pickup building

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    Two pickups on one Jack TRS ??

    Hello! It's been a few years that i'm wondering if it's possible to have the signal of the 2 pickups of my jaguar bass in one jack TRS. I don't see why not but i'm not an electronic engineer. Do you think some ground issues will happened ?
  2. A

    Getting pickups in phase

    Hi there, I have a squier affinity series p-bass that I've had since high school. Back in the day, I wanted a little more sound out of it so i installed a single coil in the bridge position like on a j-bass. The issue is that I have never figured out how to get the two pickups to work together...
  3. loku

    Hello from Berlin

    Hey folks, thank you for having me. I come from Berlin and I play double bass and guitar. I started out playing cello as a kid, switching to double bass in order to play jazz and funk for many years. After deciding not to go for studying jazz-bass in favor of another hobby which had any chances...
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    Pickup Changing for Rickenbacker 4003

    I just got a used ric from my friend. I want to change a pick in a warmer sound for rock style, but I still want to keep the ric sound. I plan to keep the treble pickup, only change the neck pickup. My first choice is the Bartolini. But I have no idea about how these two sound will combine. Will...
  5. Jake Massey

    How many coils on a Humbucker?

    So I'm thinking of building some cheaply made humbuckers as a little project for myself. How many coils should I use and what gauge wire? I'm looking for quite a powerful low end but something that can still punch through the mix, any suggestions/advice? Thanks
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    Pickup coil + trimmer?

    Hi everyone, I am a complete disaster in electronics and related arguments and I hope someone can help me! As a passion and hobby I (try to) build some instruments and I started also winding my own pickups; and speaking about single coil, humbacker and so called "normal pickups" no big problems...
  7. Freekmagnet

    Magnets & Copper Wire: A Pickup Building Thread

    Since starting my own pickup-making project, it has been suggested by a few folks that it would be a good idea to start a thread here in The Luthier's Corner dedicated to building pickups. The intent is to have a thread for all the pickup builders here in LC to contribute, share projects and...