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two picksups - both or separate

Hello community My next build: a 2-stringer with two pickups, one for each string. They should work together (simple connected or via blend…

Started by Reynhard Boegl

8 Sep 27, 2017
Reply by Reynhard Boegl

Psycho knob

Sorry for the delayed response. I installed the knob and it worked for 2 days. However there were some issues. First, when switching from 1…

Started by bizzaro guitaro

4 Sep 19, 2017
Reply by bizzaro guitaro

Psycho knob

Sorry for the delayed response. I installed the knob and it worked for 2 days. However there were some issues. First, when switching from 1…

Started by bizzaro guitaro

0 Sep 18, 2017

Ted Crocker's Mad Scientist Lab Wiring Diagrams & Schematics

Click PAUSE on the diagram you need then click the pic to open it in a new window. Need a diagram not here?  Just ask .http://handmademusic…

Started by Ted Crocker

43 Aug 22, 2017
Reply by Bob Taylor

I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!

Now that I've confessed and suitably admonished myself, I has got a questy-onie. When I bought the wiring harness the listing said it was f…

Started by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear

46 Aug 18, 2017
Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear

Capacitor

I am building a weed whacked bass. I am putting a double piezo bride on it. I would like to add a capacitor to the 1/4 inch jack. Somewhere…

Started by

2 Jul 8, 2017

Wiring A Dual Rail Pickup into A Cbg

Hi ,I've just bought an unbranded dual rail pickup with 4 wires, that is a green and a red twisted together the a single white and a single…

Started by Philip Hale

5 Jun 2, 2017
Reply by Paul Craig

Buzz or maybe humm

Well hello I am new to this group. I just soldered a pickup for the first time and I plugged it in and it works, wow. It is a single coil p…

Started by

8 Mar 12, 2017
Reply by Paul Craig

unbalanced pickups

I've just finished a CBG with 2 mini humbuckers. The neck pup is much louder than the bridge pup. The neck pup measures 6.7K and the bridge…

Started by Don Tucker

13 Dec 29, 2016
Reply by Paul Craig

Guitar Tone Capacitor Shootout

Dan Sleep and I had a discussion about tone capacitors in guitars recently. There are lots of methods, mods, and tastes for which tone capa…

Started by Scott aka Farmer Ted

6 Nov 22, 2016
Reply by Wayfinder

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Copper foil tape as shield.

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Why have a switch?

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Problem with second-hand amp.

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Added the CB Gitty “Psycho Knob”

Started by Tim Pannabecker. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 8, 2019. 16 Replies

Lipstick pickup and Telecaster neck pickup. What goes where?

Started by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear. Last reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear Mar 1, 2019. 12 Replies

Wiring CB Gitty Black Ice Single Coil

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