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  1. JohnA
    PhoenixCreations said something about how he doesn't want the pickups to be sterile. This is interesting, because I often find that more sterile flat pickups sound great with heavy distortion. A fuller pickup would probably overload and get muddy under more distortion, although it would sound great clean. Obviously, this is an 'all-the-time, every-single-pickup' kind of deal, but it seems to hold generally true.
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    well I guess I got outdated info, then. Thanks for the update.
  3. JohnA

    Help?

    JohnA replied to yahilltrade's topic in Electronics Chat

    DiMarzio Super Distortion/Super 2 in the neck would be a good combo. Mixing active and passive pickups is not usually a good idea, you get a drastic change in volume.
  4. JohnA
    You will probably need to sand it in order to get the neck to fit, nevermind any tonal considerations.
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    The California company is the real one, the person in Bethlehem making pickups under the Bill Lawrence name is a former partner of the company. The name Bill Lawrence does not refer to any person, it's just the name of the company.
  6. JohnA
    Oh, like the S-1 switching on the American Strat? Those are really cool, is there a place to buy those?
  7. JohnA
    With DiMarzio pickups, I believe you would solder the black and white wires to the wiper (center lug) and connect the left lug to ground.
  8. JohnA
    Sounds good! I'll dig around some more. Thanks, Robert Irizarry Yeah, I looked, but I couldn't find it. It had a rosette (it was a solidbody) and had string trees behind the bridge.
  9. JohnA
    I saw someone who rear-routed their pickup cavity on here, it looked like how I think you want it to.
  10. JohnA
    I would suggest locking tuners and graphite as well. A TremSetter will also help a lot if it's got a tremolo.
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    Futurlec

    JohnA posted a topic in Electronics Chat

    This is a great site that I found that offers component at wholesale prices. The variety is great, and I'm planning to get all of my electronics from them until I find a site that maybe ships a little faster. www.futurlec.com $0.50 a pot, $0.05 a cap. No more bull Radio Shack prices for me.
  12. JohnA
    Yeah, I have a Wilkinson, it used to break strings twice a week util I got some GraphTech saddles. I haven't broken a string since.
  13. JohnA
    On second thought, it would be way too easy to nick the rod adjust nut.
  14. JohnA
    Hey, I just bought one of these! Let me know how it turns out.
  15. JohnA
    I just wanted to bounce this idea around and get some opinons: I've an Ibanez, and I need to adjust the neck. The truss cavity at the headstock is too small for my tools to fit in,so I had an idea to widen it with a Dremel. It should just get covered by the cover, right? Shouldn't weaken the neck either...
  16. JohnA
    That flame looks nice, are you shooting for a Les Paul style single cut, or is it your own design? Lindy Fralin is an amazing boutique pickup maker that specializes in vintage pickups. If you get Duncans, I think a Pearly Gates/'59 neck would be great, and so would the Seth Lovers. A good DiMarzio set would be Virtual Hot PAF/Virtual PAF Neck. I can't wait to see (and hear) the finished product.
  17. JohnA
    Oh Jesus Christ, thanks be to lovekraft! *sings a song of rejoicement and gratitude*
  18. JohnA
    You're just replacing the bridge pickup? Tone Zone isn't really the way to go if you're looking for an SRV sound. True single coils like a Blue Velvet set would suit you better.
  19. JohnA
    So more mass doesn't increase sustain or anything like that? I've also heard brass saddles are brighter, this is all just myth?
  20. JohnA
    So what are the differences in tone between these metals? I was probably going to buy an aluminum bridge, but I just wanted to get some feedback.
  21. JohnA
    Ok, I've tried to the best or my ability, but I keep getting stuck on making a way for the black and white (I'm wiring DiMarzio's) wires to come together for series, but stay apart in positions 2 and 4 for parallel. So if someone could help me, even give me a hint, that would be awesome.
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    Humb Wiring

    JohnA replied to atk's topic in Electronics Chat

    Red=Black Black=White White=Green Blue=Red
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    I could do that but I don't know if I would get it right, also, I'm not quite sure how this switch works, so anyone who could help would go a long way in helping to do that.
  24. JohnA
    Could someone show me how to wire a 2 hum guitar with Dimarzios, 1 vol 1 tone with a super switch that has the following positions: 1.Bridge Humbucker Series 2.Bridge Humbucker Parallel 3.Inner Coils Series 4.Neck Humbucker Parallel 5.Neck Humbucker Series Thanks a bunch.
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    I have mine that way, because I usually keep it in SC mode, I just pull up for high gain stuff.
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