ninjaking67
Ambassador of Good Will
I have a 2016 SG Standard that sounds great and I have decided not to mess with the PCB (contrary to my normal M.O.)
Dead Horse - Vintage vs Modern wiring
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
You mean, like...always? As in, you never roll back the volume or tone?
If that's the case then, Wow. I'm a constant knob-fiddler. I find most of the really interesting sounds that I am looking for are with the knobs rolled back to somewhere between 5 and 8. Wide open always sounds too strident and uncontrollable to me.
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
50s-Style (Vintage) Wiring for me!
The 50s Wiring is my personal choice for any of my all-humbucker guitars. The humbuckers seem to clean up better, not only backing off on the volume control, but by using the tone control too.
I like to set my single channel amps with generous amounts of preamp gain and drive the power section hard (... when possible). This is where the tone magic happens! Rolling off volume and tone will give me some very sweet and full cleans that are still capable of being loud or mellow depending on my picking or strumming dynamics.
My P90 guitars are set up with the Modern Style Wiring.
The 50s Wiring is my personal choice for any of my all-humbucker guitars. The humbuckers seem to clean up better, not only backing off on the volume control, but by using the tone control too.
I like to set my single channel amps with generous amounts of preamp gain and drive the power section hard (... when possible). This is where the tone magic happens! Rolling off volume and tone will give me some very sweet and full cleans that are still capable of being loud or mellow depending on my picking or strumming dynamics.
My P90 guitars are set up with the Modern Style Wiring.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Same. Rolling back the volume and digging in hard results in one of the most satisfying tactile experiences I've ever had playing guitar.
I tend to do both, most of the time WFO, roll back for cleans, and if the instrument is too bright, tone knob roll back to where it sits best!
Cheers Mitch
Cheers Mitch
Hells yes brother, I ain’t sceerrddThats my MO Mitch!
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Vox AC30
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Looks like the insides of my dishwasher or toaster, or any other household appliance! Is that from the new space shuttle?
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
Oh Hell... I'll do it for BEER...I try to use "sammich" wiring as much as possible----
--- I buy a soldering talented friend a SAMMICH and ask THEM to do my wiring
Me tooOh Hell... I'll do it for BEER...
Soldering isn't too bad. You need a fine tip soldering iron with a heat control. Also, rosin core solder with lead is also critical. It makes the tight work inside a cavity much easier....
Home Depot $25.00
Aven 80-Watt Soldering Iron with Fine Tip
Aven 80-Watt Soldering Iron with Fine Tip
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work Robert, is that the Russian, paper in oil cap?
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
I have a mix of both. Some guitars sounded good enough with modern wiring that I didn't mess with it. Others sounded better when I did go for '50s wiring. I usually play with the volume between 7 and 10. Also mess with the tone knobs some, even though I don't do the "Woman Tone" thing with the neck pick up.
