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Simon Allaway
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How Cool Can a Volume Pot Be?
I was never a fan of using the volume knob on my guitars as it would always sound so muddy when you turned it down.
After being inspired by Andy Timmons' use of the Keely Super AT Mod with a treble-bleed circuit I thought I'd show how you can make one quickly.
#diyguitar #diypickups #telecaster #bosskatanaartist #bosskatana #bosskatanamkii #andytimmons #keeleyelectronics #superatmod
After being inspired by Andy Timmons' use of the Keely Super AT Mod with a treble-bleed circuit I thought I'd show how you can make one quickly.
#diyguitar #diypickups #telecaster #bosskatanaartist #bosskatana #bosskatanamkii #andytimmons #keeleyelectronics #superatmod
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Winding Stratocaster Pickups by hand
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If you just want to hear what they sound like go to 6:36 for the comparison. This project was started to create pickups in the same style as the Schecter super-strats of the early 80s. It all stems from a love of Mark Knopfler's tone, especially on the live rendition of Tunnel of Love. #diyguitar #diypickups #guitar #guitarpickups #markknopfler #direstraits
Quick and Dirty TC Electronic Plethora X5 Demo
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Quick and Dirty TC Electronic Plethora X5 Demo
Hot Rod Deluxe - Fix the Farting Fender?
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This video demonstrates what the amp sounds like when the phase inverter's 82k plate resistor is 'open' and how to fix it.
Make Your Own Guitar Pedalboard Junction/Patch Box
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As pedalboards get bigger, the routing of cables becomes a problem. And that includes the main in and out signal cables. I decided to build my own after seeing prices online varying from $50 to $150, which is ridiculous. If you can drill holes and solder, you can make one for about $20.
Are Firebird pickups cool? a quick pickup comparison
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You don't see many guitars these days with firebird mini-humbuckers, and I had certainly never played one before. So I decided to wind a pair and try them out. So here's a comparison of telecaster style pickups, firebird style pickups, and regular PAF style hum buckers. All three guitars going into the same rig with no changes in between.
How To Wind Your Own Telecaster Pickups (with an Arduino)
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This video shows in more detail how my winding machine works in practice, and features a demonstration of how a pair of telecaster pickups made on it actually sound. I had previously done a very quick video when I was building my Arduino based machine (see link to blog post below) but I hadn't recorded the act of winding, or indeed a decent demo of some of the pickups I made with it. hotbottles...
Shawn Tubb's chord progression
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This is me attempting to use the looper in my Strymon Timeline. It's my parts caster going into a TC Hyper Gravity Compressor, then into a Wampler Euphoria for a base tone. Then the occasional bit of rotary sound from a Strymon Mobius. Dirt tone at the end from an Origin Effects RevivalDrive Compact. A splash of reverb from a TC Hall of Fame 2. All going into a Revv D20 running clean and not ve...
Demonstration of Arduino-based pickup winding machine
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UPDATE: Here's a video showing the machine in action: ua-cam.com/video/da3B76YiMu4/v-deo.html Original blog post: hotbottles.wordpress.com/2020/12/09/arduino-based-guitar-pickup-winder/
Koa 20th Anniversary Guitar demo
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This is quick demo of my new guitar, which I recently finished assembling. Both the body and the neck were ordered from Warmoth back in July and arrived at the beginning of October. Due to Covid19 they had been overwhelmed with orders, which is actually quite encouraging. The hardware is as follows: - Mahogany Strat-style body with Koa laminate top. - Birdseye Maple neck, with the 'Wolfgang' pr...
Guitartone Boss SD 1 'GE 5 Star HiFi Mod Kit' demonstration
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The kit was bought via reverb.com and was applied to a 1990 Boss SD-1. The comparison was alongside a totally unmodified 2015 Boss SD-1. The guitar was a 1977 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, with Seymour Duncan P90 pickups. That was plugged into a 1977 Marshall 2004 50w JMP head, which was in turn plugged into a 2x12" cab, with Celestion G12-75T spekaers. Recording was done via a Monoprice condenser mi...
PedalPCB SoulDrive demo
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This video demonstrates a build of a Pedal PCB SoulDrive. It was inspired by the Fulltone Plimsoul pedal.
Tornado in 2009 - Chesterton, IN
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This is video of the tornado that came through Chesterton in 2009. My wife and I were in the car facing south on route 49. The tornado was east of us, just about to cross Calumet Avenue.
Mississippi Heat - great blues tone at the CBOE plaza
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Mississippi Heat - great blues tone at the CBOE plaza
Nice video. Sounds great. I'm convinced now that I don't need to make a pickup winder, I can just use my mini lathe. It has no total revolution counter but it displays rpm, so if I set it at 600rpm and run for 12.5 minutes I should get 7500 give or take a few turns. All I need to make is a guide to limit my sideways movement. I think I can stay awake for 12.5 minutes!
There's no reason why you couldn't use one of those revolution counters like this one ( a.co/d/0DJSebc) with your mini lathe. Good luck with whatever method you use :)
Thanks for the stellar demos!
Excellent video. A question. Using alnico 5 and heavy formvar 42awg wire, what should be the approximate resistance of the neck and middle pickups so that the mid frequencies are a little scooped (attenuated)?. Thanks for answering.
Thank you! I'd go for around 5.0 - 5.5k. It'll give lower output, but with reduced mid-range, and clarity in the lows.
@@hotglassbottlesThank you.
I bet you didn’t charge him .87 😂
I didn't charge him anything actually as he's family :)
@@hotglassbottles aw man, that’s fantastic. Too many people try to make a quick buck instead of just being kind.
@@jimilee459 i think that tube amp repair has got quite expensive these days. So I try and do things 'at cost'. It's not my day job either, so I refuse to ruin a good hobby by making it a job.
@@hotglassbottles yep, I’ve seen that happen and done it myself, too many times. As a pedal builder, myself, I just give them away.
@@jimilee459 I am in total agreement. Same for me with pedals, pickups, guitars etc. People tell me "oo you could make money with all that". I reply..."no...fuck off...that'd ruin my hobby completely". It's like we're all supposed to have a side hustle these days.
Hello Simon! What Tele pickups are those and what is your amp? The middle position on the Tele is insanely beautiful!! I'd like to try those pickups
Hi! and thank you. Those pickups are a pair I wound myself. The slugs are 0.25"s opposed to the more conventional 0.187".
I just installed a pair of Lollar Firebird pickups in my 2021 Epiphone Crestwood. What a difference to the factory’s lackluster mini humbuckers.
I want to make a junction box having half my pedalboard going infront of my amp and have the other half of my pedalboard going into the fx loop. Is this what i can build to do this?
good but need memory and count is not ok
I don't understand what you mean. How is the count not ok?
@@hotglassbottlesbuttons not functioning exactly. Count not single it's multiple
@@electronicsideas1361 are you saying you’d want the buttons to increment by one and not one hundred?
@@hotglassbottles yes
I am new to pickup winding and your video is most useful! Thanks!
You’re welcome. Are you planning to wind your own too?
Some of those pots can be noisy. A strong speaker really helps. I have an original '94 Blues Deluxe, and for a computer, it just kills!
Great video, beautiful work and finished pups, which sound fantastic. 43 AWG will take perhaps 20% less wire than 42 AWG for same resistance, something to consider. traditionally only front tele pups used 43. Tele rear pick ups, strats and gibson humbuckers were all 42 gauge. Haven't seen a video of the differing gauge wires until yours. cheers!
Thanks Eric. I am glad you liked the results. I do plan on winding another 'layer' on top of what I did here to get that switchable overwound single coil like the original Schecters of the 80s. That's why I used 43AWG so i'd have the room.
Thank you! I am glad you liked how they sounded. I do plan to wind another 'layer' on top of these coils for that switchable Schecter feature.
Beautiful video ! Sorry for the inconvenience but I kindly wanted a clarification from you about the use of the Pedale de Volume with the Plethora X5! Let me explain better I usually use the Volume pedal connect the IN of the Volume pedal in the Send of my Laney header and the OUT of the volume pedal in the ambient effects and finally connecting the OUT of the delay to the Return of the header! This allows me to keep the same paste as the distortion of the preamp at both low and high volumes and control the volume of the effects at the same time! But having the Plethora X5 which also incorporates effects such as the compressor and the noise gate I can't figure out how to do the Volume Pedal connection to get the effect described above! Thank you for your possible answer and I wish you a good day! A hug! Giorgio Zanotti
You can still do exactly the same thing, assuming you will use the Plethora in the effects loop. You will have to decide whether to put it before or after the Plethora. Or....put the volume pedal in the Plethora's loop, which would mean you can move it about in the signal chain as you see fit.
@@hotglassbottles Thank you for your reply to my answer! 🙏🎶🎸
if you can understand what he is saying and not get drowned out by the guitar track, good. I gave up and walked away ...
*recommends Beano*
Didn’t work. Ear plugs helped a little though.
Are the pickups used mini humbuckers or actual Firebird style design pickups? I like mini humbuckers but they are just smaller versions of the PAF style humbucker; Firebird style pickups are very different: "Mini Humbuckers use a single bar magnet that sits between and below the coils. The magnet physically touches each set of posts and creates an opposite magnetic field in each set. A Firebird pickup uses two “rail” style bar magnets, one of which is placed in the center of each of the bobbins that the coils are wound around. This design does not use steel posts because, the rail magnets are able to pick up the string vibrations. This design leads to a completely different magnetic field than the one produced by mini humbuckers, and it also means that less coil can be wound around each bobbin. Fewer windings lead to a pickup with lower output and brighter tone, which helps Firebird pickups sound much more like “silent” single coil pickups than the Mini Humbuckers do"
Yes, these are the large full width magnets inside the coils as opposed to the mini hum-buckers that have the magnet underneath touching the steel slugs.
@@hotglassbottles thanks for the fast response! I like the sound of yours although I'm definitely surprised at how close it was to the sounds of the telecaster (if this is a typically configured pup) - clearly less aggressive than a mini humbucker or a P90. I'm not planning on building my own Firebird pickup do do you know of any decent budget producer of these? Lollars might be quality but I'm not paying £350 for a set when an entire Epiphone Firebird costs £600!
@@donw.k.6877 I agree that each bridge pickup sounds largely similar. I find the biggest difference with the neck pickups, with the firebird being my favorite. It’s a perfect combo of the heft of a PAF but the bite of a narrow single coil. Love it! I don’t know of anyone making these cheaply.
@@hotglassbottles why are they expensive to buy? I am no guitar tech but I am not sure they are exponentially dearer to make than say mini humbuckers.. Just a lack of demand?
@@donw.k.6877 precisely lack of demand. I can buy PAF parts for half what I can Firebird pickup parts. And I’m not about to start injection mounding my own bobbins or pressing the steel parts.
Sweet!! How would I create a kill-switch on my cheap Harley Benton jazzmaster?
Well, you need a non-latching switch that you could connect right before the output socket. Then you'd have to find a space on the pick guard to mount it. That part might be the hardest aspect of the project.
@@hotglassbottles oh great idea. so I just momentalily break ground or the circuit and wire it all the way up to the horn of the guitar if I want it up there.
@@AM2PMReviews I’d use the switch. To ground your signal. And yes, you can route it anywhere you have access really.
Hi, are you using 43awg for neck and bridge in this video? Thanks
I checked my notes and I used 42AWG for the bridge pickup, and 43AWG for the neck.
Nice content simon! Wondering if any upgrade version in your plan? If so, would love to supply free custom PCBs/ 3D printing parts, if possible, looking forward to any cooperation together! 🤗(PCBWay zoey)
Hi! Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I am currently producing a schematic and layout with intent to use you guys. I had been contacted by a colleague of yours Liam a few months ago as he had seen my blog. Sadly my day job takes up a lot of time but I hope to have something ready in a few months.
@@hotglassbottles Hey Simon, glad to hear that. Warmly welcome to try our PCBs anytime your Gerber file is ready! Liam will follow up our upcoming cooperations. Btw, would you mind sharing your blog link?
@@zoeyzhang9866 Certainly. It is here: hotbottles.wordpress.com
@@hotglassbottles Thank you, that's informative articles!💯 Promise me, updating it anytime you are available.😄
resistors like that don't just fail unless there is something else wrong in the circuit, a heat issue or bad design (under spec'd). i'd replace with a metal oxide
...or if there's an acknowledged manufacturing defect. That's what happened in this case.
@@hotglassbottles yup, can't put the blame on a "defective resistor"
@@geezberry8889 ....when asked about the problem a Fender representative said, "we had a vendor problem with these resistors. The problem would cause the resistors to eventually hair-line fracture and open under normal operating conditions. The vendor has since analyzed and corrected the problem with their process."
@@hotglassbottles interesting. could be bs from fender
What that Gibson is...? 💕💘
You’re confused, Mr Riddle. That’s not a Gibson.
Wow they sound so similar the Firebird and telecaster
I agree. They’re like tele pickups with a bit more heft behind them. And they’re dead quiet too 🤓
Well done Simon. I knew the solution as soon as I heard the Farting Fender's output but watched the video till the end because it was done so seamlessly well. Straight & to the point. Problem, schematic break down showing the parts of the circuit clearly, solution and then boom-> the new resistors clipped into the circuit, in real time, followed by the sound of the amp back to working order.
Thanks Ryan. Very kind words.
please help. in my HRD after switching on the amplifier after a few ninuts the power tubes become very red and the voice from the guitar on a clear cansle hums. what could be the reason?
First of all, turn your amp off immediately! Red plating usually means a bias problem. Check the bias circuit as that has probably failed.
@@hotglassbottles Thank you very much and I wish you a lot of health
@@paweg4321 To you too, Pawel
Yepp, this is great when you have the tools and know how to do the soldering 🙂 Myself I've got three thumbs and it just wouldn't work. My pedalboard is a TempleAudio and they're selling this kind of module for additional €60. Way overpriced of course but fits into a side-patch of the pedalboard, two screws to tighten and that's it. This convenience costs and in the end it's all deductable. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome. This was definitely inspired by all the more pricey ones you see available these days. It struck me that it really is just a box with some jacks in it, so why not make one?
Great and concise demo, thank you! I've just re-built my pedalboard and included the Plethora X5 instead of the BOSS MS-3. BOSS is great and as a pure pedal switcher it's superior, but I just love the TC modulations and that was it. The option of external loop with my drive pedals is fantastic, it works flawlessly and the whole pedalboard is 6kg. Might make a video about it...
Agreed! I love TC modulations so I wanted the Corona Chorus as well as the Viscous Vibe in one unit. And the Hall of Fame plus delays is the icing on the cake.
good vid, great pick ups & switching, Thanks for taking extra time to demo pick up combinations.
Thanks for saying so 😎👍🏻
What is the toggle switch arrangement ?
Each pickup has an on-off switch. This means you get more combinations than with a standard 5-way switch. As in: All pickups on, and neck & bridge on.
@@hotglassbottles neck, mid, bridge, neck mid, neck bridge, mid neck?
@@aurora3655 Yes, all possible combinations.
They’re definitely hotter with more bite and snap. Do u have an octaver on it or something?
Nope. No octaver on it. I agree with your assessment on bite and snap.
@@hotglassbottles weird..,Maybe it was the internet connection. The sound isn’t there anymore.
excellent video ... thanks
Sounds great, Simon. Would you make a set to sell? If so, please let me know cost. Thank you.
Thanks Brian! I’m not currently setup for manufacturing. Once I’ve recreated the tapped version of these pickups I might reconsider.
This was so awesome Simon. Your videos keep getting better and better. Love watching the process.
Thank you so much!
Do you have a background in programming and such? or were you able to just figure out the Arduino stuff? I'd love to make a winder with an Arduino UNO, and maybe have a CNC shield for auto traversing but have ZERO Arduino skills and wondering how hard/easy that aspect may be.
I've been writing code for 30 years now, so yes I have a background in that. But the Arduino is extremely easy to code for. Indeed it was designed for non-programmers to use. You can get a cool starter kit for about 50 USD with a load of great lessons. It's a lot of fun.
Excelent video! So illutrative! I changed mine R57 y R58 with the fromel mod. May I make you a question? Do you know what is the function of R44?
That affects the gain of the clean channel. It's common to change that to 68k or 56k to tame it a little bit.
@@hotglassbottles Hello. Thanks for comment. My HR deville has a R44 56K, if I change it to 68K will I get more drive?
@@smartlevel1450 no, but this is not what the clean channel is for
@@hotglassbottles Sorry my mistake. I dont want drive from the clean channel, but since I lowerd C1 and 56 from 44uF to 22 uF, V1 from 12AX7 to 12AY7, V2 to 12AU7 and V3 to 12AT7 ...... I have lost some natural volume or gain from the clean channel. So is R9 and R44 the place to recover some of that volume or gain lost?
Sounds great. Plethora X3 on the way for me. Your playing sounds Knopfler-esque. Are you a fan of his?
Thank you very much. I am a huge fan of his, so you've paid me an enormous compliment.And good luck with the X3...an excellent choice!
Good remark 🙂 but I'm also hearing some old timey blues in there. Wished you'd played longer passages when demonstrating the effects.
When he hit vibe it sounded like Trower is alive in that box.
Thanks! The TC Electronic Viscous Vibe is what you heard. It’s an excellent univibe clone.
no noise/ground problems?
No, not at all. With the plastic jacks they remain isolated.
@@hotglassbottles If I don't have plastic jacks how do I isolate it? Use plastic rings between the connections or do I need to solder some extra cable somewhere?
@@nick_be9159 yes, some manufacturers will sell you plastic isolation washers to go with their jacks. Also you could come from the other directions and use a plastic enclosure.
@@hotglassbottles hi, Im encountering noise issues when the box is plugged into my rig but no guitar plugged into the box. Would you say this is normal?
@@zacharykim295 No that's not normal at all. Are you using electrically isolated sockets, like the plastic Neutriks I used? Each pair of sockets...in to out...should essentially be just like a tiny patch cable. i.e. nothing to do with the one next to it.
Hi Simon, apologies if you've said somewhere already, but what Firebird pickups are these? They sound killer! Cheers 🤘🏻
I made them myself! I’ve been building a winding machine to satisfy my need to understand things. SO I’ve wound regular humbuckers and tele pickups. Here’s my video on that ua-cam.com/video/da3B76YiMu4/v-deo.html
@@hotglassbottles Very nice, I'd love to make my own pickups one day! Did you wind these with A5 mags?
@@MarkB.Guitar yes. They’re Alnico 5 magnets. But i used 43AWG wire which is more typical for a tele neck pickup. I am very pleased with how they sound.
@@hotglassbottles Interesting, the neck definitely has a very Tele-ish vibe to it. Nice work!
@@MarkB.Guitar thank you so much. I love their tone….right between tele and les paul.
thank you
You're welcome
Brother, take it easy, I want to do this project myself, what are the scheme and the materials used, and the arduino library
Have a look at my other video as there’s a link for my blog post. This details everything ua-cam.com/video/da3B76YiMu4/v-deo.html
@@hotglassbottles I asked about the project of the coil winding apparatus, what are the necessary materials, the connection diagram
Yes, here's the blog post I was talking about. It goes through the ARDUINO code I wrote. hotbottles.wordpress.com/2020/12/09/arduino-based-guitar-pickup-winder/
Excellent troubleshooting work, I'm going to buy either a DeVille or a Deluxe tomorrow. Trying to look for common problems ahead of time...
Excellent! I hope you enjoy your new amp! You probably already have it, but this link is massively useful. hotroddiy.com/original-faq.php
@@ozzy541 too late for that. And I can't take you seriously if you don't elaborate as to why...
@@ozzy541 why?
Yes
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Is this a common issue with the Deville? What causes it or is it just a bad component from the get go?
Apparently Fender was sent a batch of these plate resistors and they all had a physical problem that caused them to literally break internally. But they had installed them in many, many amplifiers so it was too late. I don’t think there are official numbers anywhere as to what percentage were bad though. So definitely a bad component from the outset.
Nice !!! Awesome Job Bruh 😉😉😎👊💯💯
Thanks ✌
Did u check the poles of your magnets ?
Yes, absolutely. I have not gone for reverse-wound, reverse-pole in this guitar. So they are both the same magnetic orientation.
Very goooooooooooood man
thanks!
Great video! The sound in the neck pickup is one of the best I´ve ever heard (you know,"everyone hunting for their sound") . Before watching your video I believed getting that full sound needed 42 awg but now I know better thank´s to you! Learning every day,thank you!
thanks Georg....you're kind to say so. You're right...we are all hunting our own tone. I don't think that quest ever ends, right? You should check out my video on firebird style pickups. I think they sound better as a neck pickup than a tele neck pickup! Also 43AWG wire.
I have a firebird in the neck of a tele. Sounds great.
Very cool. That's what I plan on doing this year to one of my teles.
I'm trying to build my pickup winding machine and it's good to see your method of working. I think it's an excellent idea to work with Arduino, so I loved the way you perfected your machine. Great job!
Thank you very much for saying so. How is your machine coming along?
Dammit! My favourites: Firebird bridge, Tele middle, LP neck…
I agree on the middle. But I’m in love with firebird neck. I want them on all my guitars now lol