Recent content by gwhiteside

Hmm, it's not much of a problem for me. The way I've always adjusted that is to hold the string at the 24th fret (which is the lowest the string goes), raise the bridge pickup until it bumps the string, then back it off by a half-turn or so on the screw. Once the strings ring freely at the 24th...

Alright, so here's what I ultimately ended up trying... I took this diagram (an official EMG diagram included with my box set), which is for two pickups, two independent volumes, one master tone, and a three-way switch; I simply omitted the three-way switch, effectively hardwiring it in the...

I definitely see how that could get on somebody else's nerves. My perspective is, I never (and I mean never) ever have occasion to play for or with anyone else, so if I need to fumble for an extra half second to cut or alter my volume it's not even remotely an issue. Or if it was, volume pedal...

I'm swapping a set of EMG 81 and 85 active pickups into my guitar. I've done this I want to say probably three times already, because the original passives have good (different) tone... Yeah, should get a second guitar, but you know, money. Anyway, my guitar's configuration is two pickups...