62Slimjim
Junior Member
I am the proud original owner of a 1962 T100d with Franz P-90's, in gorgeous cherry red :biggrin-new:
Over the years I've noticed that the neck pickup tone control has very little effect until it reaches the top. I haven't opened it up to look at it, but it occurs to me that it could be the wrong taper—any thoughts on that? And should it be a 250 or 500? I see elsewhere on this site that some people recommend a 500 for a Franz P-90, yet it's a single coil, no?
Also, what's the story behind Guild's configuration of the position of the volume and tone controls as compared to the standard Gibson setup, i.e.
looking down, the volume knobs are above the tone knobs as opposed to Gibson style of tone to the right of the volume? In some ways it seems the Guild setup is more logical, but it can get a little confusing if you're switching between guitars on a gig … has anybody out there tried switching them out to match the Gibson setup? Would you need to put new (longer) wiring in, or is there enough slack?
If I wanted to put humbuckers in, what would be the most logical kind?
Over the years I've noticed that the neck pickup tone control has very little effect until it reaches the top. I haven't opened it up to look at it, but it occurs to me that it could be the wrong taper—any thoughts on that? And should it be a 250 or 500? I see elsewhere on this site that some people recommend a 500 for a Franz P-90, yet it's a single coil, no?
Also, what's the story behind Guild's configuration of the position of the volume and tone controls as compared to the standard Gibson setup, i.e.
looking down, the volume knobs are above the tone knobs as opposed to Gibson style of tone to the right of the volume? In some ways it seems the Guild setup is more logical, but it can get a little confusing if you're switching between guitars on a gig … has anybody out there tried switching them out to match the Gibson setup? Would you need to put new (longer) wiring in, or is there enough slack?
If I wanted to put humbuckers in, what would be the most logical kind?