One of the things that many guitar players like to do with guitars is change their pickups. Many are not comfortable with using a soldering iron, so they quite often will pay a tech to do what is essentially a fairly simple task. Seymour Duncan have recognised this, and developed …
These past couple of days I’ve received a few cool things to review. Thanks to Michael at Dominant Music, and Seymour Duncan I’ve received a Seymour Duncan Liberator solderless pot, and some DR Strings Neon Hi-Def Green strings. I have also received a Floyd Upgrades Brass Big Block for Ibanez …
In my previous post about taming the DiMarzio Tone Zone I talked about using a capacitor to reduce the low-end muddiness that is sometimes associated with the Tone Zone. I used a 0.047uF capacitor to filter out some of the low end, and it did so fairly well. The Ibanez …
Seymour Duncan have brought out another great product this week. First it was the Liberator, with it’s great solderless pickup installation capability, now they’ve taken that concept further with the Blackouts Modular Preamp. The Blackouts Modular Preamp gives you the capability to take any 4 conductor passive pickup, and give …
No matter how simple it may be for some of us, soldering and soldering irons really does scare a lot of people. The heat and the potential for burns or damage to things is probably the main thing that puts many off from doing their own pickup replacements. Seymour Duncan …