Not really anything wrong with this one, just a routine service and setup. It’s a nice USA made neck so as expected the frets are nice and level. While the strings are off I always give the fretboard a good clean. It wasn’t particularly bad but it’s so much easier without the strings. The same […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Wiring
Jazzmaster – Shielding and Pickup swap
Need to improve the sound of your guitar? How about a new set of pickups and shield the pickup cavity to stop any unwanted hum while you’re at it… The inside of the Jazzmaster must be about as complicated as they come. However, a one-for-one pickup swap should be easy. Before the new pickups go […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – New Pickups
These Epiphones aren’t bad these days, some of the parts aren’t quite top flight but then that’s how they keep costs down. One of the simplest upgrades are the pickups. How about a set of Seymour Duncans. If you’re going to change the pickups then it’s probably worth replacing the pots’ as well. It might […]
Unknown Bass – re-wire
I’ve never been sure exactly what this is, it’s a bitsa’ (bitsa’ this and bitsa’ that) It’s not been working properly lately, the electrics have been playing up so I’m going to replace the pots’ and possibly the switch. just a direct swap, one for one. While I’m at it, I drilled out and plugged […]
Gibson Les-Paul – Re-wire
Gibson seem to be sorting themselves out. This 2016 Les Paul’s lovely. The owner has changed over the pickups but wants some fancy wiring options. The first thing is to remove the Gibson modular electronics package with it’s push/pull pots’. I much prefer push/push pots’, I sometimes find it difficult to grip the knobs and pull […]
Gibson Les-Paul Custom – Pickup Ring replacement
You’d have thought this job would be easy, but if you really want it done properly there’s a little more to it. One of the pickup rings took a knock and broke so needs to be replaced. The trouble is the classic Gibson rings have a flat bottom and aren’t flexible enough to bend around the […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – Custom re-wire, bone nut and setup
Here’s a very attractive guitar, lovely piece of wood. Had a couple of requests with this one, both easy to sort but one a little more unusual. The owner would prefer just one set of volume and tone controls, rather than a set for each pickup? It’s got standard wiring so it’s an easy enough job, just re-arranging […]
PRS Pickups
Wiring not really your thing? Just getting inside some of these things can be a bit of a pain. Once you get it all out it’s quite simple. This one had just a few minor problems, easily sorted. Getting the parts back together is the hardest part….
Bone Nut
This one rather sits at the bottom end of the market, but even so, it should play OK. This one had a very strange “buzzing” sound. It’s all down to the cheap plastic nut with its overly slack slots. The only way to cure that is to fit a decent nut.The blank was just a […]
Tanglewood Chicago – Service and setup
What a lovely guitar. I’m not sure if it’s been under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe but it’s not been played for ages and needed a good cleanup and service.The electrics were the biggest problem, scratchy and crackling at best, and plain just not working at worst.To be sure I pulled […]