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The Pickup Place / Dead J100VS
« on: July 01, 2018, 04:44:23 PM »


This is the dead J100VS out of neck position of my old 89 Jackson Super Strat.  It read open when my guitar tech tested it last week.

My question is would it be worth having fixed (it’s not original, I swapped it in early after I bought back around 1995 because I didn’t want the hum), and who would be willing to work on it.

My tech recommended Lindy Fralin, but Fralin’s website says they don’t work on stacked pickups.

If I were to replace it, what would be a good recommendation? This guitar still has a J100VS in the middle position and the factory installed Screamin’ Demon (at least, it was in there when I got the guitar). I’d like to keep the stack configuration and reuse the stock cover if possible.

Would I need to order from the custom shop to get one to fit the pickup slot that doesn’t allow for the triangular base plate?

Thanks for any input and suggestions.


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Guitar Lounge / My latest build
« on: August 07, 2016, 11:08:33 PM »
Here is our latest creation.  This candy red "S" style alder body has a chrome Schaller 475 hard tail bridge.  It is mated up with a 24.75 scale maple neck fitted with 6105 stainless steel frets.  For electronics, we chose a dual humbucker setup under nickel covers routed though a single volume and tone with a three way toggle.  Both the volume and tone pots are push-pull style allowing each pickup to be placed in either parallel or series mode.

The pickups themselves are the DiMarzio Transition set.  These have quickly become one of my favorite sets.  The bridge pickup is rated as high output, and is slightly less powerful than the Super Distortion, but the character is unlike most higher output bridge pickups with a ceramic magnet in that it feels very open.  It has a strong midrange presence, but the mids are tuned to the upper frequencies, so it's not overly dark sounding.  The neck pickup, while rated as medium output pickup, feels much more vintage-y than you would expect.  The highs are rounded, and the lows feel well controlled.  The set complements each other well and does an excellent job of covering tones as diverse as clean, clear chording, or jazz comping to blues to classic rock and even a little metal.




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Guitar Lounge / NBD - EBMM LIII
« on: November 25, 2015, 07:59:34 AM »
Took my wife to Lexington, KY for a quick weekend getaway and this followed me home.  Willcutt Guitars had it used for $1,300.  Not sure what year it is, but it has an all rosewood neck, instead of the roasted maple.  It plays like dream.  Funny thing is that I went in there to try out this same model to audition the Transition pickups for a build I'm working on.  Haven't played a Music Man in years, and have to say I'm impressed.




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Hey everyone.

Starting to plan my next build and thinking about the starting point for the pickups.

The plan is for a hard tail alder strat using a 24.75 scale qsawn maple neck.

I'm looking for kind of a medium output / hot PAF set.  What are you're opinions of the four sets from the title?

I play mostly modern worship music with things from Third Day and Casting Crowns to Stryper and Kutless.

I have other guitars with higher output pickups and others that are more vintage flavored.  I'm looking for this one to fill the middle ground a bit better.

Thanks in advance.


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