2013-04-23 00:30
A varitone switch can be installed as a part of a guitar wiring in two ways: before the volume control, or after it. It really has a matter for your guitar tone. This article… Read More
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Guitar wiring diagrams: customization, DIY projects, mods. For any electric guitar. A lot of tips.
2013-04-23 00:20
Some old school music makers, who knows how to rock:(unranked)Deep Purple - Perfect StrangersMuddy Waters - Mannish BoyThe Troggs - Wild ThingSaxon - Wheels Of SteelBlack Sabbath - Iron ManA… Read More
2013-04-23 00:18
Do you remember Terminator movies? Do you remember Terminator's character? He's a cool, reticent, strong and effective killing machine.What kind of guitar this dude play? I'm sure it's not a… Read More
2013-03-09 18:06
This Fat-Strat (HSS Stratocaster) modification project is based on functions of classic Strat and Charvel guitar wirings. The target of this construction is to get well known, vint… Read More
2011-05-05 13:17
Sometimes simple is best. This is what you can think when you're looking on the Music Man Axis or some Charvel guitars. The MM Axis is a two pickup guitar with a simple, 3-way toggle pickup… Read More
2011-04-28 14:59
A direct-through mod is a very useful tone shaping tool. It will help you make your Telecaster tone brighter and more dynamic when you will need that. It's based on a DPDT switch (push-pull)… Read More
2011-04-20 00:01
I made a diagram, which shows how 4-conductor guitar pickups (humbuckers) are configured. It can help you understand how many kinds of guitar p-up wiring (like coil-split, series, parallel)… Read More
2011-04-17 19:39
I would like to show you, how to make an on-board effects loop control (switch), as a part of your guitar wiring. It's something known by my from the Jerry Garcia's axe – Tiger.The loo… Read More
2011-04-17 12:14
Dick Dale signature Stratocaster guitar is a very uncommon Fender's construction. It's got only one pot (as a master volume control), a 3-way pickup selector and a special toggle switch for… Read More
2011-04-12 12:58
Brian May's Red Special has got some great futures as a 3-pickup guitar. All p-up configurations are possible, you can reverse the phase of every coil, and there is also a classic volume+ton… Read More
2011-04-12 11:06
This time I would like to show you some very popular guitar wiring. It's based on two humbuckers, two pots (volume and tone) and a 3-way pickup selector in the „import style” (Ch… Read More
2011-04-09 21:50
The varitone is a multi-position guitar tone switch. It's a great thing for DIY guitar electronics enthusiasts, because every position of this tone controller can be designed almost independ… Read More
2011-04-04 13:25
You can use a DPDT (Double Pole, Double Throw) SW in your guitar wiring in many ways. You can base on this thing many kinds of tone switches. You can use it as a pickup selector. It can swit… Read More
2011-04-04 13:02
In this article, I would like to show you an quite simple method of wiring a Stratocaster or a Fat Strat guitar, to reach some functions of the Ibanez RG construction. It's a great proposit… Read More
2011-04-03 20:36
Direct-through switch is a guitar mod, popular in Stratocasters and Fat Strats. It's designed to send the pickup signal directly to the jack, by omitting all pots. It makes the tone brighter… Read More
2011-04-03 20:30
Buckethead's white Les Paul is a very special and original guitar. It's got some awesome, uncommon for LP's electronics, like „arcade” style kill-switches (red push-buttons) and… Read More
2011-03-29 23:51
A common guitar tone control is a low-pass filter. It's made from pickup resistance and tone capacitor capacitance. It's called also a RC filter.A tone pot in a guitar is used as a variable… Read More
2011-03-29 23:51
Every pot used to control guitar's volume is basically a voltage divider. It's used to control how much resistance will be between the fist and the middle lug, and between the middle and the… Read More
2011-03-23 13:38
This time, my 12-position guitar varitone project is a little bit more complicated. It's still a quite simple circuit, but with a few new configurations. I added a stand-by position –… Read More
2011-03-03 13:35
Count BasieIt's the way you play that makes it. What I say is, for Christ's sake, you don't have to kill yourself to sing. Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got… Read More
2011-02-28 20:03
This time, I will show you some simple guitar wiring. It doesn't have any volume and tone control. It will be great, if you prefer to use only pedals for this things. The only control in thi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
photo by notsogoodphotographyI've got a few tips for you that will help you repair your guitar and probably also save some money. This is what you should check out when your guitar wiring do… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is a simple Stratocaster and Fat Strat wiring modification that changes the tone control capabilities. With this mod you will have much wider palette of tones to choose from by us… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I would like to recomand you some great YouTube channels about guitar gear. They are made by very charismatic dudes, who know quite a lot about the stuff they are showing. Really enioyable t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you're looking for some new, unique tones with your old two-pickup guitar, this mod project will be helpful. In this article I will show you how to wire a pickup blend potentiometer toget… Read More
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