Recent content by cstar

Someone recently gave me a "Series 10" MIK strat copy. Nothing special at all, but I want to clean + set it up and sell it. The problem is, the guitar makes no sound. Can't seem to get any sound out of the pickups. If you jiggle stuff around there is some light crackling noises, but that's it...

Have any of you put a pickup between the two pickups on a jazz bass? Is there any reason why I couldn't put a p bass or musicman style humbucker there? Like, would it affect the magnetic/electric field of the single coil pickups badly somehow? If you have done this, how did you like the...

I've seen a lot of Big covered humbuckers (EB mudbucker style especially) placed right at the end the neck. Due to the cost of said pickups, I'm wondering about alternatives. Is there any reason you cant put a musicman or p bass style humbucker at the end of the fingerboard, in the "neck"...

Anyone know where I can get these? http://www.diyguitars.net/Artec_Custom_Hot_4_String_Bass_Sidewinder_Pickup_30K_Ohms_Chrome/p1749502_8305260.aspx They are out of stock on this site. AllParts carries similar pickups but I want to find some true sidewinder pickups, and as far as I know...

I tried the cobalts a while ago. I loved them, but they weren't really what I was going for sound-wise on the bass I had them on. They were very vintage-modern (strongly leaning to the modern side of that mix). Very clear, punchy, and they played very nice. I actually found them very smooth and...

Thanks for the replies. So I'm told, the metal that a pickup bass plate has a decent amount to do with the overall tone and clarity of a pickup, because of currents that travel across it. For example, most humbuckers have a nickel silver (?) base, but some cheap ones have brass bass plates, and...

So this is a guitar pickup question but I figured someone ought to know the answer. So, telecaster bridge pickups traditionally have copper plated steel base plates, to which the pickup is grounded, yes? Some replacement telecaster pickups don't have them, such as the Dimarzio area t. Is...

I see that Allparts sells a Gibson style eb neck humbucker. Does anyone know how they compare to a real mudbucker? How does the ouput compare? What magnets do they use? Are the coils sideways?

Huh, ok thanks. Looks well built. A little bit more than what I'd be looking to spend probably, but I do want something that will hold up for a few years

I see that home depot carries a Ryobi 13" that has good reviews. Thanks for the suggestion! Should I be concerned about the ability of a cheap planer to handle harder woods, like Northern ash and maple?

I'm in need of a small planer to process some rough sawn 2" ash and cherry that was given to me. I was using a router on a jig to plane before but this is a decent amount of wood and I really need a planer anyway. None of the wood is beyond, say, 10" wide and 2" thick. What brands/models...

I love the sound of a bright bass darkened up by electronics. With all that maple and the electronics you're putting in, that should be a very fat and tight sounding axe. I wouldn't say it's over upgraded either. You started with a good core. Soft maple is a good tonewood and these necks are...

Thanks, that's interesting. The view of the underside was helpful. That's exactly how I imagined it was made. Thanks, Chris

Hey, so I'm curious about the bridge humbucker on the deluxe precision basses (as seen here http://www.talkbass.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/232/title/fender-american-deluxe-precision-bass/cat/13 and here...

Thanks guys, I thought that most Fender neck pups were where the 24th fret would be. I'd be using a standard AllParts telecaster neck, so no extra frets on this one... I'm thinking then, that I'll line the neck side coil of the neck humbucker up with where the 24th fret would be. As...