In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Seymour Duncan SM-2 Custom Mini Humbucker 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 […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Wolfetone Marshallhead 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 […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of DiMarzio PG-13 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. As with […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a DiMarzio D Activator in a single bridge pickup configuration. Here we have a master volume and a master tone. Both of these pots are 500K ohms.With DiMarzio humbuckers, the red wire is the “hot,” the green wire goes to the ground, and the […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Railhammer Hyper Vintage humbucker pickups with pickup-splitting capability. This configuration is fairly straightforward, with one push-pull pot for a master volume and one push-pull pot for a master tone. Both of these pots are 500K ohms. In this case, the selector […]
In this post, you’ll find the details needed to wire up a set of Seymour Duncan 78 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. As […]
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.
In this article, we’ll take a close look at the guitar volume pot to see how it works and how it affects your guitar tone. We’ll also explain the differences in potentiometer values and how they relate to your guitar circuit.
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 […]
This article will cover how to completely wire a Stratocaster with a stock wiring diagram. We mount almost all of the electronics used in a Fender Stratocaster to the pickguard, and the only component separate from the rest is the output jack. This configuration makes it easy to wire up your electronics away from your […]
This Suhr Pickup Installation Guide will help you install any model of these pickups into any kind of guitar. Suhr pickups were founded by John Suhr, a guitar player from New Jersey who has been building pickups for 35 years. They may not have as many models as some of the big guys like DiMarzio […]