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Hello all, A customer dropped a recent American Professional II Strat to have a Double-tap humbucker installed at the bridge. I rewired the guitar following Fender's schematic (see below) and installed a stacked 250 and 500k volume pot, treble bleed PCBs and push-push coil split/tap for this pickup. All went very well, until I tried it at switch position 2. Sure enough, the new unit does not play well with the others and combining delive…

Hey, fellow Looths. I need a small favour… Short version: Go to https://statuesque-cocada-438199.netlify.app and listen and vote. It takes about a minute. Longer version: A friend’s son is studying music and audio production in college and is working on a project to test the covered versus uncovered humbucker question. He reached out to me for some help and I’m reaching out to you. He designed a solid experiment (even modding a guitar so…

I'm building a guitar where the client wants to use a three way slide switch (DP3T) instead of a three way toggle switch (DPDT) for having a series/split/parallel wiring configuration. We're already locked into using the slide switch instead of the toggle, and I didn't previously realize that the slide switch was DP3T so now I'm trying to figure out how to adapt the wiring. I was going to use the series/parallel/split wiring for a DPDT f…

Just discussed this on another forum topic and realised that it might be useful to make more general. Music Nomad have a very handy database where you can check on the size of truss rod adjustment for heaps of different brands and models. https://www.musicnomadcare.com/How-To-Advice/Truss-Rod-Wrench-Finder/ I've referenced it a few times and have found it to be accurate.

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This neck reset database is going to be massively useful. If you come across something new or weird, add a topic here. You know the sort of info that'll be good here: For the title, maybe use the instrument model (and a year if possible). Obviously add a photo or two. If you can, include some measurements (or place a ruler in the photo). That'll help with stuff like finding dovetail pockets for drilling. Anything that could trip up an unsu…