- Pot is a shortened version of the word potentiometer. A potentiometer is a variable resistor and they are most often used in guitars to control volume and tone levels. The quarter sized (sometimes as small as a dime) round...
- Push pull pots are potentiometers with switches installed on the bottom to the pot chassis. The stem of the pot can be pulled to activate the switch. The most common varieties are SPST on/off and DPDT on/on. Push pull...
- Series and parallel wiring usually refers to two separated but related issues. The most common usage refers to how two coils in a humbucking pick up are connected to each other. With series wiring the individual coils are connected...
- While coil splitting and parallel wiring sound very similar to most players, there are some differences. One difference is output. Splitting a 16k ohm DC resistance humbucker results in an 8k ohm single coil and that translates into a...
- All Seymour Duncan humbuckers with four-conductor hookup wires incorporate a standard wire color code. GREEN = start of adjustable/south coil RED = finish of adjustable/south coil BLACK = start of stud/north coil WHITE = finish of stud/north coil For...
- A basic 30 watt or 40 watt soldering kit usually contains all the tools needed to install a pickup, including the iron and solder, a small standard and Phillips (crosshead) screw driver, and a small pair or wire snips....
- SPST stands for single pole single throw and DPDT stands for double pole double throw. A SPST switch is a simple on/off type switch and can be used for coil splitting and as a kill switch for the guitar....
- Phase refers to the relationship of two sine waves (signals) to each other. If both signals are at their highest peak (+) at the same time they are in phase. If one signal is at its highest peak (+)...