How you connect the tone cap and potentiometer to the volume control has a huge effect on your sound.
Learn how to wire a 5 way switch. See step by step how to utilize some very simple modifications to diversify your tonal options.
After covering humbucker and P-90 mods last time around, this time we take a look at how you can improve the tone of classic Fender and Gretsch-style pickups.
Pickup Polarity can be a confusing subject, but it doesn't have to be. This article will help you quickly identify your pickup's polarity!
Here's a recent design by Nocentelli. A single JFET stage into a Baxandall EQ stage with a BJT gain recovery stage. Originally designed with an opamp gain recovery stage and no gain control, Nocentelli redesigned it for a lower parts count and easier build. I added a trimmer to the JFET stage so it's easier to bias correctly. More info here on FSB.
These DIY mods just may change the way you play.
Guitarists can’t have it all when it comes to onboard tone control. Oh, yeah? Let’s reconsider.
Guitar wiring diagrams: customization, DIY projects, mods. For any electric guitar. A lot of tips.
Can you merge the best qualities of a Strat and Tele?
Learn how to wire a 5 way switch. See step by step how to utilize some very simple modifications to diversify your tonal options.
Push-Pull Pots add a load of versatility to your guitar. How do Push-Pull Pots work? Lets look at some cool mods that you can use with a Push-Pull Pot.
Unravel the mysteries of series, parallel, and coil-splitting wiring schemes.
Prior to 1967, Fender used the following wiring: bridge pickup alone, neck pickup alone, and neck pickup alone with an additional 0.1 µF cap engaged.
Collection of vero (stripboard) & tagboard layouts for 100s of popular guitar effects, with over 500 verified designs. DIY your own boutique effects!
Guitarists can’t have it all when it comes to onboard tone control. Oh, yeah? Let’s reconsider.
Looking for the coolest, simplest mods for your Strat, Tele, Les Paul, or “super strat”? Then look no further—Premier Guitar’s Mod Garage columnist Dirk Wacker walks us through the tastiest tone tweaks for the most popular guitars on the planet.
IRig Guitar Input (DIY): you all know whats iRig and what it do and how to use it this is a simple diy that you can make on low cost
Push-Pull Pots add a load of versatility to your guitar. How do Push-Pull Pots work? Lets look at some cool mods that you can use with a Push-Pull Pot.
Diode Clipping Rotary Switch Mod Switching Between Transistors Resistor & Capacitor Switching
Guitar wiring diagrams: customization, DIY projects, mods. For any electric guitar. A lot of tips.
Get convincing “in-between” Strat sounds from Teles and other two-pickup guitars.
A standard Strat pickup set—and—a switchable humbucker.
Here’s how to adapt the cool humbucker coil-splitting scheme found in Fender’s Select Carved Top Jazzmaster to your guitar.
Ever wonder what’s so special about the Queen guitarist’s custom guitar?
Push-Pull Pots add a load of versatility to your guitar. How do Push-Pull Pots work? Lets look at some cool mods that you can use with a Push-Pull Pot.
Golden Age Lipstick Pickups wiring diagrams and color codes
Guitar wiring diagrams: customization, DIY projects, mods. For any electric guitar. A lot of tips.
Push-Pull Pots add a load of versatility to your guitar. How do Push-Pull Pots work? Lets look at some cool mods that you can use with a Push-Pull Pot.
For some players, Leo Fender’s plank was perfect from the get-go. The Tele also happens to be one of the best modding platforms in all of Guitardom. Get your screwdrivers out...
