SSH guitars

[Dave Sloven]

I guess with humbucker-sized P90s an SG Custom could be made into any configuration of P90 single coils and humbuckers.  HSS, HSH, SHS, SSH, HHH, SSS.

SHS would be odd.

I've never played a three pickup Gibson but I'm guessing that the middle pickup might get in the way a bit

[Philly Q]

I guess with humbucker-sized P90s an SG Custom could be made into any configuration of P90 single coils and humbuckers.  HSS, HSH, SHS, SSH, HHH, SSS.

SHS would be odd.

I've never played a three pickup Gibson but I'm guessing that the middle pickup might get in the way a bit

I agree that the middle pickup gets in the way, but the biggest pain with three-pickup Gibson SGs and Les Pauls is the awkward wiring arrangement using the normal 3-way switch and pairs of volume and tone controls.  A three-pickup Gibson would be cool with more Strat-like wiring using a five-way switch.

[bucketshred]

http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?stock=11011312573532&gclid=CP_LofKDpbkCFZPItAodtzAAlg

SHS

[Zaned]

Here's mine.

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18963.msg255241#msg255241

Mind you, I have installed a resistor for both the middle and neck pickup, between the volume pot and the hot wire (IF I remember correctly). The effect is that the single coils see the volume pot as 250k, and the humbucker sees it as 500k. I got the advice directly from doing a search on this forum.

The guitar was brighter when it was brand new (sounds warmer and very balanced now, after a few years and lots of hours of playing) , and the SCs felt a bit brittle with the 500k pot. This was an easy fix and the cost was next to nothing.

HSS strats really are versatile instruments, especially when you get a pickup combination that works for you and the guitar. If I have to pick just one guitar for our cover set, this is usually it. 

-Zaned

[dave_mc]

HSS strats really are versatile instruments, especially when you get a pickup combination that works for you and the guitar. If I have to pick just one guitar for our cover set, this is usually it. 

-Zaned

I think that's a very important point- a lot of HSS (and HSH) guitars have very modern-sounding pickups, and I get the feeling a lot of people write them off as a style of guitar because of the pickups they've happened to try them with, which isn't really fair. (I get a similar feeling about high gain amps which tend to be paired with modern-sounding speakers and cabinets.)

Obviously that's not to say you still can't like them, but you might as well give them a fair shot at the same time.