My SG Bridge Pickup is WAYYYY To Bright....BKP Suggestions Please!

[FELINEGUITARS]

These days we have to advise you to use lead free which is what you will find in shops if you are in the UK or Europe
However if you have suitable old stock of leaded stuff it will work just fine (and we wont tell anyone)

Has lead-free solder come on, or is the leaded stuff still easier to work with?

G

No lead free is still awful (from there varieties I've tried).
I may look at the silver solder that some amp repairers favour as apparently it'll work better

Also

Has anyone else had trouble with switchcraft jack sockets not accepting any kind of solder?
They're driving me crazy - no matter which brand and with which iron I use and no matter how hot I get everything the solder just rolls off and refuses to stick.

[gwEm]

Has anyone else had trouble with switchcraft jack sockets not accepting any kind of solder?
They're driving me crazy - no matter which brand and with which iron I use and no matter how hot I get everything the solder just rolls off and refuses to stick.

i've had that with some pots (alpha), but never switchcraft jacks.

what i've done in the case of the pots is to use some medium grade wet&dry to remove the surface coating so the solder sticks.

[BigB]

Sure - I'll make uggestions for your Sg but highly advise you to swap the cheap nasty capacitors that Gibson fit on your tone controls for some nice oil and paper ones  first

+1

And while you're at it, get rid of the bloody treble bleed if there's on, and rewire your guitare 50's style (google is your friend). 

[ring]

Sure - I'll make uggestions for your Sg but highly advise you to swap the cheap nasty capacitors that Gibson fit on your tone controls for some nice oil and paper ones  first

+1

And while you're at it, get rid of the bloody treble bleed if there's on, and rewire your guitare 50's style (google is your friend). 

I don't know what any of that means but I'll look into it.....LOL.

[Philly Q]

Lead-free solder is horrible to use and it stinks too!

(It's still quite easy to get hold of tin/lead solder on eBay.)

[BigB]

And while you're at it, get rid of the bloody treble bleed if there's on, and rewire your guitare 50's style (google is your friend). 

I don't know what any of that means but I'll look into it.....LOL.

A "treble bleed" is an added cap (or cap+resistor) supposed to avoid the hi frequency loss when you turn the volume pot down. The result is usually that you end up with less lows too and get a really tiny shrilly harsh tone when you roll the volume down. The "Gibson 50s style wiring" is how the very first LPs where wired, with the tone cap always in the path. It also lessen the hi frequency loss problem but without losing low ends. It has other side effects - the tone and volume become more interactive, hence less predictable - so it's really a matter of personal tastes, but as far as I'm concerned I find it to sound WAY better that way.

Here's a link with wiring schemas for a typical Gibby:
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/tonefreaks/558-wiring-library.html#post4555