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thatoneguy

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  1. the multimeter only has a setting of 1k ohms. When i touch the probes together it reads 2. So, when i touch the probes to both north and south polarities of the bridge humbucher, it reads a 2, but when i touch the probes to the neck pickup i get nothing. This has to mean i either have it wired wrong or i have a dead pickup. Which brings me to this. My buddy has a guitar with these pickups in a stock configuration, but the pickups arent gro9unded like they usually are. There is a wire going from a grounded screw in the control cavity to a screw directly below the pickup in the pickup cavity.there are alot of ground wires in the control cavity that seem useless. But, maybe this is where im wrong. It looks like these pickups have to be grounded a special way. Have you ever seen anything like this? Im about to give up and go the easy way out, buy some emg's with the quick connect wires...
  2. when i touch the multimeter to both coils of the bridge pickup, i get a 2 reading. this is because the probes are shorted to each other. but when i touch each probe to the neck pickup i get nothing, y is this?
  3. everything is where its supposed to be, the only thing i can come up with is that all the wires soldered to the back of the pot, one must have a foul connection
  4. heres the deal, it has no sound when the volume is off, but when i turn it from bout 3 to 7 there is buzz, but the 8 to 10 there is nothing again, is this a sign?
  5. ive rewired it 3 times over and checked it all 3 times, just buzzing sound,i cant help but notice that these pickups have an unusually large ground wire, im beggining to wonder if its even a ground wire. The wire is on the hb103
  6. i am soldering right now. how i love the smell of fresh solder. Can you get cancer from this stuff? i am wiring it straight right now i have my multimeter,
  7. well ive been trying to gather information on it for 2 weeks, ive been trying new things and trying to wire the guitar. Ive used the wiring diagram for 2 humbuckers and 1 volume with a 3way switch from seymour duncan, and i am very positive it is done right, but no sound. The pickups are grounded properly and the volume switch and the 3way are fine. I just cant get the pickups to work. This is just standard wiring, nothing special, so i guess i better get that right first. How do u wire 2 humbuckers, 1 volume and a 3way switch? i will try to find an old john petrucci wiring diagram for the split coil.
  8. thats really good stuff greg, but not exactly what im lookin for. Its just like an old john petrucci ibanez. 3way blade with the center position on the 2 inner coils, but the problem is the wiring. I dont know how to wire it. Ive been told it can be done on a stock 3way toggle with no push/pull pots. Both humbuckers have green red white black and ground wires. I heard something about attaching the red and white wires from both pickups to the center piece of the toggle and it will work. But i have no idea how to wire it. My buddy has a jackson rx10d rhoads and it has the hb103's and it is wired like ive never seen before. there are ground wires going to screws under the pickups. is it supposed to be this way, or is this some trick to get you to go to a guitar shop and have them work on it? I just need to know how to wire the guitar up with the hb103. I think i may be going crazy.
  9. I just built a guitar, and i want to install the pickups, but i cant seem to find a way to make it work. i have a duncan designed hb103 neck pickup which sounds georgeous, and a seymour duncan dimebucker bridge pickup. I want to wire it to one volume and a 3way selector. The way i want to wire it is; position 1:bridge humbucker, position 2:the 2 inner coils, and position 3:neck humbucker. I cannot find any wiring diagrams for this. The guitar has a floyde rose. Can anyone help???
  10. Thanx guys, i will be buying melvins book on amazon today. Thanx for answering my need. lol
  11. I used to have a floyd low profile, and got sick of the poor quality screws breaking off, so i just stuck an original in that i had laying around. I string the guitar with the ball end at the tuning peg, like steve vai. Of coarse i had to modify the trem a bit, but it fit quite nicely. Ive been looking at a edge trem, but i dont know about the quality. Can anyone help????
  12. I dont know about yall, but i want the best of the best. But there is a problem, I dont know which one to pick!!! Floyd Rose or Edge??? I would like to know your opinions. Which tremolo do u think is better and why? Plese discuss the pros and cons of each, and why it is ur temolo of choice.
  13. Alright guys, ive looked at your site in envy for the past 2 years, and ive seen it all. I have never built a guitar before and it really intrests me. I love the guitar. It is art with a sound. I would like to start building my own guitars. I have plenty of patients and plenty of time. Now all i need is the know how. I would really appreciate it if you guys could get me started with the best books, supply websites, tools, and most of all, what you would reccomend as a first build for a begginer. If yall have ne tips or insight on how i should do this, please post, thanks.
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