jay_ashcroft

Hi, i have this really annoying pick up problem on my Ibanez Jem. What happens is when i'm playing the pickup loses power almost. At first i thought it was a wiring problem so looked at it, i couldn't find anything wrong so i took it the guitar shop. They said it needed a new input socket, fitted one and gave it back. But the problem came back! If you tap on the pickup when the problem happens the sound usually comes back on. The sound just drops in volume andpower and becomes really weak. Can anyone help me out on this? Is it a internal pickup problem?

Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum and you will have to pardon my ignorance and general lack of knowledge about guitar electronics! Basically i have a crappy Ibanez RG250 which is to become a project guitar. I will shortly be stripping and repainting it to a custom design. I have already had 3 new pickups put in, Bareknuckle pickups to be exact. Now for their value they are pretty decent pickups but they still lack that lil bit of power i was hoping for. So my question is... If i change my pots to 1000K will this help the situation? I'm not the best with electronics but as i understand the higher the value the more power that gets through producing a heavier tone (more powerful tone?!). Also i've always been interested about reverse polarity humbuckers. What does this do to the sound and is it easily done? Thanks in advance for putting up with my electronics studipity!!!!! Jay