electronics

  1. ilovecrystalmeth

    Confusion around pickup wiring in general.

    Howdy, y'all. I ordered some Black Winters for my Agile Chiral Parallax 7 string and have all my tools ready. I just want to get some reassurance from others who actually know what the fuck they're doing. I bought BWs for my Ibanez RG7321 a few years ago and had the same confusion. In my old...
  2. M

    Guitar tone suddenly muddy for no apparent reason

    So, unless I'm going crazy and this is all just in my head, my guitar tone suddenly just got a lot muddier. I mostly use amp plugins on my pc for tones, and I had created a preset with my Neural DSP Omega Ampworks Granophyre that I was really happy with. Very heavy distortion, but very defined...
  3. G

    Advice on upgrading an Ibanez RG7421...

    Just signed up to this wonderful community and would like some advice regarding my Ibanez RG7421. (I'm based in the UK) Obviously this is a great guitar - neck feels great and the body is lovely (I have the burl-capped version in grey) however there are some issues with the guitar and before I...
  4. WillyTheMLGPro

    MEC Electronics

    Looking at replacing the electronics and wiring in my Ormsby which has metric pots and I've seen Aristides use MEC pots for their guitars which are also Metric sizing and was wondering if anyone has experience with MEC pots, switches and jacks?
  5. Merrekof

    Advice on electronics needed!

    Hey guys, Last week I bought a Kustom Quad 100 dfx combo. It has a faulty fx section so I got it for 25€. Dirt cheap! The amp basically works fine until you engage the fx switch. Then you get a loud hum and no guitar tone whatsoever. The hum gets louder by turning the volume knob. So I assume...
  6. jarnozz

    Superlead preamp build

    Hi there! I haven't been active on this forum for a while now. As far as I remember, there were some people interested in building amplifiers and electronics in general. I am an electrical engineer and work with digital electronics, embedded design and digital signal processing. A hobby of...
  7. K

    Problem with an EMG 81 pickup

    Hi! I would very much appreciate your help to find an issue with the electronics on my Epiphone Les Paul Standard with an EMG 81 in the bridge position. The EMG 89 in the neck positions works fine. The problem is that it's either very noisy, or very weak sounding. It's changing from one state...
  8. Gizmo Skatoon

    H-H 5way Options

    What's up guys, Anybody know what options for configuration I can get with 2 humbuckers and a 5 way lever switch? there's 5 sounds I really want 1 - Bridge Hum 2 - Bridge Hum + Neck Single 3 - Both Single and Phase inverted (like both inner coils I guess) 4 - Neck Single 5 - Neck...
  9. P

    Mystery grounding issue

    Hello all, this would be my first post... I'm new to pickup swapping and such, so forgive me for being a newb. I did search everywhere for solutions to this problem, so I'm not sure what else to do. It's a little strange. I have a Schecter Damien Elite-7, and I recently took out the neck...
  10. S

    Ergonomic seven with onboard MIDI control

    So... this is the result of nearly four years' development (on and off) of a prototype that I hope will prove of interest to a few out there... it would be really great to hear what anyone thinks - it's all been in my own head too long and I need feedback! I'll start with a few pictures and...
  11. B

    Adding a Tone Knob

    My main eight, an Agile Intrepid Pro 828 MN Nat, has NO tone knob. It has a single EMG 808 and a volume knob and that's it. I've already ruled out routing another pickup hole but want to add a tone knob to male the whole thing a little more versatile. Has anybody done this before? Can I do it...
  12. DrPaul

    Seymour Duncan Perpetual Burn pup & some other stuff

    What do you people think of the Seymour Duncan jason becker signature pickup? How does it contrast to stock carvin pickups as well? How would someone find a suitable pickup to compliment another pickup?
  13. Dave Stone

    Dpdt pushbutton switch orientation

    So I am building an ABY box and I tried to build it once already and it didn't work. I think i melted the platic of one of the lugs on the dpdt pushbotton switch which made it come out of its place. I am ordering another two switches but my question is this. Which way is up on these switches...
  14. DiegusMaximus32

    Shielding Paint Question

    Hey all, So I just began reshielding my Ibanez RGA121. I'm at an impasse where I'm debating whether or not to shield the pickup routes. I've done this on other guitars, but not sure whether or not it was absolutely necessary. The other factor in this decision is that the neck pickup route is...
  15. N

    Cleaning / Modding and old gcb 95. Strange issue.

    Hi. I am new to the forum, however I shan't do introductions here. I mention this only because I don't know if I'm posting in the right area as most people seem to be starting threads re pickups. However the sub forum description did read "hardware, tech" and I'd consider this a techie...
  16. The Mighty Sunfish

    Need help with this Bill Lawrence pickup

    Hey guys. So i've had this Bill Lawrence for a while. Bought it off a shady character for like 15$. I finally got it installed the other week only to discover that it had no bass sound/frequencies. :mad: If you'll notice the gash on the side of the pickup the guy who sold it to me probably...
  17. L

    Help me descide on buying this pc

    Vengeance Blue 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 1600 Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Antec VP-450 450 Watt ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard AMD FX -4130 3.8Ghz Processor :wallbash: alright so for awhile now I have been into pc gaming on my brothers...
  18. misterawkwardtuning

    Active AND Passive Combo

    Is it possible to do such a thing? On my RG7321, I have a 707 on the bridge and a 60-7X on the neck from EMG, but I want to put a Juggernaut in where the 707 is, but I really like the glassy cleans I get form the 60-7X. Is it possible to have an active and passive pickup combination?
  19. W

    Conklin Bill Dickens BD-7 questions

    For those who own a Conklin Bill Dickens 7....I have some questions: 1. My bass seems to be way too "boomy" on the low B and low E strings, meaning that it appears to have far more volume and energy than the other strings (however, the other strings are fine in their signal levels). I have...
  20. Brndn

    2HB, 3way, Vol, Tone, Master coil split + 'suhr blower', what am I doing wrong?

    Okay so I'm attempting to wire up my Agile with some 4-conductor passives (old DiMarzios I had kicking around if you must know), but I want to introduce a master coil split (i.e. one knob splits both pickups) and a Suhr-style "blower" switch (i.e. bridge pickup -> output jack). My issue is...


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