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Is it worth the hassel!!!!!!

NO, wise the bap mate and stick with the bassy beast!
2 (40%)
YES ya bum! throw that cr@p outta there and find away to get a decent bit if metal in there!
3 (60%)

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Voting closed: August 26, 2007, 01:23:07 PM

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skynyrd66

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« on: May 18, 2007, 01:23:07 PM »
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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Philly Q

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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2007, 02:30:38 PM »
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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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2007, 04:51:40 PM »
i would also suggest seeing if tim will rewind it to BKP specs
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2007, 07:08:32 PM »
I too suggest getting the pickup re wound.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2007, 08:24:24 PM »
Or a mini humbucker, theyre nice in teles
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2007, 09:28:16 PM »
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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« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2007, 07:33:10 PM »
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
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