Comments for DIY Fever - Building my own guitars, amps and pedals

Comment on Mesa Mark IIc+ Preamp by Bancika

Bancika — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:50 +0000

Don’t have it, sorry. Just go through the schematic or layout and write everything down. Not everything in life comes on a silver platter

Comment on Guitar Wiring 101 by T.S.

T.S. — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:48:51 +0000

So, I’m familiar with how traditional Strat, Tele, and LP wiring go, but I’m redoing a Telecaster so that it won’t have a neck pickup and will only have a DiMarzio Tone Zone T (single-coil sized humbucker) in the bridge.

Now, what I would like to do is have one 500k coil tap pot, and one 2 meg pot to run the thing wide open with both coils. How can I wire the selector switch so that one position will run ONLY the 500k, and the other will run ONLY the 2meg? I basically want each knob to function completely separately from one another. I have a Tone Zone in another guitar, and have tried it with both pots – sounds great with the 500k, and I love the screaming leads that you can get with the 2meg, but having it as a 2meg makes it tougher to enjoy playing more sedate stuff. I’d love to be able to switch between the two!

Comment on Guitar Wiring 101 by Bancika

Bancika — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:29:54 +0000

that was not the goal. I wanted to explain basics so you can figure out everything else yourself. There are way too many pickup models, switches, music styles and combinations to cover
cheers

Comment on Guitar Wiring 101 by Aranos

Aranos — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:47:41 +0000

Great information! However I was also looking for the sounds that you could/would get with each wiring connection, i.e., Jazz, funk, rock, country, etc. and which combination would produce. Otherwise, this is valuable information, good job.

Comment on Guitar Wiring 101 by Bancika

Bancika — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:34:15 +0000

sure, just wire hot lead to output jack tip, gnd to jack sleeve and leave the center tap (if available) unconnected.

Comment on Guitar Wiring 101 by Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:14:12 +0000

I’m custom building a guitar that will only have one humbucker I want a really sleek look with as few knobs as possible is there any way to just directly wire the humbucker in without having volume or tone knobs or a selector switch?

Comment on Pearly by Bancika

Bancika — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:25:20 +0000

haha, tnx. It’s about 8x5x2cm big (or small)

Comment on Pearly by B. Tesla

B. Tesla — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:13:03 +0000

Dear Bane,

now you’ve gotta know when you build something that cute and pretty you owe us a sound demo, right?
Amazing how tiny it looks, what is the size (X-Y-Z)?

Kind regards,
B. Tesla

Comment on Mesa Mark IIc+ Preamp by Igor

Igor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:54:59 +0000

Hey!!!Where are you?))))

Comment on Mesa Mark IIc+ Preamp by Evgeniy

Evgeniy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:47:11 +0000

Can you give me full list alement for 2 channel preamp ?my email leon935@ya.ru