Hello and good morning nation!
I have been building solid CBG style guitars for the last 3 to 4 years now and in all my builds, I always install a non-adjustable truss rod into the neck. Usually 1/4 inch thick metal rods.
The reason I do this was fro
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Thought I'd drop these nuggets for anyone looking to wire (3) P90s into their guitars.
First, the middle pickup must be reverse-wound, meaning you would wind the pickup clockwise. The neck and bridge pickup are winded in countercl
Read more…There is an old myth about pickups and ohms. Though I understand the misunderstanding of higher ohms equals a hotter pickup. You take an electrical meter, measuring the ohm of a pickup, the numbers climb up high and viola, you think its a hot picku
Read more…Hey guys, I am starting to get my hands dirty in making my own homegrown pickups. I figured a custom CBG should have custom pickups.
I decided to tackle the P90 design because thats my favorite sound thanks to Jimi Hendrix ;)
Anyway, I been searching
Read more…What is the best quality coils out there?
Stewmac has coils but they were too expensive, so I took a ride with cheap alternatives and was not disappointed.
My findings are that coils made by Electriksola and Adept are very quality coils and cheap in
Read more…Hello everyone, I had bought a Black Ice single coil from CB Gitty, (Not the black cube capacitor from Stewmac).
I noticed it came with 3 wires; Red, White and Bare. Last time I saw this kind of wiring were for some EMG active pickups. I don't thi
Read more…Up until recently, I have used tuneomatics on my builds. A simple mod by removing the first and last saddles to accommodate a 4 string guitar. I just screw the bridge down without thumbwheels or the wooden base. Fits a flat top nicely without any m
Read more…Hello everybody, glad to be here.
Nothing fancy here, just making guitars to make music. I like creating them in search of new tones and sounds, though I am a jack of all trades, master of none. I didn't get along with a few luthier sites. I'm not i
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