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"+1 to der groovemeister. i usually find the tailpiece is the easiest spot to get a…" eric gittins replied Dec 13, 2011 to Grounding Strings	6	Dec 14, 2011 Reply by Paul Erbe
"it might work, but i suspect results would be sub-optimum. generally, pre amps provi…" eric gittins replied Nov 28, 2011 to Small amp as Pre-amp?	3	Dec 11, 2011 Reply by steve flynn
"+1 to david. the 'standard' way is to earth out the signal by running the wires fro…" eric gittins replied Oct 29, 2011 to momentary switch for guitar kill	2	Oct 29, 2011 Reply by eric gittins
"is the second question about whether it would work with the pups wired with 2 volume…" eric gittins replied Jul 30, 2011 to Wiring Worries	8	Aug 4, 2011 Reply by alectron
"yes - if you swap the wires over and turn the pickup upside down, you have indeed 'r…" eric gittins replied Jul 30, 2011 to Wiring Worries	8	Aug 4, 2011 Reply by alectron
"to reverse the polarity of the single coil pickup... in short, you need to turn your…" eric gittins replied Jul 27, 2011 to Wiring Worries	8	Aug 4, 2011 Reply by alectron
"with the cover off a strat pickup you can see the two coil wires running from the ey…" eric gittins replied May 21, 2011 to reverse wound pickup's,, ????	4	May 21, 2011 Reply by GARAGE HERMIT
"You need 2 poles and 2 coils for a humbucker (almost always). The coils need to be…" eric gittins replied Feb 16, 2011 to Making a humbucker	4	Feb 16, 2011 Reply by eric gittins
"Ok, 200ft of 42awg wire wrapped directly around a 3/16 magnet would give you maybe 3…" eric gittins replied Feb 12, 2011 to pole piece predicament	14	Feb 12, 2011 Reply by alectron
"Sounds like an earth problem. The buzz you get from touching the hot wire between t…" eric gittins replied Feb 8, 2011 to buzzing git, again, aaaggghhh, help,,	2	Feb 9, 2011 Reply by GARAGE HERMIT

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eric gittins's Discussions (89)

"+1 to der groovemeister. i usually find the tailpiece is the easiest spot to get a…"

"it might work, but i suspect results would be sub-optimum. generally, pre amps provi…"

"+1 to david. the 'standard' way is to earth out the signal by running the wires fro…"

"is the second question about whether it would work with the pups wired with 2 volume…"

"yes - if you swap the wires over and turn the pickup upside down, you have indeed 'r…"

"to reverse the polarity of the single coil pickup... in short, you need to turn your…"

"with the cover off a strat pickup you can see the two coil wires running from the ey…"

"You need 2 poles and 2 coils for a humbucker (almost always). The coils need to be…"

"Ok, 200ft of 42awg wire wrapped directly around a 3/16 magnet would give you maybe 3…"

"Sounds like an earth problem. The buzz you get from touching the hot wire between t…"

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