Stratocaster Double Tone Control Mod
This is a simple Stratocaster and Fat Strat wiring modification, that changes the tone control capabilities. With this mod you will have much wider palette of tones to choose from by using the tone c... [Read More]
 
Telecaster Wiring With a Series/Parallel Mod
This time I've got something unique for Telecaster fanciers. It's a modification, quite radical, which will allow you to get a fat tone of two pickups in a series wiring. This kind of connecti... [Read More]
 
Simple and Popular „Volume + Tone” Guitar Wiring
This time I would like to show you some very popular guitar wiring. It's based on two humbuckers, two pots (volume and tone) and a 3-way pickup selector in the „import style” (China, Korea). This ... [Read More]
 
How a DPDT Switch Works? (DPDT in Guitars)
You can use a DPDT (Double Pole, Double Throw) SW in your guitar wiring in many ways. You can base on this thing many kinds of tone switches. You can use it as a pickup selector. It can switch coils i... [Read More]
 
RG Strat – How to Wire a Stratocaster in Ibanez Style
In this article, I would like to show you an quite simple method of wiring a Stratocaster or a Fat Strat guitar, to reach some functions of the Ibanez RG construction. It's a great proposition fo... [Read More]
 
Direct-Through Strat Mod - Toggle Switch
Direct-through switch is a guitar mod, popular in Stratocasters and Fat Strats. It's designed to send the pickup signal directly to the jack, by omitting all pots. It makes the tone brighter and m... [Read More]
 
How A Guitar Tone Potentiometer Works?
A common guitar tone control is a low-pass filter. It's made from pickup resistance and tone capacitor capacitance. It's called also a RC filter. A tone pot in a guitar is used as a variable resistor ... [Read More]
 
How A Guitar Volume Potentiometer Works?
Every pot used to control guitar's volume is basically a voltage divider. It's used to control how much resistance will be between the fist and the middle lug, and between the middle and the third lug... [Read More]
 
Varitone Project Mk2
This time, my 12-position guitar varitone project is a little bit more complicated. It's still a quite simple circuit, but with a few new configurations. I added a stand-by position – as „0” - and... [Read More]
 
Fat Strat Mod (Fender + Charvel)
In this post I would like to present a Fat-Strat (HSS Stratocaster) modification project. It's based on functions of classic Strat and Charvel guitar wirings. The target of this construction is to... [Read More]
 
How to Install a Varitone (Wiring Options)
A varitone switch can be installed as a part of a guitar wiring in two ways: before the volume control, or after it. It really has a matter for your guitar tone. This article will help you choose the ... [Read More]
 
Varitone Project - 12 Positions
The varitone is a multi-position guitar tone switch. It's a great thing for DIY guitar electronics enthusiasts, because every position of this tone controller can be designed almost independently.... [Read More]
 
4-Conductor Humbucker Connections
I made a diagram, which shows how 4-conductor guitar pickups (humbuckers) are configured. It can help you understand how many kinds of guitar p-up wiring (like coil-split, series, parallel) works. Rea... [Read More]
 
Buckethead Signature Les Paul Wiring
Buckethead's white Les Paul is a very special and original guitar. It's got some awesome, uncommon for LP's electronics, like „arcade” style kill-switches (red push-buttons) and a bridge h... [Read More]
 
Dick Dale Stratocaster Wiring
Dick Dale signature Stratocaster guitar is a very uncommon Fender's construction. It's got only one pot (as a master volume control), a 3-way pickup selector and a special toggle switch for ac... [Read More]
 
On-Board Effects Loop Control
I would like to show you, how to make an on-board effects loop control (switch), as a part of your guitar wiring. It's something known by my from the Jerry Garcia's axe – Tiger. The loop contr... [Read More]
 
Simple Guitar Wiring for Volume Pedal Users
This time, I will show you some simple guitar wiring. It doesn't have any volume and tone control. It will be great, if you prefer to use only pedals for this things. The only control in this guit... [Read More]
 
Adjustable Treble Bleed Mod
Today's post is about how to make an easily adjustable guitar treble bleed mod. It's based on some kind of a small extension of the well known wiring trick. It can give you good control over t... [Read More]
 
Impedance Tuner - Guitar Mod
Impedance tuner? It is a guitar mod, which can help you tune the treble bleed of the guitar wiring, by adjusting the impedance of the circuit. Its a quite simple thing, based on a 1M potentiometer. Di... [Read More]
 
Acoustic Guitar Volume Control
This post is about a simple volume control wiring for acoustic guitars. Its designed to work with a sound-hole magnetic pickup. Diagram: Read more » ... [Read More]