Recent content by HipDip

Thanks, man. Makes sense. It'll be a good deal of time before making any purchases. Thinking/dreaming ahead. :thumbsup: I have a lot to learn about power amps. No idea why one is better than another, besides quality of both components and assembly. I'll hunt down those threads on the shortages.

Thank you, OGB. Mine didn't come with a manual. I'll check it out. :bookworm:

Hope this question isn't silly. I'd just like to confirm something I'm unclear about. I have an Aguilar ToneHammer pedal. I'm running it through a 25W Fender Rumbler. Just for playing in the apartment. If ever i decide to get a rig that I could play out with, can I just run that pedal to a...

Pinky knuckle. You're right. I do need to undo some bad habits. I have been trying to tighten up my technique; economy of motion. It's still feels very unnatural. I really dig that. Very cool. That's a real beauty too. Is that walnut? What pup is that? ----------- I actually have all 3 pots...

Is it ok to splice together wires of different gauges? The wire i bought and used is 22AWG, but the pickup wires are definitely smaller. Any issues that can come with this?

Read up some on the capacitor on the tone pot from the original wiring. It's a 503Z at .05 u (micro) F. If i can believe what I read these capacitors are pretty cheap and could actually be up to 0.9. The recommendation was to try a .047 or lower to get more bass response from the tone pot. I...

Awesome. Will be hunting them down tomorrow. :bassist: Yeah, I'd hit the neck volume occasionally if slapping. Annoying... To anyone: Am i right that a 1nf capacitor can be used to darken the tone? If so, would it go from grounded on the pot to the lug that runs to the jack? Thankies.

This: I'll check out the hardware store. Black spray enamel if necessary. Nice. :)

@claudel Thanks, man. Had no idea. I'll check that out for sure. New black plate arrives today.

The volume pot now controls both pups! This pic is kinda useless, but: It's this: Soldered grey/green together for each pup. Grounded them. Both reds soldered into middle lug. Other lug grounded. The pot i used on first try had a resistor grounded to the lug. The volume seems -almost- as...

Awesome. Thanks so much for your time, Matt.

Got confirmation that "green and grey together go to ground. " That seems how they were wired in the original photo; everything worked then. So it makes sense. Assuming all 4 (2 green, 2 grey) can be grounded to one pot, then yeah, maybe it is just my soldering causing the issue. I'll be...

Yeah, something is screwy. I'm trying to find a diagram for these. I'll be fiddling in the meantime. I'm getting a desoder kit tomorrow to clean things up, and grabbing some new wire.

@Matt Liebenau I messed with it.:smug: And it's the opposite of what i wanted. The volume of both pups (pretty sure both) is always on and i can only control tone. LOL I wired it like i mentioned above. Reds to same lug. Other lug to jack. Does it matter which of the other two lugs i go to the...

I'll look into those rheostats and parallel resistors. Thanks! I'll probably be experimenting with various wiring for a bit. And yeah, I do currently have my tone 100% on the bassy side. I'm just gonna try wiring both pups to one volume pot first, nixing the tone as well. I cracked it open and...