Try This Before Buying New Pickups | Cheap & Easy Mod

I was amazed at how well this mod works to re-voice your guitar pickups, definitely worth trying before buying some new ones. Best of all, the parts used in this mod cost less than $1....thrifty :)
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[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

This is such a great mod + it's super cheap #thrifty :) The Green Gizmo™ build video is now live kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI plus the schematic and pedal are here mcphersonmusic.site/product-category/pickups/the-green-gizmo%ef%b8%8f/

[@woodygranger2126]

Starting with a great pickup and fine tuning to what you like in your guitar. I've been saying that for years. Make what you already have sound better is a good option if you are on a budget. BTW Great video with lots of great information.

[@rickpilcher6576]

Do you have any plans to make and sell a version of that pedal? I would certainly be a buyer.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

@@rickpilcher6576 yes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@Earthwormjimm]

I’m new to pedal building but I’ve decided I want this to be the first pedal I build

[@rickpilcher6576]

@@Earthwormjimm I just received my built one. Great useful pedal. Unsolicited tip - move the switch further away from the knob, its fiddly where it is. Also use a big switch .

[@aperezdeal]

Josh Scott will smell this like shark smells a drop of blood in the ocean.

[@kevinjackson4237]

Utterly magnificent video! So clear and concise. I echo the thought that all Luthier mod shops should have your gizmo for customers to try sounds before committing to a mod. More videos please👍👍👍

[@mrrootytooty5797]

Really interesting thank you for this! I'll have a stab at making the capacitor selector box for this project, what would you say is capacitance range and steps it should cover? :)

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

All info here : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@nickjanczak9665]

Your gizmo box would also make a great pedal. Get it out there and patented before someone else does!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks you can make it or buy it - all info here : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@kirkroberts9599]

Wow! You learn something every day! Does this also work to brighten up humbuckers? if so, what value should I try? Thanks

[@HCrockt]

No. To brighten up humbuckers I recommend using slightly higher valued volume pots. For example 550 kOhms instead of 500 kOhms. You easily can do that by yourself. Open the pot, take out the ring with the carbon resistor, clamp a multimeter to the two outer lugs and carefully grind down the carbon using a 1000 mesh grinding paper until the multimeter shows the desired 550 kOhms. Reassemble the pot, and you are fine. This takes a thick blanket from the sound.

[@JonDeth]

*A high-end low tech mod* for singles is cutting a steel sheet metal plate to glue on the back of the magnet which easily doubles to triples output, and then you can add passive R-C filters to *really* make a huge alteration to tonal output without risk of it losing sustain and other desired characteristics by the time the signal reaches pedals and/or an amp. You can also step them up to a 1 and sometimes even 2 meg ohm pot which won't bleed off highs as you cut your volume, but this mod doesn't just give a massive output boost, but when you cut volume the very high impedance pots can make 60-cycle hum a constant which is why 1 meg ohm is typically adequate for singles and humbuckers. I'm a college educated electrical/electronics engineer though and while I once thought it was blasphemy, I now support active pickups 110% but with this caveat. Mine our custom made and if I desire, custom voiced with both fixed and variable filter schemes. Unlike commercially sold active modules or pickup sets, I run it all Class-A so your active sound can remain identical to the passive and the only obvious and significant change is the voltage output is 10-20 times what it previously was. *There's heaps of active pickups out there that I don't particularly like starting with EMG's.*

[@dt9r]

I like it

[@scoutgirl7739]

I might be wrong, but xotic pedals have the 'Sweet', and 'Super sweet'. It seems like your creation has a click setting. The Xotic pedal is a smooth sweep type knob adjustment.

[@daspferd7810]

The value of these ceramic capacitors are strongly tied to temperature (and they are more prone to introduce noise). Depending on the weather your guitar will sound different. You should get ones with a lower temperature coefficient

[@psychotrout]

This is a fantastic technique, what you do in the opposite case? to make it brighter? Is it there any way to do that?

[@dat219]

What amplifier were you playing through? Thanks super vid

[@Cpmnk]

I need that pedal

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Here you go : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@thelastgreyhawk2161]

I see this "Gizmo" being a useful pedal for luthier shops to have, letting customers dial in the sound they want before you install the mod for them

[@KarstenJohansson]

Also literally every guitar player who records, but doesn't have a lot of equipment. Instant way to sound like you have several different guitars that inhabit different parts of the mix.

[@thelastgreyhawk2161]

@@KarstenJohansson I completely agree with that too

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

@@KarstenJohansson kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@corknakovastein]

im making the pedal to put in my pedal board

[@KarstenJohansson]

@@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar Thanks! This'll be a fun project for the weekend. I think I might end up using it as a more permanent fixture, too.

[@MrSheymie]

Have you unintentionally just invented a new pedal that strat players would be interested in?

[@kalkidasofficial]

Indeed

[@johnkosh6495]

It’d be easer.

[@timhamlett5042]

I think guitar techs would be more interested in your “Gizmo”

[@tr3ndkiller]

We need that pedal and we need it now! 😮

[@garygratzer9670]

Did you build the switchable capacitor box or are they available?

[@joemcgraw5529]

This is a Great idea and Im wondering how I would do this with a 3 way switch ,Im assuming it would be the same way ,I will have to toy around ,I have a P90 in my Bridge and its not the sound i was hoping to get out of it ,Thanks for showing how to remedy the issue

[@Tone.Corner]

Hey Waylon, great mod. I use a one pickup humbucker guitar with 8 k and only a tone pot. How is the wiring here? Between the hot wire and Pot solder contact? 22nF or 33 nF or 47nF? Thank you for an info and greetings from Düsseldorf 💥😎🎸🎼

[@Jenisonc]

I need a lesson on how to build that pedal you have. It is glorious. 🤘🖖

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done, check it out! : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@jeffreyrings9677]

Dude take your pedal public, perfect for people who use different guitars live, or sell me one lol

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks! That has happened :) Links in the description of this video The Green Gizmo™ build video is now live kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@deanrichardson5930]

Wait. So you’ve made a pedal that can change the sound of your pickups? Or is there some extra wiring involved? Because if not, I’d totally buy that and bypass soldering my guitars completely.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@vantonilin]

Really curious about this. It got me thinking, is this the same as using a long cable that adds capacitance to your overall circuit?

[@tonfarbe]

Get your 'little device' commercially out NOW before someone sells thousands of pedals with your idea.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Thanks mate. I was about to put some Duncans in my PRS. I can’t stand the 85/15 pickups as they have no character.

[@tsmerk]

With 58 years of playing experience, I rarely seen something on KZbin that's new to me, but you changed that with your clever.and useful info.

[@robertzombiekill6365]

Wow you've been playing 58 years & didn't know this? Been playing 50 years and have known this forever.

[@JohnDoeJohnboy]

42 years experience me

[@pewit8097]

Is this the Bill Lawrence mod? I just bought some Lawrence/Wilde microcoils tele pickups and there is an article on the website about 'tuning' the pickups using capacitors, which I guess is what you are doing here. Thanks for explaining this its a big help!

[@pwkimbrell-yt]

As good a Strat tone(s) as I've ever heard at any price point.

[@ifxman]

Old timer here haha, and im not the only one but I've been modding caps and pickups since the early 70's but what I'm realy impressed with is your new pedal! I truly hope you have amazing success with it if you decide to design and develop it more and market it.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Brilliant and thanks for showing us where to solder...just a little less reverb so we can hear the dry tone. This is much better than sticking those plates on the pick-up base which to my ragged ears does tame the brightness but also loses the midrange..resulting in a wider but thinly spaced tone. Thumbs up to this channel just for the " Have a go" spirit which is lacking in this "Specialist" field of Audio engineering. NB , if you haveca recyling centre nearby ask if you can salvage some caps etc from old radios or Big TVs , The 70s and 80s TVs are loaded with excellent quality parts for this sort of Guitar tone mod. Don't use old bits for amplifiers though, too dangerous.

[@Want0nS0up]

Is there a method for finding out the frequency of the resonant peak in each pickup in a guitar? Or would I have to use my untrained ears?

[@dennisdedman2164]

Oh man I think you could sell a million of that pedal. The parallel pickup polisher

[@itriedmany]

Hello... how about this... could you sell me one of these "boxes" of yours? As far as I'm concerned, this invention of yours is all I or others may need, rather than rewire our guitars, which I've done countless times LOL!

[@beardedrancher]

Have you thought about patenting that as a pedal?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Absolutely, here you go : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@Voodoo66Chile]

Isn't this the same or similar effect as different cable length? Or rather like how longer lengths of cable or curly cables seem to shift the peak down? Cool little gadget! Cool video and very interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@commonsensehill372]

I just watched this, and I heard the difference with the mod. I really like that. Subbed. Will this work with humbuckers?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks! Yes, it work 100% with humbuckers too :)

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Been playing and building guitars nearly 40 years and building valve amps a long time - Its not often I learn something new, Thanks! :D

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

I'm stoked it was helpful, cheers!

[@tophalophe]

In my guitars I actually always swap out one of the knobs for a 6-way switch with different cap values used with the tone knob. I did this to shift the peak frequency. It's also a great mod for making a guitar over-the-top dark for thicc doom sounds.

[@j3ffn4v4rr0]

Great idea!! I was imagining either an extra switch on the guitar just for the capacitors, or Waylon's "gizmo" having a home on the pedalboard. I know next to nothing about guitar electronics...do you see any advantage of replacing the regular tone knob like you do, vs keeping it in, and maintaining the ability to simply roll off high frequencies when you want (plus the resonant peak control)?

[@jeke4977]

A Varitone switch. I don't know why this didn't catch on.

[@iracordem]

great mod! a buddy in the 1980s got a $40 unbranded japanese burst LP copy from a yardsale, it had the 6-click rotary knob. he drew a little diagram with the cap values and wired it up in abit over an hour. it sounded great.

[@alanknott363]

@@jeke4977 Exactly 👍

[@willcarter8735]

Whoa, that's a cool idea! So am I understanding the circuitry right in thinking that this is essentially just wiring another tone control into the circuit that's always-on and just extremely subtle with a much lower capacitance? If that's the case, then does this reduce some of the high frequencies as well as shifting the resonant peak?

[@KenDavis761]

Love the new sound.

[@sparks3019]

I, too, would love to build a pedal like that! Any tips?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Here you go : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@CerealDust-nStuff]

Dude! Sell that device as a Guitar pedal… you’ll sell a million of ‘em!!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@TimBoulette]

Would love to build one of my own "gizmos". Do you have a schematic?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Yes check it out here : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@angrybuzzy]

This is amazing. Thanks, Waylon!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@frankbloom5565]

So what you are doing is stunting off ( rolling off ) the high-end frequencies not actulay changing the Q factor of the peak resonant frequencies ? I see that working..good thinking

[@andyh-u2b]

Gibson did this in the 60's with the Varitone on the 345 and 355

[@beanapalooza6614]

That Lil mod got you a great sound outta that Squier but more importantly you DING DING DING GOT A NEW SUBSCRIBER WOOOO WHOOOO😅

[@thseed7]

Very much enjoyed this video. Hope one of your future projects is how to make the cap tester pedal

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks, that is literally the next video I am releasing, cheers!

[@sempercompellis]

me thinks the Pedal idea is better- just keep it pedal form and adjust from there

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Here for more info on the Green Gizmo pedal : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@sanderdragsund7373]

Thank you! Which kind of capacitors are you using?

[@bobstrickland4223]

In your example, when you go to the bridge/middle position, I think you're getting both capacitors affecting both pickups. I believe you're running both capacitors in parallel at that point so the value would be 2.7 nf plus 560 pF = 3.26 for both pickups combined. Correct?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Yes, that is correct, same goes for Neck/Middle 560pf x 2, cheers!

[@JayKughan]

O shit, this is God info for any DIYers. Thanks for existing. TC.. 🍻

[@christiaantheuvenet7033]

Is there any way to involve the tone control to add the caps? Then you might get the stock sound with the control on 10 and the affected sound rolling off the control? Nice vid, thanks.

[@jcb-ly9sm]

I think you'd find A LOT of interested guitarists/DIY pedal builders ready to buy your schematics for your capacitor tester/bypasser. Even more money would be made if you sold it as a kit to build (cuz we're all lazy). Please consider this. I seriously was waiting for the sales pitch throughout the vid.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@ricksaint2000]

Wow

[@johnm3946]

That's thinking outside of the box, who thinks like that!

[@ramanb]

Mate, this is awesome! Unfortunately I’m totally useless in building stuff like this. Any chance you’d make some up and sell them? I’d be keen for one!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

No problem, there is a link in the description of my new "How to Build" video, cheers! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@JohnnyVictor666]

Cheers for a great tip! I have a question: Which cap would you put on a bridge humbucker that sounds muddy and dull?

[@SidBonkers51]

Sounds great, what value cap would you recommend to tweak the bridge on a usa standard strat from '96? Im ok at soldering but crap at electronics values!!

[@lorenzo6mm]

I actually like the underwound PUPS. The magic of 4-5 Kohm pups is the Old Sixties Rickenbacher tones. Too many guitar players play the Bridge pup becuse they cant Hear themselves in a mix, live or recording. The total failure of on instrument ( guitar) that is entirely voiced. Above Muddle "C". Recovering as much treble as possible from an electric guitar, allows a much wider tonal response with a single tone knob. PS this was Jeff Becks SECRET... An Amp and guitar set to MAX TWANG TREBLE...... before the tone or cap and resistance knob ... At ANY position including the wasted and oten unused Neck PUP. You burn fat or twanging with just rolling your tone knob around. Basically a wah pedal in a knob Jeffs Big Fat secret along with his Vibrato and finger picking attack.

[@samuraijaydee]

Could you make a tutorial how to make the external tester gizmo? cool idea! :D

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

No problem, check this out, kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@jasonlee8497]

Dude, I’d buy that little box. I’m a Strat guy, so…..

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

You can find info to build and/or purchase here : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@bulletsforteeth5029]

That's a great idea for modding pickups instead of playing pickup roulette. New sub! 😁👍

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks!

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

Would you consider sharing the design of your capacitor box or maybe even selling them or kit versions?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

@@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar Thanks!

[@castleanthrax1833]

I wasn't going to subscribe UNTIL I saw you are from New Zealand. Gotta support my friends over there... except when the cricket and rugby are on. ✌️🇦🇺

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Cheers man :)

[@jeffmansfield914]

Yih, ai could tell he was an Enzedduh straight away. Ai laiked hiz tist of the nick pickup.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Really interesting. I enjoy your playing too. Thanks! 🎶⭐👍

[@jeffrininger4075]

Great video and your drawing doesn't suck!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Haha! Thanks :)

[@BengtNordsten]

This is probably the most helpful and approachable "mod" video I've ever seen on YT. A handful of ceramic capacitors (still cheap nowadays) can make a huge difference in letting anyone create their "personal tone." (I bought a decade box specifically for messing around with tone. 👍) I know a pro blues guy, who always gets the hottest singles he can find. Some of his fans think this is for volume, to overdrive the preamp and get his distinctive growl (he despises stompboxes other than a very occasional wah). It's actually to crowd the mids and get away from the "icepick" tone of singles. On the other hand, whenever someone says their humbuckers sound "muddy" or "muffled," I tell them to back 'em down a few turns, to un-crowd the mids. And if they get new PUs, to go cooler NOT hotter.

[@monmixer]

Your device is genius. Techs would buy them.

[@smokeybrown6866]

Just subscribed! Brilliant idea! If you weren't going to manufacture the cap device, which perhaps you should, is there a schematic available?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@gymnosophy]

We're all gonna do this in the morning

[@GahMehGrrrr]

I like the idea of a foot pedal.

[@mcgrath16511]

may give this one a shot,, im adding pickup plates shortly and already have a blender control.. could be interesting!

[@gregrayner3146]

subscribed n shared on FB and will buy the scematic n will be building one, many thanks Waylon, A+

[@danielcostantino8375]

Thank You so much for sharing your knowledge. This is just great!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@woogermon9215]

this is excellent

[@daw1096]

Very interesting! Does this work with every kind of pick-up? Single Coil or Humbucker? Passive or Active?

[@andrewkratz226]

Been playin a long time, never seen this before. Genius… thanks for sharing

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@barisaxo]

I think a spectrum analyzer would do this video a lot of justice, but it is definitely nice that you can really hear the difference.

[@JohnDoeJohnboy]

So is it kind of the opposite of compression? Or a sweet spot box lol can u invent some tuners that don't go out of tune too quick for my SG? I'd be most impressed with that! I'd get locking tuners but every bit of it is original even the pearl Gibson tuning pegs. I'll put pics of it on my page it's red heritage cherry 🍒 red but u can see the mahogany grain through it, best axe I've ever bought by a way. I just put new Elixir strings on it so maybe that's got something to do with it, wierd tho cos when I tune it it's sharp not flat ffs n its kept in its flight case when I'm not using it as there's no scratches or dings etc

[@bobfellows6974]

This just might be what I need for my recently acquired 20 year old Squier Strat SE. The neck & middle pickups are OK, but I'm not loving the bridge pickup. Thanks for posting this!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

No problem, cheers!

[@nunomellomusic]

Super cool

[@garyheaton9926]

You did it! You changed my strat into my les paul.😅✌️👍

[@chaosopher23]

It will work for a bass, too, if you can fit the cap in it.

[@KarlKarsnark]

The BB King model Gibsons have a similar sort of rotary knob for various caps too. I'm surprised it never caught on more it such an easy way to change the sound of any guitar. Cheers.

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@Peterbrendanalbert Yes, it has about 5-6 different positions on it, I believe.

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

Well at least two other people know what I do. Lol. It’s like reinventing the wheel. Les Paul (the person ) designed the Varitone for BB King in the early 70’s. If I remember correctly it’s 5 positions ,and a bypass. But I could be wrong on that one. I almost bought and put one in my LTD/ESP. But did something more custom instead. 🤙

[@innocentoctave]

I wonder whether this is the same effect that players used to get in a more primitive way back in the day by using long or curly cables? The effect on the bridge pickup was particularly striking.

[@terryenglish7132]

Yes. Hendrix used it to tame highs

[@congamike1]

Awesome! I need to play with one of those boxes for a few minutes.! Thanks

[@facundosimonetti5203]

man I really dig what you did. cant wait to work on my chinese strat lol. im trying to give it all the love possible since theres not any money available

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Stoked to hear man, cheers!

[@jounikorhonen9441]

That gizmo is pretty useful if you got a dozen strats, and no skills to start soldering.

[@ViviSectia]

I can't believe I never thought of putting the capacitors in a pedal. I've been doing this by using alligator clips and it's always such a hassle. It's so obvious in hindsight.

[@KarstenJohansson]

Can you post the schematic for your cap gizmo somewhere? It would be incredibly useful!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@durkar3791]

Wouldn't mind seeing how to build the gizmo you're using, that would be ultra useful to play before getting in there with the soldering iron.

[@oqsy]

Several position switch. Capacitors. Two 1/4” jacks. Box. Bypass switch. Wire the same as done with the pickup switch. Each position on the switch connected to a different capacitor value. Arrange them in ascending or descending order by value. One side of your bypass switch passes the signal straight through, the other passes through the big capacitor switch. Done.

[@durkar3791]

@@oqsy brilliant!!! Thanks for the info, very much appreciated.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@causmogroov3764]

Just discovered your channel. This is the info I've been looking for. I subscribed!

[@ronnierazor4302]

That's very cool! Does it work in the opposite direction too? Can you make a dark pickup brighter, shifting the resonance peak to a higher frequency?

[@KarstenJohansson]

Awesome question. This is a rabbit hole worth diving right in to.

[@cliffb2454]

I suspect you need to put an inductor in parallel with the pickup to make it brighter. As an inductor is a coil, think about the middle position on a Les Paul. Two coils (pickups) in parallel.

[@zbyszekolko3998]

​@@cliffb2454Or change steel poles to alnico.

[@13druber]

Wow. I need the schematic for the cap box. You got a sub!

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Here you are : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@dasuol]

Thanks for the great mod to easily tweak the pickup sound. Is there a difference between the effect that this mod has and the effect you would get from rolling the tone knob back a little? I understand that this is a more subtle tweaking of the sound and is always in place once it's soldered in, but isn't the tone knob also essentially adding a capacitor in parallel to the circuit? Or is something else going on there? Thanks again.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks for checking it out, it works differently to a tone control, checkout the "Nerdy" section in the vid, it explains whats going on, cheers!

[@KozmykJ]

Excellent info Waylon. For myself I'd like to know what the value range is of the capacitors you use in your 'Gizmo Box'. For Yourself I'd counsel setting up a Patreon and getting a modest return on your R&D 😉

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Done - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIi1dWiGltyDrZI

[@RodrigoOliveira81]

Capacitors in parallel wil just drive high frequencies to the ground. It's a filter. But it's a good idea having different types of filter in a stompbox.

[@josiemaxj763]

Great video! Does this work on other models of guitar/pickup types?

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Thanks, yes, it will work with pretty much any pickups, just not active pickups, cheers!

[@josiemaxj763]

@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar Awesome, cant wait to try on a Les Paul! Do active pickups lack the same frequency range as passive pickups?

[@richsackett3423]

Thank you for such a powerful idea. Bought a bunch of 560nF silver caps, since the bridge value was addressing a different issue also. Already tried it on a set of AlNiCo-5 Strat pickups. It let just the right amount of air out their tires. On a spare P-Bass that had questionable pickups, I added one in parallel and a 0.5H ferrite core inductor (in my parts bin for 25 years) in series. It's much more sober and focused now. I didn't know how I was going to get it to sound right but now suddenly it does. Such a cool trick.

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Your welcome , stoked you like it :)

[@DeFiSiYT]

Nice one! Very cool mod 👍 Judging from the vowels and ‘heaps’ I’d guess you’re a Kiwi 🥝 I am one too but I’ve lived abroad for more than half my life. Always cool to hear the accent though! I’ve subbed and am looking forward to watching more of your vids 😊👍

[@dougstewart6581]

love the tip! love the playing! epic video well done

[@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@gregorygetable]

Just found you.great video. Yup I subscribed. Keep on and I'll go thru previous vids too thanks