Recent content by svirfnebli

I literally just finished drawing out the PCB for the modern wal preamp. Im going to try to make a few of them and see how they work. I'm going to make a direct clone just to try doing it. I have to order some pretty specialized parts to do it.. $600 in transformers, $400 in pots, etc. I cant...

You might be a little confused on your terms. When people talk about resistance, they are usually talking about resistance to DC current. The pots that you talking about there have a max DC resistance of 250 or 500 ohms. DC resistance is really straight forward because it doesnt change based on...

As long as the new pots' value is the same, it should sound IDENTICAL. Pots are neutral if the value is the same.

His description isnt nessesarily the whole story on caps. Most people dont worry about caps having a resistance - though im sure a few do. In the bass, a capacitor is used at the tone control to remove high frequencies. I believe it is much more common in electric guitar that with bass - many...

Well I just got the magnets in yesterday, and man are they perfect! The pole screws are currently in production but are 6-7 weeks out. They are a pretty custom screw and take some time to make. Dave and I had the metal in one of the pole screws analysed to determine the specific alloy and got...

Hey i'm doing some research on the lane poor soapbar pickups (as a pickup maker). I'm wondering if anyone might have one of the Narrow Apeture soapbar pickups either M3.5N, M4.0N or M4.5N that you might be willing to trade for an M4.0W plus $100. if you're interested let me know, svirf

It was tough for me to hack that pickup apart.. considering what I paid for the darn thing. Though it was worth it in the name of science. SCIENCE!

There is a very good pot used for guitar which I can recommend.. RS Guitar works has a 280k pot they call a super pot. great pots. You really shouldn't notice any difference between 250 and 280. They are available in short and long shaft if I recall. I use the 500k's on all my guitars and they...

RWRP is broken into two parts... RW (Reverse Wound), and RP (Reverse Polarity). Generally the coils are not actually wound any differently, but some makers do it. It makes *no* difference. What is different is how the two coils are connected together.. For the sake of arguement lets invent a...

Hey all, Im not much of a bass player, but I do build a mean guitar. Im working on a line of basses and intend to make my own proprietary bridge. I've got the rough design down, but i've come to a question that im unsure of and would love the advise of TB memebers... What can people tell...

In theory, a standard carbon wiper potentiometer shouldnt sound any different. It's a basic resistor. Most likely what people perceive as different, or better sounding, is a change in the VALUE of a pot. So for example if you removed a pot that read 450kohms, and replaced it with a pot that...

I'm the person working David. We're actually a very good match up for this project because we come from different background that don't really conflict with each other. He's coming at everything from the standpoint of an Aftermarket pickup replacemer, and I as an OEM manufacturer. I have no...

What do you think a good frequency range for each adjustment should be? i.e. bass.. from xHz to yHz, and so on?

Can you explain?

Thats exactly what I want to build!