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  1. I did all the tests the pickups aren't in the circuit. everything else is fine. Now what.
  2. I am using 4 conductor wiring if I measure from the start lug to the tip of the output jack I get a good reading. I don't know the color codes I got them mixed up when I assembled the humbucker could this be the reason maybe I have the colors wired in the wrong places.
  3. Potentiometers work I tested with multimeter and I can also turn the hum up or down.
  4. I have followed the Seymour Duncan Les Paul wiring diagram. How ever the is a very loud hum the goes away when I touch the strings, bridge, tailpiece , metal ring of toggle switch and the jack of guitar cable as well. when I do this how ever it kills all the sound. I would also like the mention that I wound the humbucker pickups for this guitar, these are my first. Both of them work when connected straight to the jack and I have a reading on the multimeter for both of them. when I wired of them up I got the wires mixed up I am not sure what colors are what but as I said before the both worked with no hum when connected staight to the output jack I am pulling my hair out any idea what's wrong.
  5. Hi I have just been asked to wax pot a pickup for a friend I have no idea what to charge him. What is a fair price ?
  6. * Polishing gold plated pickup covers with metal polish and taking the plating right off. * Masking gold plated pickup and pull the plated off when removing the tape. * Changing the radius of a 16 inch Jackson Neck to a 7.25 and sanding away the sides of the inlay.
  7. I have a quick question do I need to sand the insulation of the enamel coated wire or will the soldering iron melt the insulation off when you join the wires ?
  8. To me a PAF style humbucker has always been a low output humbucker with good clarity that is good for classic rock and blues tones, I should have just said that it would have been less confusing. Thanks for the tips I am not really aiming for a specific sound I think I remind in the guidelines just about anything I do will sound better than the stock pickups which are Epiphone Alnico Classics. His guitar is a Epiphone Les Paul Classic Plus I made a unbleached bone nut for it I plan on, when the pickups have been finish to completely rewire the guitar and later on when he can afford it replace the Bridge and Tailpeice with a Faber Tune-o-Matic Bridge and Aluminum Tailpeice at the moment he is playing with a 1x12 combo with EL34s which I want to mod for him in the future.
  9. i have heard both have been mismatched i would overwind the screw side as the slug side it more magnetic .i know some boutique winders that mismatch as much as 300 turns Thanks
  10. Hi again I am about to rewind a Humbucker for a friend i am going for a PAF like tone I want to also mismatch the coils like Gibson did on their Burstbucker models. Which coil is the best one to add the extra turns to and is 100 extra turns too much or can I go more ?
  11. It looks like a big chunk of mahogany with a spruce veneer 0.25mm thick. Does the sand through look like mahogany to you ?
  12. Damn it the top is plywood. Could the back and sides be the same?
  13. Sorry I meant to say you can see if you look inside with a mirror that the whole sound board is spruce the grain orientation is exactly the same as it is on top.
  14. It's definitely solid you can see it if you look inside the guitar. I don't know the guitars history but looking inside the guitar with a mirror it's definitely not plywood.
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