Hello all,
While I was swapping out amp speakers I noticed the spade connectors that Fender uses are kind of loose at the speaker connections and the wire is a fairly small 18 gauge. Light bulb moment, on my Fender Mustang I V2, I de-soldered the wir
Read more…two tips to share and start this debate (since everyone has their own ideas at what is best) to start the stirring of the pot (pun intended)....
Trying to solder 6 ground wires to one pot lug was hopeless, so my current technique/tip is to give every
Read more…I bought cheaply(5.7€) used melodica. I think that this melodica is
not played much. Its in tune very well for human ear. Not 100% tune, but in tune. How I know? I controlled with tuner. think that this is typical yamaha or suzuki melodian, because th
Howdy all...Was wondering if anyone has a suggestion about this.
I want to wire up 1 single coil w/ volume & tone, 1 under saddle piezo rod w/ volume & tone all tied into a master volume (no 3 way switch.)
This is as close as I've come
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I'm going to build my second cigar box guitar and i wanted to use a magnetic pickup this time (maybe hybrid with piezo too). I bought a mini humbucker but now i was wondering where i should put it on the box : bridge position, neck, in the mi
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I've not posted here for almost three years, but I have just had to re-wire my 'six-banger' electronics and have some left over parts some of you may be interested in.
I created a twelve position 'varitone' tone control that sounds beautiful
Read more…OK, so a day of frigging around with different stuff has lead me to a passive tone control for piezo.
Some background: If you ever tried a normal guitar volume and tone setup on a passive piezo, you'll know the tone control doesn't work as it should.
Read more…I am building a new guitar based on this box:
I cut the wood lid to fit the candy tin. I plan on using a Klangbox 3-pole pup on the neck and I would like to put a mag pup inside the tin to pick up on the lid. I have materials for a couple options
Read more…I'm thinking of building a 3 string guitar, or perhaps diddley bow for the first one, and I'm wondering about tone. Instead of waiting around trying to find the right cigar box, I decided to perhaps build my own box.
I went to a specialty lumber s
Read more…Could some body tell me what value pot they use for tone control?
also I want to wire the controls for a pickup in a separate box.do you think that would be a problem?
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