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  1. Alex M.
    The pickups are soldered to the volume potentiometers. By turning the potentiometers to maximum, the resistance is shunted by the pickup coil. A multimeter may read 4-20k ohms depending on the pickup. At 50% volume — DMM shows 2 halves of the pot folded in parallel, with a small addition of resistance from the pickup. Check at the wiring diagrams for the Les Paul. I have big questions about the level of your engineering education.
  2. Alex M.
    The pup mounting plate — is nothing to worry about too much. Even the ashtray above the pup basically gets in the way of the hand when palm mute.
  3. Alex M.
    Right now I am unable to test the schematics. There are at least 2 types of superswitch that allow for a wide variety of combinations. The curtisa scheme looks fine.
  4. Alex M.
    I noticed, but I don't care, nor do the people who asked me to do this. They operate their guitars without any issue. ;-))
  5. Alex M.
    Sometimes I do it by simply swapping the middle and bridge pups. No soldering, just a screwdriver. The super switch is not the usual 5-way switch that is installed on standard strats. But soldering while maintaining positions is also possible on a standard switch.
  6. Alex M.
    If you are talking about a plate over a bridge pup — then it is better not to put it, it will corny interfere with the playng.
  7. Alex M.
    This is not a magnetic field, most likely it is the temperature difference during measurements. Take the guitar out in the cold - it will show a very different resistance. And note that — it is not the resistance that matters for output, but the number of turns. The resistance only gives an experienced winder a hint of the number of turns, but for accuracy, you also need to know the thickness of the wire.
  8. Alex M.
    Some boutique winders measure gauss, there are inexpensive meters for this. But this is completely useless in my opinion — take any magnets with the greatest strength that you can find and everything will be ok. Lawrence D Marzio did just that in his time, and he also did not forget to wind as much wire into coils as there was room. ;-)) To get noticeable negative effects on the strings, pups should be as close to them as possible — about 1.5-2mm for the neck and 0.5-1mm for the bridge. However, some heavy-style musicians tune this close and play without problems.
  9. Alex M.
    It doesn't matter. If it seems to you that the magnets are too powerful — just lower the pups.
  10. Alex M.
    look fine.
  11. Alex M.
    Especially when applied to guitar electronics.
  12. Alex M.
    Long story short — nothing useful.
  13. Alex M.
    Nothing to worry about it. I often use whatever 150k to 500k pots are available. Nobody complained about the sound.
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