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...and other than springing for a new gf's heavy duty Floyd copy..I've pretty much left it in its stock J95 humbucker bridge J100 single coil neck configuration for its entire life (I've owned this one since 1990) and a three way one volume no tone .
Well a few years ago it started having issues with the neck pup cutting in and out and finally no signal at all.
Troubleshooting it came down to either the three way switch or the pup itself.
So early on in my thought process was to just repair what's broken and roll with it. But.....the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wanted to hit rod this already really capable platform.
I'm going with..
STK-S4N Plus stacked single coil sized hb in the neck
TB-15 Alternative 8 Trembucker in the bridge
Switchcraft three way switch
And...
I was contemplating a push pull to split the hb in the bridge...but with a splittable hb in the neck and another in the bridge I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out the way to make all this work.
As I was trying to figure this out it made me question what it was I was really looking for it if this thing...when it was up and running well, I REALLY liked the sounds of the J100 neck, but with no tone knob, regardless of the sweet chimney bell like tone of the wide open pup
..I REALLY only use a neck pup if I have a way to regulate the tone.
So instead of trying to wire switching menu of options with a push pull pot...I decided to simplify things but cool factor it up a tiny bit.
So...pups choices remain the same
Neither will be split.
Im going to run a concentric stacked 500k pot and wire one inner knob for volume and outer for tone.
I'm FINALLY putting a long wanted tone knob on this thing WITHOUT cutting into the body (new tone knob placement).
Having NO idea how to slap this altogether is kind of daunting but Fuck it...I've already bought everything and just waiting on all components to arrive.
Wish me luck!
😂
Well a few years ago it started having issues with the neck pup cutting in and out and finally no signal at all.
Troubleshooting it came down to either the three way switch or the pup itself.
So early on in my thought process was to just repair what's broken and roll with it. But.....the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wanted to hit rod this already really capable platform.
I'm going with..
STK-S4N Plus stacked single coil sized hb in the neck
TB-15 Alternative 8 Trembucker in the bridge
Switchcraft three way switch
And...
I was contemplating a push pull to split the hb in the bridge...but with a splittable hb in the neck and another in the bridge I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out the way to make all this work.
As I was trying to figure this out it made me question what it was I was really looking for it if this thing...when it was up and running well, I REALLY liked the sounds of the J100 neck, but with no tone knob, regardless of the sweet chimney bell like tone of the wide open pup
..I REALLY only use a neck pup if I have a way to regulate the tone.
So instead of trying to wire switching menu of options with a push pull pot...I decided to simplify things but cool factor it up a tiny bit.
So...pups choices remain the same
Neither will be split.
Im going to run a concentric stacked 500k pot and wire one inner knob for volume and outer for tone.
I'm FINALLY putting a long wanted tone knob on this thing WITHOUT cutting into the body (new tone knob placement).
Having NO idea how to slap this altogether is kind of daunting but Fuck it...I've already bought everything and just waiting on all components to arrive.
Wish me luck!
😂
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