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Soldering 101: A Step-by-Step Guide
Guitar & Bass Mods

Soldering 101: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to solder like a pro in this easy-to-follow demonstration.

The Guts of the Thing

Last month we decided to focus in-depth on pickups, so I thought we’d start with the Stratocaster, since it’s the best. Yes it is. Oh yes it is. Oh

Pickups

Pickups: Hot or Not?

Just what does it mean when a pickup is "hot"?

Lindy Fralin Drops Some Replacement Knowledge

Lindy Fralin talks pickups and gives us some tips for our P-90s.

The Replacements

Imitating a famous tone and what goes into it.

Taper Tricks

Last month I mentioned that I had more graphs to show you, so let me jump right in. In a previous column [May ‘08], I mentioned that audio taper pots

De Facto Standards and You

In last month’s column, we looked at DC resistance measurements across pot lugs and determined that when measuring an audio taper pot’s carbon trace from its midpoint to the two

The Log and Short of Tapers

How tapers in pots work, and what it means for your volume control