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CBG wiring & electronics.

Want to plug that thing in? Here's a place to share ideas about pickups (Both magnetic and piezo) and wiring in volume and tone control, the best options in output jacks, and more!

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Something to do with those cheap/unused pickups…

Started by BrianQ. Feb 10. 0 Replies

Good article on pickup simulation from AMZ-FX, written by guitar electronics guru Jack Orman. Basically you can use any pickup, simple enough right? He even makes reference to CBG’S & 3 pole CBG…Continue

Swamp Lion Circuit- 3 P90s!

Started by ILL GREEN. Last reply by David Bowes Jul 31, 2022. 2 Replies

Hello everybody!Thought I'd drop these nuggets for anyone looking to wire (3) P90s into their guitars.First, the middle pickup must be reverse-wound, meaning you would wind the pickup clockwise.  The…Continue

No Volume

Started by Steve Bookout. Last reply by BrianQ. Jun 15, 2021. 15 Replies

Guys, after assembling yet another 3 stringer with one pick up, one volume pot, and one tone pot, something is amiss.  Have never had this issue before.  Static noise is heard when the guitar is…Continue

External Power Adapter- How To

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by BrianQ. Jun 23, 2020. 3 Replies

Add External Power to anything:Continue

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Comment by BrianQ. on September 6, 2019 at 2:01pm

Comment by Tim Pannabecker on May 14, 2019 at 7:22am

BrianQ is right.  Learning to check continuity with the ohm meter is a big part of this gig if you build amps or amplified guitars.  I’ve had to learn it, it is easy once you try.  Best of success

Comment by BrianQ. on May 14, 2019 at 6:02am

Red probe to positive on pickup, Black probe to ground, switch the selector to 20K ohm resistance. You should get a reading between 3K-8K? One thing to think about, cellphone jacks are stereo, output jacks on passive guitars are mono, that may be the problem, check your wiring again? Good luck

Comment by HarleyTodd on May 14, 2019 at 4:51am

Thanks paul.  battery is good...amp is loud when i use it to play music with my phone.  i have checked over and over my wiring with several diagrams.  I now think the pup coil may be bad.  Its new, but who know.  I think I may try the multimeter thing (but don't know how) and may even just hook up a piezo i have instead of the coil to check that the wiring on the tone/vol knobs is ok.  Thanks again for your comment.  

Comment by Paul Craig on May 13, 2019 at 7:57pm

The amp is plenty enough power for a guitar. Guitar's with passive electronics work on milliamps, so a 9volt aamp is plenty of power.

 Could be that the wires for the guitar hook up are reversed, something could be defective in that part of the amp circuit or the pickup could be defective.

Have you checked the pickup with a multimeter? Can you use the phone hook up with some kind of conversion plug adapter? Battery good and power getting to the amp circuit? any burn looking or smell to any components?

Comment by HarleyTodd on May 13, 2019 at 10:54am

?  I have a 'altoids' amp (9v battery, lm386 chip, speaker) works fine for speaker when hooked to my phone.  Trying to wire up my first single coil pup electric.  i tink wiring is good.  but no sound from amp.  Can a altoid type 9 volt amp work on a electric guitar?  starting to think not enough juice to power it.  i get no sound out of speaker.  

Comment by Paul Craig on August 14, 2017 at 7:24am

Thanks David. Haha

Comment by David Bowes on August 14, 2017 at 6:07am

Comment by Paul Craig on August 13, 2017 at 8:39am

Does anyone know what pot value works best for a piezo in a bass?

Comment by Paul Craig on August 13, 2017 at 7:21am

It could be a lot of things including his amp, his amp's power supply, guitar cord, effect pedals, wiring in his house or lighting in his house.

Something could've been knocked loose in shipping. Did you shield the inside of the box? Also if you use shielded wire or wrap the ground wire around the signal wires from pickup/piezo to the switch/pot and to the jack, you'll have a git that is practically hum free.

Some pickup's are so microphonic that putting them in a open box will result in squealing like a banshee. I've had to make a box tight around the pickup on a couple of occasions. On one build, I wrapped the sides and bottom of a pickup with fabric covered foam(shoulder pad from wife's old blouse), worked like a charm.

 

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Swamp Lion Circuit- 3 P90s!

Started by ILL GREEN. Last reply by David Bowes Jul 31, 2022. 2 Replies

No Volume

Started by Steve Bookout. Last reply by BrianQ. Jun 15, 2021. 15 Replies

External Power Adapter- How To

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by BrianQ. Jun 23, 2020. 3 Replies

Wiring diagrams

Started by David L.. Last reply by Ray Stanis Mar 24, 2020. 10 Replies

Wickedbucker + Piezo +Volume Jack

Started by Adam Jellison. Last reply by Paul Craig Feb 28, 2020. 9 Replies

Psycho knob install

Started by bizzaro guitaro. Last reply by Paul Craig Jan 31, 2020. 16 Replies

Splitting P-Bass pickups?

Started by John Mark Perchalski. Last reply by Paul Craig Jan 30, 2020. 3 Replies

Output method

Started by Holly Hodson. Last reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH Sep 22, 2019. 5 Replies

Creackle from Volume and Tone pots

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH Sep 21, 2019. 4 Replies

Dealing with hum...

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH Sep 21, 2019. 6 Replies

Copper foil tape as shield.

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Arthur Payne May 2, 2019. 5 Replies

Why have a switch?

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by ILL GREEN Apr 12, 2019. 3 Replies

Problem with second-hand amp.

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Arthur Payne Apr 1, 2019. 5 Replies

Added the CB Gitty “Psycho Knob”

Started by Tim Pannabecker. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 8, 2019. 16 Replies

Lipstick pickup and Telecaster neck pickup. What goes where?

Started by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear. Last reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear Mar 1, 2019. 12 Replies

Wiring CB Gitty Black Ice Single Coil

Started by ILL GREEN. Last reply by ILL GREEN Jan 9, 2019. 5 Replies

Minimal effect from volume or tone pot

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Paul Craig Dec 21, 2018. 9 Replies

Problem posting discussion

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Paul Craig Dec 17, 2018. 2 Replies

Vol, tone, 3 way toggle and 2 single coils?

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