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#2 Funky Rhythm Spank

Make my guitar sound thinner.

(Raise the resonance frequency only)
1. Place two identical pickups in the same exact position.2. Wire them in
parallel.3. Cut the tone and volume pot values in half (100k).4. Double the
tone capacitor value (0.1uF).
#3 Spank Lead Solo

Make my guitar sound more edgy, crunchier make it have more spank.
(Have more character only)
1. Increase tone and volume pot values (500k, or 1M).
#4 Jazzy Rhythm Spank

Make my guitar sound smoother.

(Have less character only)
1. Decrease tone and volume pot values (100k, or lower).
#5 Hot Rhythm Spank


Make my guitar sound fatter and, have more character.
(Lower the resonance frequency and have more character)
1. Place two identical pickups in the same exact position.2. Wire them in
series.3. Quadruple the tone and volume pot values (1M).4. Cut the tone
capacitor value in half (22nF).5. Reduce the volume by 6db (-6db).

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#6 Edgy Spank

Make my guitar sound, have more character.

(Raise the resonance frequency and have more character)
1. Place two identical pickups in the exact same position.2. Wire them in
parallel.3. Double the tone capacitor value (0.1uF).4. To make the sound even
edgier, increase tone and volume potvalues (500k, or higher).
#7 Smooth Spank

Make my guitar sound smoother.

(Lower the resonance frequency and have less character)
1. Place two identical pickups in the exact same position.2. Wire them in
series.3. Cut the tone capacitor value in half (22nF).4. Reduce the volume by
6db (-6db).5. To make the sound even smoother, reduce tone and volume

potvalues (100k, or lower).

#8 Super Smooth Spank

Make my guitar sound even more smoother.

(Raise the resonance frequency and have less character)

1. Place two identical pickups in the same exact position.2. Wire them in
parallel.3. Double the tone capacitor value (0.1uF).4. Cut the tone and
volume pot values to value, or less (50k, orlower).

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#9 Turn-it-Up

Make my guitar pickups hotter.

1. Turn up the level.
#10 Turn-it-Down

Make my guitar pickups quieter.

1. Turn down the level. There are many, many things you can do to shape
tone with a Variaxand Workbench. For example, you can stack dissimilar
pickups, orchange their relative positions a little, or set each pickup level a

littledifferently. And we havent even talked about selecting different

bodytypes. Dont be afraid to experiment, who knows what you
mightdiscover. The possibilities are endless, so keep exploring