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When he does, I'd like to see a tutorial I'm sure if he has that much confidence then he probably can. If he is going to be able to pull it off, he should be the one doing the legwork unless he already has a plan.

Thanks Saber. I do have those shields grounded to the volume pot with along with the green wire coming out of the jacket. It makes for a lot of wires going to the top of the volume pot. I can say I love these pickups and will probably continue to play them like they are for now. Then I will take Speedy's advice and try to quiet this beast by using all the techniques from Guitarnuts. It is so hard to get everything onto the top of that volume pot so I think using the method described there might make it easier to solder too. Scott, you've got to try this combination. I love it. With every click of the selector switch I get a totally different and great tone. There is absolutely no mud at all, it sounds beautiful. Going from Air Norton to TZ while playing clean is like kicking in a warm overdrive pedal. I love it and got to say thanks to Brian. I ordered these from him and he was able to get the pickups I wanted for the best price around (F series even). Where else can you pick your pickups and the guy knows exactly what switch and pots you need plus he through in extra wire and a blue pickup cover for my Blue Velvet.

The Dimarzio tech said if the hum goes away when I touch the strings, it sounds like it is wired correctly because all passive pups have a little hum. But mine hums like crazy. I've never used custom pickups before though so maybe these are just really hot? The springs are a little rusty... this wouldn't prevent the bridge from grounding with the claw would it?

Will it hold that cat and his hard hat to the bottom of an I-Beam suspended way up in the sky?

Yes, here is the diagram: Look here The only things this diagram doesn't show that I've done is the ground wire I have going from the claw in the tremelo cavity to the top of the volume pot. Thanks for your help

I just put the TZ in my RG 470 (Test Guitar) along with a Blue Velvet and a Air Norton. All of these Pups sound great. I'm amazed at the clarity I get from the String dynamics in all positions. I was hoping to find the most versatile pup combination and after hearing others opinions I decided on these. I can't believe how good these sound. My TZ sounds just like the sound sample on Dimarzio's site... I can't believe it. All these pickups sound good whether clean or distorted, it's amazing. My only complaint is the hum when I'm not touching the bridge but this is a wiring issue due to the fact that I am a complete projectguitar newbie However, I always touch the bridge (or strings) while playing so it doesn't hum much. I would like to completely loose the hum if anyone has any suggestions? I've wired them just like the H-S-H diagram on Dimarzio's site and have a ground going from the claw to the top of the volume pot.

My up-and-coming electronics professor had this to say when I asked him: "I recommend you to get a Auto Range multi-meter which has volts-ohms-capacitor-transistor-diode-...the Auto Range is important which means you do not have to set a value to be measured it automatically does it for you. It would run you around $100.00" I'm going to see if he will recommend one too me. How much for yours Scott?

Hey Jeremy, How much do you think it would cost for you to build a custom UV guitar just like the one in the pic exept with 6 strings? I love that guitar but I don't want a 7 string.

Hey Kevan, I've heard of Fluke before. Can you send me a link to an online store that carries Fluke Multimeters. I did a search and came up with several but if you have a trusted one, I'd like to know. I also noticed that Fluke makes many different models... what should I look for? The 87 was about $350. That is out of my price range. I might have to stay with the RS ones.

Hey guys. I start electronics classes next month plus I'm about to install my newly purchased Dimarzio Pickups. Can someone recommend a nice, reliable multimeter. I don't want to pay and arm and a leg but I still want something that will last a long time providing accurate readings.

Thanks GF. I was wondering what I could get for $500.

Hey GuitarFrenzy, can you list the tools you've just recently purchased?

I can't seem to get this tutorial to load... can anyone else? http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/solder.htm

Why didn't I think of that

Man, I can't believe that it is growing there. There was nothing around but the college when I was there. What has come to spur the economy? To get back to the main point of this thread... I have been suprised how generous Jeremy is at giving detailed instruction about how to do things. A lot of business people would just tell us to send it to them and they will do it for a fee. I think I get what he is saying when he says how could he be just doing things to gain business when everything he does here is really keeping him from getting business because he is showing us how to do it ourselves. I was especially suprised that he gave me the details of his custom paint job on that cool Floral Jem. BTW, I'd like to see more pics too Jeremy!