Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: skynyrd66 on May 18, 2007, 01:23:07 PM
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Well i want to fit a standard type humbucker to the neck of my telecaster custom, fed up with the rubbish Seth lover "wide range" re issue thats there at the minuit!
would it work if i fitted a pickup surround to the scratch plate to take a standard humbucker, i suspect that the surround would be too high and the strings would catch the surround! i dont know what to do! I want a decent humbucker at the neck! and getting a pickguard made for a standard humbucker is not the road i wanna go down! i really dont!
NEED HELP AND ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Even if a narrow mounting ring would fit under the strings, I think it might still be a bit smaller than the Fender humbucker. And you'd have to drill a couple of holes in the scratchplate so it'd be ruined anyway.
I'd probably get a new scratchplate, but I agree it'd be a shame because the Fender humbucker looks very cool.
What about getting the Fender pickup rewound/rebuilt by BKP? It would cost almost as much as a new pickup, but worth it I think.
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i would also suggest seeing if tim will rewind it to BKP specs
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I too suggest getting the pickup re wound.
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Or a mini humbucker, theyre nice in teles
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have you tried switching the volume pot to 1M? - I've mentioned it to a few people on this forum but can't remember who. a 1M pot will give the pickup some sparkle back and take away that muffled bass tone. this will be the best two quid you'll ever spend.
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I vote for changing to a 1 meg pot too! Those re-issues Wide Range pups aren't as cool as the originals but they aren't too bad. Any 'bucker through a 250k pot isn't gonna sound it's best.
It's a simple job - try the 1 meg pot and if you don't like it then swap the pickup.
CJ