As an aside, I saw an ad on FB Marketplace recently for this LP in which the neck pickup had been reversed for a 'Peter Green' out of phase sound



I didn't have the heart to tell him...
Sam Spoons wrote:My LP Custom has phase and coil tap switches, it's a 1975 with standard lowish output pickups and the coil tap never gets used, the phase switch is useful though, maybe I should replace the coil tap switch with a series switch.
DC-Choppah wrote:He plays the 175 on "Rain River" here. Notice how he has a flute playing with him. The flute compliments the rolled-off tone of his guitar. But then when he solos he seems to adjust the tone a bit. Anyways, this is the sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mz_EcyurNo
DC-Choppah wrote:Here is the wiring diagram I made for the guitar.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NfOduZ ... sp=sharing
Please let me know what you think.
Wonks wrote: Generally looks OK to me, except that the Bendetto pickup has different wiring colours to a Seymour Duncan.
DC-Choppah wrote:Notice how he has a flute playing with him. The flute compliments the rolled-off tone of his guitar.
Wonks wrote:DC-Choppah wrote:He plays the 175 on "Rain River" here. Notice how he has a flute playing with him. The flute compliments the rolled-off tone of his guitar. But then when he solos he seems to adjust the tone a bit. Anyways, this is the sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mz_EcyurNo
I thought it sounded quite a strange tone, slightly synthetic, and then I noticed the Roland MIDI pickup (confirmed after some digging on the web). So I strongly suspect that the sound is a mix of guitar and synth. If you are after that exact sound, you may not get it with the guitar alone. Of course he may not be using the MIDI pickup on that song, but it does sound to rather like he might be.
You may find that a Boss SY300 will give you a similar sound without the need to fit a MIDI pickup.
Wonks wrote: If you use latex surgical tubing pushed over the pot shafts, it's pretty easy to put things in. A lot less messy than with string or cotton as you don't get any knots.
Wonks wrote: If 250k tone pots still don't give enough range, then it sound like 100k will be closer. You could go for a 0.033uF tone cap, which will give a lower roll-off frequency for the treble, but it will sound even darker when fully rolled off. If the fully-rolled off sound is fine for you, then I wouldn't change the cap value, but if it's still a bit bright, then go bigger,
Wonks wrote: I think you meant the 'parallel' sound didn't work well with the neck pickup, as this gives a thinner, more Strat-like tone.