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Custom Handwound Pickups |
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Wiring and Tone Tips |
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For vintage braided lead the braid is ground. Even though I think it is pretty obvious I thought I had better mention it. I generally use one wiring scheme for 4-conductor lead and here it is, it’s the same as Duncan:
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For the hybrid I generally use this one:
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For the Jekyll and Hyde I use this wiring scheme:
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If for any reason I use a different scheme I will include it with the pickup. |
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Tone Tips |
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Here are some of the tips I have discovered over time which may be helpful to you. This area will expand as I have time and discover more. |
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50’s Wiring Particularly for Les Pauls this helps with muddy neck tone and overall tone of the guitar. Simply connect the cap to the middle lug of the volume pot and make sure the top lug is grounded. It’s a simple and easily reversible mod that helps a lot. You don’t lose as much treble when turning down the volume. Treble Bleed Circuit This one isn’t to everyone’s taste but you might want to try it. It’s a 100k resistor and a .002 capacitor in parallel between the input and output of the volume pot, usually on the neck. I’ve got one on my LP Studio and I like the tone. The guitar never did have a muddy neck but I like the added brightness in that position. Celluloid Picks I absolutely love the tone and feel of these. I notice a real difference between these and plastic picks. They have a silky feel against the strings and a discernible difference in overall tone. I can hear more harmonic response out of the note. |
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