Throughout the build, it’s important to keep the centerline reference on the top, back, and body until the neck pocket and pickup cavities are routed, and the bridge and tailpiece mounting holes are drilled. These need to be aligned with the neck so that th...
deliver a least two different voices per pickup, which means you get four or more tones when you install two Fluence humbuckers—one in the bridge position and one in the neck—and even more available sounds if you replace the three single coils in your Stratocaster or other tri-pickup ...
narrow a tone's dynamic range by limiting the attack on a note and amplifying its decay. Put your compressor or preamp at the beginning of your effects chain to send hot, clean, level signals to the rest of your stomp boxes. Slap a noise gate pedal at the end of your chain to silenc...
This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Precision Bass guitars all the way back to the early 1950s. In order to tell how old your Fender is you will have to find the identification number or neck number. The serial number location has changed a ...
similar style wirings. If you have a Stratocaster style guitar that is made by another company, I would go ahead and just use a Strat wiring diagram. I have listed a few books on electric guitar wiring in my book section.Go to the electric guitar pickup wiring section for more ...
In the 1950s and 1960s, rock stars secured Gibson and Paul's designs, as well as Fender's famous Stratocaster, a permanent place in American culture. Since then, every generation has found a surprising new way of making the instrument sing. By all accounts, its potential is limitless. For...
Throughout the build, it’s important to keep the centerline reference on the top, back, and body until the neck pocket and pickup cavities are routed, and the bridge and tailpiece mounting holes are drilled. These need to be aligned with the neck so that the strings are centered on it...