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We pranked a kid one day. "Henri". Nice kid, but full of himself. White lab coat, white shirt and tie, knew everything, blah, blah. I had a 8X8 cubical, We took a 2200uF electrolytic, and rigged it to a 12V supply. BACKWARDS. "Hey! Henri! Got a minute? He came in, (poor guy) and turned on the...

I bought this guy, sight unseen. Put on La Bella flats, set it up. It's a dream.

That spec is for "working voltage". i.e. not to exceed. If you've never seen an electrolytic capacitor blow up, you are definitely missing out on one of life's little pleasures. It's a prank that every rookie tech goes through.

Now that is absolutely correct. IT confused me too because there were in fact two models. FWIW: I've been retired for a while now. In one life, I worked in electronic engineering 30 years in R&D. I know a few things about capacitors. I could rattle off, just from the top of my head, 10...

Nice LP! found .022uF Emerson paper/oil BBs on Amaz*n for 30$

@Sky Blue Lou is mostly correct. G&L made 2 versions: solid body and semi-hollow Thinline. That's what you have. Nice axe!

@Slouching Raymond nailed it. You can also use the headphone jack as an output to the DP, though the Line Out is most desirable.

If you're playing at a venue with a lot of neon, fluorescents, and other lousy noise, it makes sense to have an RWRP in the mid. As for playing in your bedroom, or jamming with friends, it makes no difference at all. At the end of the day, the only person it matters to is the player. There...

"They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are a little dicier." - David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) Off topic, but absolutely true (y)

Thanks, I do like it. I might take it for a better ride tomorrow or so. I didn't give it much of a workout. I'll give it some attention. Kind of a "second date" :P

So, this one is finished. Looks really nice to me. It's a very nice player. Noiseless. No hum and no buzz, But I think the 3 SD SSL-1s are just too flat for my taste. So, on to my next adventure :thumbs up: A Strat Player II MIM black body, and a Lindy Frailin Vintage Hot Strat set...

You rock @Scott Baxendale dude :thumbs up:

WADDA DOPE! So, I just finished wiring up my new Strat build. As always, before I set the neck, it took the wired body and plugged it into my amp. SOP, right? Check for buzz. Check for hum. Check the wiring. So I'm sitting there, WITH A FREAKING SCREWDRIVER. And then... DOH! My sincere...

@60's guy, ya know who could really help you out is @Scott Baxendale. Why don't you give him a shout.

Someone please school me on the "screwdriver test". I have never heard of that term and would like to know what it is.

Who is "YOU"? I think you may have overlooked the OP's issue: He has a RWRP pup in the middle. You are right that there should be no issue with a HB and a SC. But the single coil he's having issues with is designed to be out of phase with the single coil bridge or the single coil neck. That's...

Exactly. And that seems to be the conundrum.. Here's my thought, and feel free to school me: A RWRP in the middle "essentially" creates a "humbucker" with the neck OR bridge pickup. Given standard wiring, the bridge and neck pickups are never coupled together. A humbucker is analogous to a...

I've thought about this for too long. IMHO, A stacked humbucker should not be installed with a RWRP. The RWRP is only to be used with single poles. The RWRP, and I understand it, is to reduce HUM with 2 single poles. It might be a better idea to either lose the RWRP or lose the humbucker. I...

Not the way I understand it. Position 4 would be middle/neck. The way I use my switch, What ever pup the switch points to, it the active pup. If it's all the way back towards the bridge, it the bridge only (pos 1). If it's' pointed towards the neck it's the neck only (pos 5) . In the middle...

FINALLY! All my parts are in :P Time to get busy