Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Spitfire on November 15, 2008, 04:32:54 PM
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Hey, here is the situation..
I have a 3 pickup SG... the Hums that came in it had very thin wire coming off them.. which was fine for them..
I replaced the Bridge and Middle with SD Alnico2s.. they are 4 con wiring (which is a lot thicker) the problem is that I only just managed to get the 2nd wire thru the hole to the control cavity...
I dont really want to make the hole bigger.. at all.. im thinking about putting a BK in the bridge.. just to see if it gives it that little extra magic. but is a 4 con BK wire or braided 2 thinner?..
also in a related question,i noticed when i put my Middle pickup in, the cable on a new SD only just reached.. the neck one would not stand a chance.. would Tim put a long (well longer if standard is not enough) cable on at request u think??
Cheers guys.
Dave.
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Sounds like you put a bridge pickup in the middle position, that's why it had shorter wire. A neck pickup's will be longer and BK neck leads are plenty long enough for LPs.
Braided wire is slimmer than 4 conductor if I remember rightly, but there's not a lot in it.
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Sounds like you put a bridge pickup in the middle position, that's why it had shorter wire. A neck pickup's will be longer and BK neck leads are plenty long enough for LPs.
Braided wire is slimmer than 4 conductor if I remember rightly, but there's not a lot in it.
nope it is def a neck humbucker APH-1n
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Was it used and cut short perhaps?
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Yeah, are you sure it was a new pickup? They normally have miles of cable, regardless of whether they're neck or bridge, and that includes Duncans.
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yea, it was a brand new sealed SD.. it had a long cable.. i was shocked.. but it must be the positioning of the cavity or something... when i put the pickup in the middle space. the cable just reached the correct pot for attaching.. their would have been no chance from the neck position