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Happy New Wiring Day! As some of you know, I scored this amazing Yamaha RGX1212S for $100 a little while ago:

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I have been going through it and cleaning it up as much as I can. Pretty much the only things that are original are the neck-through body, tuners, and single coils. The Yamaha bridge was taken out and replaced with an inexpensive licensed floyd. They did a decent job but I might upgrade it at some point.

The original humbucker was replaced and the wiring was a 5-way switch and 3 on/off mini toggles. This struck me as interesting but not optimal. I am pretty handy with a soldering iron so got to work.

First, I scored a Dimarzio Fred from Mike LXR (thanks). I then completely gutted the pots, wires, switches, and output jack. I replaced everything and the wired the mini toggles:

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1. Humbucker parallel/coil tap/series
2. Middle single coil phase/reverse phase
3. Overall kills switch

This is an old pic but the rusty screws have been replace, too.

Man! I cannot believe how flexible this setup is! Loving it.
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Fred is a cool pickup; the harmonics it can put out are insane. I used to have an RG560 back in the day with a Fred and 2 brian may sc's; sounded killer.
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Nice!! HNWD!

Cool upgrades, you've turned this guitar into a super multipurpose axe!
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Thanks! Fact is, I'm not really a shredder and typically hate double locking trems. But the neck on this thing just feels SOOOOOOO good. Took me a few tries to get the wiring right but the results were totally worth it.
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That is very cool Yarbicus! All sorts of tonal options at a flick of a switch!

Nice!
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