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Making a splitter box, or rather a 'combiner' box. Ok, so I have a pedal for looping. It only has one 1/4" input jack (same as my amp). I'd like to be able to plug various instruments (cbg… Started by Murdoc_420	5	Apr 19, 2016 Reply by Dave Lynas
Buzzing Tone From Pre-wired Kit Check this out... There was a big, square, green resistor on the tone pot. Everything looked correct. I will take pics of the inside of t… Started by Brian Revels	7	Apr 17, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
Suitcase pedal board wiring problem. HELP! Hi folks, I've been making a pedal board recently, and have run into a spot of bother. I made the board itself from some re-purposed Ikea… Started by Vinylhed	9	Mar 20, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
Wiring Grounds... So I am in the middle of my fanciest build yet. I am following Ted's diagram for two pickups (in my case a telecaster pup and a piezo disc)… Started by Brian Revels	6	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by Denis U
Stuck. How do I attach the piezo discs? I have a two-disc piezo pick up to install in a tin. I've bored the hole in the side of the tin and got the jack outward pointing and in pl… Started by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear	45	Jan 13, 2016 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
Winding/building a flatpup humbucker Truth is...I've been focusing on CBG acoustics. Electronics haven't interested me much. But now I have this Flathead box that just yells ou… Started by Robert Killen	7	Jan 2, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
Best way to limit/eliminate excess noise with piezo's I put a set of the image shown ones in 'Texas Blues' and finally got around to plugging it in and in short even looking at it is picked up… Started by Carl	9	Dec 30, 2015 Reply by Wayfinder
2nd wire added to ground wire. I have a humbucker pickup with two wires (hot/ground). Instead of stripping out alot more of the ground portion of the pickups ground wire… Started by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music	2	Dec 17, 2015 Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music
4 conductor humbucker color codes If this has been discussed before please forgive me. I searched but couldn't find it. I bought a humbucker online and discovered when it ar… Started by Don Tucker	2	Dec 16, 2015 Reply by Don Tucker
Voltage question Can you use an electric guitar that works on a 110-120 volt AC amp in Canada or the USA overseas in Australia or New Zealand on a 220-240 v… Started by Monterey	7	Aug 28, 2015 Reply by Denis U

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Wiring diagrams

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Wickedbucker + Piezo +Volume Jack

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Psycho knob install

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Splitting P-Bass pickups?

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Output method

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Creackle from Volume and Tone pots

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Dealing with hum...

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Copper foil tape as shield.

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Why have a switch?

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Problem with second-hand amp.

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Added the CB Gitty “Psycho Knob”

Started by Tim Pannabecker. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 8, 2019. 16 Replies 0 Likes

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 0 Likes

Wiring CB Gitty Black Ice Single Coil

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Minimal effect from volume or tone pot

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Paul Craig Dec 21, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Problem posting discussion

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

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