- The easiest way to diagnose bad components and pick ups is to measure their DC resistance with an ohmmeter. Seymour Duncan has a list of DC resistances in their Tone Chart for all of their pickups. Potentiometers should range...
- Amp noise can be caused by a number of things including a poorly grounded source of electricity, poorly shielded guitar cables and fluorescent lighting. Try changing these things one thing at a time to isolate the problem. Also modern...
- The most common problems relating to noisy guitars are improperly wired pickups and poor grounding. With Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups it is important to not only connect the red and white wires but also to insulate them with electrical...
- There are several ways to troubleshoot electric guitar wiring. If the guitar exhibits no output from any of its pickups the first thing to check is the wiring at the jack and the switch. One bad solder joint at...
- There are commercially available electronics parts cleaning solutions that sometimes work. It's generally better to just replace worn components though. There is a list of parts suppliers on this FAQs page that carry everything necessary to breathe new life...
- The NOS premium, mil-spec, subminiature, USA-made Phillips-Sylvania 6021 dual triodes are really great tubes. They have extremely long life and work well in extreme conditions. Most SFX-03 owners will never have to change their tubes. But in the unlikely...
- Actually, the Pickup Booster is a very quiet device. However, like any other front end device, it requires a quiet power supply in order to have good noise performance. When using the Booster with a wall mount power supply,...
- The advantage of the Metal LiveWires is that it has been voiced for heavy tones in a way that other active pickups have not. The distortion channel of your amp or a distortion box should not cause the actual...
