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"On a side note, You can wire in a .047 cap between the neck pickup and the volume po…" Paul Craig replied Dec 21, 2018 to Minimal effect from volume or tone pot	9	Dec 21, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"Try cleaning them out first like Brian suggested, there's how to videos on the net.…" Paul Craig replied Dec 18, 2018 to Minimal effect from volume or tone pot	9	Dec 21, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"Sounds like the sweep of the pots are the problem. This happens often with cheaper b…" Paul Craig replied Dec 17, 2018 to Minimal effect from volume or tone pot	9	Dec 21, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"What's the wiring and electronics problem?" Paul Craig replied Dec 17, 2018 to Problem posting discussion	2	Dec 17, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"If you were speaking of the scheme I was talking about, I found it on the internet b…" Paul Craig replied Nov 24, 2018 to Vol, tone, 3 way toggle and 2 single coils?	20	Nov 24, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"What are we talking about again? Hahaha No problem, I'm happy to help out." Paul Craig replied May 17, 2018 to Vol, tone, 3 way toggle and 2 single coils?	20	Nov 24, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"Your welcome, it's getting hard to find some wiring diagrams these days. LOL This is…" Paul Craig replied May 17, 2018 to Vol, tone, 3 way toggle and 2 single coils?	20	Nov 24, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
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"If you want to use the wiring scheme you supplied for 2 jacks, omit the Red and the…" Paul Craig replied Sep 27, 2017 to two picksups - both or separate	8	Sep 27, 2017 Reply by Reynhard Boegl
"If your doing each pickup to a separate volume and jack, then no switch is needed. J…" Paul Craig replied Sep 27, 2017 to two picksups - both or separate	8	Sep 27, 2017 Reply by Reynhard Boegl

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Lipstick pickup and Telecaster neck pickup. What goes where?

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Wiring CB Gitty Black Ice Single Coil

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Minimal effect from volume or tone pot

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Vol, tone, 3 way toggle and 2 single coils?

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"On a side note, You can wire in a .047 cap between the neck pickup and the volume po…"

"Try cleaning them out first like Brian suggested, there's how to videos on the net.…"

"Sounds like the sweep of the pots are the problem. This happens often with cheaper b…"

"What's the wiring and electronics problem?"

"If you were speaking of the scheme I was talking about, I found it on the internet b…"

"What are we talking about again? Hahaha No problem, I'm happy to help out."

"Your welcome, it's getting hard to find some wiring diagrams these days. LOL This is…"

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"If you want to use the wiring scheme you supplied for 2 jacks, omit the Red and the…"

"If your doing each pickup to a separate volume and jack, then no switch is needed. J…"

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