James73730

Thanks for the advice!

Hi there, I've posted a few questions and I've always received good advice thanks. I’m not a guitarist. I’m trying to finish building a guitar my friend was building before he passed away. My problem this time: I was trying to fit the bridge humbucker but there is not enough room. Was my friend wanting an angle or should this be flat like the neck pick up, which fitted nicely? Do I need to make (mill out) more space for the pick up? thanks for the advice. Jim

That's a good question. I forgot myself why I planned this and had to check my emails last night. I bought the parts straight after Covid. I live in Germany so getting genuine vintage Gibson parts at that time was not easy. Everywhere had delivery problems. I ordered two 500kOhm Potis and could only get one 500 and a 300 kOhm. Delivy was 8 weeks with no guarantee of the delivery happening. So, I read up on some guitar forums and found a guitarist who used such a setup (500 volume 300 Tone) and he said it was a sweet sound. So I thought ok wait 8+ weeks for the parts or go with a mix. I chose the mix but then put the project on hold for a couple of years and now I'm ready to finish it. I can now get Gibson 500 potis in Bulk if I wanted. Should I or go with the 500/300 mix.

Hi there, I'm building a Melody Maker with dual pickups. A project that I inherited from my friend who suddenly died a few yars ago. I've finished my shopping list. Thanks to help I've already recieved from this forum I am now at the final assembly stage. It has two Epiphone Humbuckers, 1 Volume, 1 Tone and a 3-Way toggle. I bought two vintage potis a 500 kOhm (PPAT-510) and 300 kOhm (PPAT-310). I want to use the 500 kOhm poti for the volume and 300 kOhm poti for tone. (Do you think this is a good set up?) In my haste in unpacking the potis I got them mixed up. I'm uable to identify which one is which. I thought the ohmage was written on them but unfortunately not. These are only two codes: 440-70035 0941 440-70028 0649 I've google but keep getting different answers. So can you help me? thanks! Jim

Hi there, my daughter inherited this lovely Gibson Les Paul Junior from her late Godfather. Now I know nothing here. So please advise me as if I'm 4. What's the history on this model? My daughter wants to use it. It doesn't have a strap. What would you suggest? ... something that would fit and complement it. Thanks! James