Recent content by Don

I'm in the assemblying/wiring part of this build now, and I'm finding A LOT of problems, which of course reflect the nature of the build  :icon_biggrin: cheap parts mean lots of work. Firstly some of the frets are crooked, this means that'll eventually need to buy a new neck (BTW any cheap but...

I gave a look at Ken's posts but i couldn't find an aswer to my problem. How does the polarity for single coils get defined? I know that with humbuckers the coil that attracts the compass's needle to north is actually a negative coil, and viceversa. But in a single coil the coil lies on the...

Ok i received the last packet of parts a couple days ago so i can now proceed to assemble it after a few touch ups. I have a problem though. I want to wire it so that when the neck humbucker is split the middle position with the bridge single coil is RWRP. I know that on the humbuckers the...

Jazzmaster vibratos are cool with me, i don't understand why everybody hates them. Sure i use them with a rolling tom bridge and locking tuners from Schaller, but as far as vibratos go, is the best i've ever used. I hate floyds, and the Strato style ones actually gave me lots of problems with...

Nice build BlueTalon!  :icon_thumright: However, i don't think your wiring style applies to my build too because mine doesn't have a switch. Sure i would half the number of pots there, but it will take me to the same route of having all in parallel. I don't mind if its push/pull. This way i can...

Hmm, i see... So in theory i need three jack sockets to make it work, even though that is absurd... Are you really sure there's no way to make this config to use 3 indipendent volumes? If no then i guess that a 7 (?) way switch, volume and tone is the way to go. Even if i don't really like the...

Would this diagram work allright? I want the push/pull to switch the pickup off when pulled up. Would it work if i do the same with the other three pickups and wire them togheter to the jack socket as this one?

i know that the laws of physics work even without my agreement  :laughing7: what i meant was that since i didn't study deeply the Ohm's law (i know the scholastic I=V/R formula, but that's far from understanding out it works out in an actual circuit) i don't know why and how it won't make my...

I can't really see how Ohm's laws would cause me trouble in this circuit simply because i just haven't got the knowledge to understand it :-) i know basicly nothing about phisics. However, if you say its the wrong way, there's no reason i would waste even more of your time, don't worry. But now...

I think i might have figured out a way to wire it... I'll post it as soon as i can draw it.

Ok but besides showing off your sharp satyric genius,  could you actually point out what exactly makes it impossibile? :icon_biggrin: or is it just plain wrong? I see it just as a simple 2 humbucker wiring. There are 4 coils. Each is RWRP to the other. That means, supposing that i'm correct...

Yup, its a 6 pots guitar! Each push/pull is an on off switch for each pickup. This build will be used mostly for recording so i need versatility, not practicality :-) What i want to obtain with this circuit is this: 3 push/pull volume pots, 3 tone pots (all pots are audio taper and 500k) 3...

My experience until now teaches me that it's better to have too much treble and roll it off with a nice EQ  than having a very dark guitar that sound great distorted with volume at 8, but sucks at anything else. It really depends on what are going to play with it. If I were you, and that means...

Stunning build! Too bad it doesn't have real single coils  :( I know i'll sound blasphemous here, but i really can't help disliking non PITCH BLACK Ebony. I know it's impossible to find a piece good enough for a neck, let alone a completely black one. But you know, you can still dream ...

Lol, i realized only now that the jack socket wires are inverted, apart from that can anybody please help me?