Recent content by Dr Excess

Hi, I am about to acquire some old 80s white label pickups, HFS and Vintage Bass. They're for a project that requires a cover. Anybody know what the spacing is on these so I can get parts on order (post is irregular atm). Also screw thread, I'm guessing normal imperial? Many thanks.

I don't think there is a black here so just send white to hot, red to my coil split (ground) and the ground to ground. As I have your ear, lets say hypothetically I wanted my split pickup to be just a little hotter (like 10k), If I added a 2k resistor to my coil split circuit I'm assuming that...

Hey, After learning a lot about PRS pickups and splitting (and being schooled by @garrett and @Malloc ) I'm back again, puzzled. Previous thread: https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/where-to-solder-the-green-wire-from-the-08-to-get-the-proper-tap.41234/ So, I've bought a HFS for the bridge...

Now fully wired and built, just going through the process of setup. At this stage though I can of course test the new mode on the pickups. I will upload some audio samples once it's all intonated and can be played but what I will say is that the new sound is rather pleasant. It actually...

I realised my previous diagram was not orientated correctly for the Strat control cavity. It may be helpful to somebody one day, but if not, it'll be helpful for me when it comes to wiring later :) I may try and reproduce the weird t bar for the micro switches, but I may just ground them...

More colour-correct components have arrived :)

OK just to close the loop on this and remove all ambiguity. This is the final wiring I'll be going for. This uses the CRL 3 way in the lug orientation that I have (appreciate the offset is different elsewhere but this is the way mine works), and uses the standard switch (on/on/on) as...

tbh that's what I was wanting to begin with, but then as i went down the rabbit hole of what was available in electronics, and gained an understanding of how this works (from these amazing descriptions) the art of the possible took over :D If I'm gonna do a project guitar, it just as well be wacky.

Many thanks. Well this is great news, because it means I did understand it, I was just following the wrong diagrams. I had found this diagram: And so I went with the type 1 and thought that was how it would work and so basically had it all mirrored (the way you explain is like type 2 which...

Hey, Thanks. I think actually in my second reply yesterday that will actually give me the on/on/on with the 3 voicing (out of choice) Because those 3 stage switches go top two, then top left and bottom right, and then bottom two (obviously both middle always engaged), If I were to setup the...

and, if I think I've got this right, if I were to go for the 3 toggle on/on/on type mini toggle switch (type 1), I could do that, but I'd need to replace the top green with white, so it would go : Red - White Hot - Ground / Ground - Hot Black - Green And the three positions would then be...

Hey, long time no speak. Well the project is starting to take shape and it's almost time for electrics. This is no longer taking place inside my cu24, and so I can be a bit more liberal with the electronics. I've made a few changes and decided that I still want to use the little DPDT toggles...

So I was thinking. If I were to use 2x 3 way toggles instead of 2 way on a Paul's guitar style setup would I be able to wire overdriven pickups? So stage 1 - single (+ extra winds), 2 - humbucker (without the extra wind as P's G) 3 - humbucker + extra winds?

Oh sweet! so you did this setup? PP down: 1 - full bridge 2 - bridge + neck split 3 - bridge + neck 4 - neck split 5 - full neck PP up: 1 - bridge split 2 - bridge split + neck split 3 - bridge split + neck 4 - neck split (unchanged) 5 - full neck (unchanged) I dunno see, I love the sound of...

Just like the guitars, this is an incredibly good forum and I think you both for taking your time to help me like this. Great info and it's taught me a lot, and I hope it is useful for others someday. @garrett, how come you're not using the MTs, what pickups do you have in yours (if you don't...