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2 pickups 2 vol pots #2

This is my 2nd try at using 2 pick ups and 2 vol pots. This time I used a mini humbucker(10k) at the neck with a 500k pot and a single coil(9k) at the bridge with a 250k pot…

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Added by jeff weins on October 15, 2017 at 9:14am — 1 Comment

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