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 […]
Question Hi there, I would like to build something similar to my Rare Earth Blend Fishman replica magnetic pickup, but with a very compact size so I can install it right in the fretboard/neck body. I was recommended to use a very interesting version of a Humbucker-type pickup made out of a single coil. The […]
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 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 […]
Question Hi ! I just found your site while searching to modify my bullet strat ! What i wanna do is replace the 3 single coils with 2 humbuckers (ALNICO 5 magnets) , which I have from another guitar. But I want to have options for home recordings …meaning: TWO VOLUMES 2 TONES SERIES/PARALLEL ON […]
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. […]
Question Hey! I’ve been searching everywhere for an answer or ideas for a pickup related situation. I’m trying to wire up a Partscaster with a neck single coil (Strat style) and bridge humbucker (DiMarzio Super 3) using a Fender style 5-way selector (8-lug). I’d obviously like to be able to use the humbucker in series […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Fralin Pure P.A.F. 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. As with […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Fralin Pure P.A.F. pickups. This configuration is fairly straightforward. There is one master volume and one master tone. Both of these pots are 500K ohms. The pickup selector in this case is a standard toggle switch, just as you would find […]
In this post, you’ll find the details to wire a set of DiMarzio Virtual Vintage54 Pro pickups in a standard Strat configuration with a slight modification. There is one master volume and two tone controls, one for the neck and middle pickups and one for the bridge pickup. All of the pots are 250K Ohms, […]
In this post, you’ll find the details to wire a set of DiMarzio Virtual Vintage54 Pro pickups in a standard Strat configuration with a slight modification. There is one master volume and two tone controls, one for the neck and bridge pickups and one for the middle pickup. All of the pots are 250K Ohms, […]