Share a Cool Tech Tip You developed on your own... (Share It already... ).

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It's a secret. But if I can't figure something out...I ask here or at strat-talk. The combined knowledge is unreal

 

Likely not original, but I figured out how to wire a single coil to a humbucker and retain the hum-canceling. With the single coil wired parallel to the half of the humbucker with the same magnetic polarity, then the other half of the humbucker in series with those. Seven of the nine pickup combinations on my mustang are hum-canceling thanks to this technique.

 

don't throw those old cheap ceramic pickups away.
convert them to Alnico

 

Bondo.
Cheers, Barrie.

 

Here's a way to get a little more life out of a worn or damaged "trap" tuner. The "jaws" of the inner frame can open up and the mesh of the gears goes out of whack. A few careful taps of a hammer on the jaw while held tightly in a vise and some bending with small needle-nose or jeweler's pliers as needed can restore the alignment. This one was damaged by a fall. I also had to do bodywork on the cover, but it came out ok. Don't forget to grease it after reassembly.

 

^^This^^

And that >> http://www.squier-talk.com/threads/tricks-of-the-trade.159732/

 

You beat me by 34 minutes on this ...

 

Not sure if you call it tech tip, or if I'm the first person to do it. But I did figure this out independently.

If your "cowboy chords" sound out of tune, try tuning the guitar at the 3rd fret to G, C, F, A#, D, G.

 

Have you even read through that thread ?
And why do you feel the need to yell at me ?

If you think your newly found way to do something is unique, think again. About my first post on that thread on pulling bushings, I came up with the idea out of necessity and later Googled it to see if I was a genius or not. Happened to be a photo of my idea already on the web ... damned. So like a fool, I used it to illustrate how intelligent I am.

 

post edited because I was out of line and being rude.

 

CHILDREN!.. KNOCK IT OFF..

Now that i have your attention..
Ive used white out on the grub (allen) screws to lock them in place because i havnt found locktight available at the time.. seems to work fine..

 

There's already a thread for this. No fault of the OP, because that thread hasn't been updated recently.

The large, bold font is consistent with yelling vis-a-vis internet etiquette. But you probably copied/pasted the title and did not change your subsequent typing to the regular font. Watch out for that.

 

post edited because I was being rude

 

Here's a tip that I came up with:

When wiring up a new CRL or O-G switch for a Telecaster, don't mess around with multiple jumper wire loops, like Fender does. Strip one piece of wire, thread it through all four of the appropriate lugs, and then solder. It's easy -- just the ticket for lazy bums like me.