Recent content by donm1104

I came up playing Telecasters, starting in the 70s. There was no internet, and a lot of the 60s and 70s Tele`s were bright (we weren't hip on the 1 Meg pots), so we all became 'knob twidlers'. Some time in the late 70s, I think it was Craig Anderton who had a monthly column in Guitar Player...

Beautiful guitar!

Sounds to me like a setup issue, especially the nut string height in both cases since the issue is predominantly the first few frets. If it was pressing too hard, it would most likely be all the way up the neck. The only way to narrow it down though, IMHO, is a complete setup.

I have good luck with a .002uf capacitor, in parallel with a 150 resistor (Kinman values, but not in series). I find this works for me on humbucker, & single coils guitars. I haven't had to re-stock electronic components in a while (I have a good supplier a half hour away), but should be...

Don't try to combine the schematics. Try to just follow the Lambertone drawings. You may be overthinking it. The pickup manufacturers drawings seem good. I usually prefer to start with new pots if I can, but, not always needed.

I just checked, and the diagram is on the Lambertone website