast Track 2, coil-splitting is a great option to try. Coil-splitting is when you use a switch to shut off one of the coils in your humbucker pickup, to unlock single-coil tones from your humbucker. The sound will be brighter in tone, but there […]
In this post, we’ll be walking you through the coil-splitting of a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB. Two coils are usually used in a humbucker pickup, but a switch can be used to turn one of them off, giving you access to single-coil tones. Single-coil tones are typically brighter and more precise than the warm and […]
If you’re planning on shielding your guitar to cut down on electromagnetic interference, you might be surprised at the number of different products that have sprung up to accomplish that task. The old-fashioned ways are still there, however. You can still shield your guitar with aluminum foil or copper tape, and conductive guitar shielding paint […]
If you’d like to know more about how to use shielded guitar wire, this is a good place to start. We’ll help you decide if this insulated wire is the right thing to use for your situation, and we’ll show you how to install it.