AngryHatter Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Honeymoon is in full bloom. Someone will chime in and mention the magnets have changed over the years and ONLY xyz magnets sound like a real FB. This guitar has Fender chime and humbucker growl. I happen to like the neck profile. The geometry of the body & neck works for my fat belly. I get a nice handle on the guitar and can attack to my hearts content. I am cheap. So I got the pelham blue finish which is $800 less than vintage sunburst. These pickups are very versatile. They are responsive and follow my lead well. And even though the volume and tone wiring are "good enough" I may want to upgrade the harness since the chicklet caps make me squirm. Any suggestions on that front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Honeymoon is in full bloom. Someone will chime in and mention the magnets have changed over the years and ONLY xyz magnets sound like a real FB. This guitar has Fender chime and humbucker growl. I happen to like the neck profile. The geometry of the body & neck works for my fat belly. I get a nice handle on the guitar and can attack to my hearts content. I am cheap. So I got the pelham blue finish which is $800 less than vintage sunburst. These pickups are very versatile. They are responsive and follow my lead well. And even though the volume and tone wiring are "good enough" I may want to upgrade the harness since the chicklet caps make me squirm. Any suggestions on that front? I'm usually not a fan of pelham blue, but the guitar in your avatar looks really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryHatter Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Got mini humbuckers already... 90's Nighthawks and 2013 reissues have one in the neck position. The Landmark editions have 2 of them - bridge and neck obviously. What took you so long to realize it? It was a question of money, not choice. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryHatter Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 I'm usually not a fan of pelham blue, but the guitar in your avatar looks really good! Thanks. Same here. I wanted sunburst but the $800 difference made it prohibitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I have a lot of guitars, but only one mini. It's in the neck position on my Vintage Modified Squire Tele. Love the pickup and love the guitar even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryHatter Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 That's neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valtyr Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Agreed. I like the mini humbuckers in my 2017 Firebird T. I also have mini humbuckers in my EB/MM Silhouette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I love mini humbs. Nothing (I use) sounds better. I have them on my Ric 650. And for the same reason they are on Firebirds; through-neck construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill 212 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 The only Mini-Humbucker I have ever played through is in my 1994 NIGHTHAWK Standard ST-3, and it is pretty BAD-A$$. What impresses me most about it is the clarity I get out of it. In terms of Tone it has the EXACT same TONE as the Neck Pick-Up in my 2018 EXPLORER 'ELITE' which is a Burst-Bucker 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I have a Taylor solid body with mini humbuckers. They were designed and built by Taylor, but like others here with Gibson mini's have said they are just super, super clean and clear. They can get nasty if your overdrive the amp or use pedals, but the clean's the thing with these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 My first Gibson bought used in 1973 was a 1969 Les Paul Deluxe. This model was originally modified to use up a pile of Epiphone mini humbuckers Gibson had leftover after they moved Epiphone production to Japan. A P-90 pickup cover was routed out to fill in the gap of the original P-90 version gold top. Even Lester himself loved the tone of the LP Deluxe. I have a newer Firebird also, with ceramic magnet mini's but I've always liked the tone of the original PAF mini's best...…….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I never understood why anyone would get mini-humbuckers over the regular ones. What's the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I never understood why anyone would get mini-humbuckers over the regular ones. What's the deal? Play one. You'll find out what you are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I really like them too. They have their own thing going on. I did a build with one and was really happy with the results.. I generally tend to use PIO caps so that what I would go for :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Mini hums.........sometimes it gets weird......lol NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I never understood why anyone would get mini-humbuckers over the regular ones. What's the deal? For the very same reason folks have guitars with single-coil Fender / P-90 / Filtertrons / A.N.Other. They have their own unique sound. Mini hums.........sometimes it gets weird......lol... I loved it when you did it first and I'm still loving it. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool SSS guy where Strats are concerned but that is an exception to my credo. That is one Superb looking Strat! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I would hit that. Hard. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 thanks! It began as an american special strat......I wanted to do a bit of messing with it, so it got a new capri orange body. I was going to keep it SSS and perhaps add a stacked bucker in the bridge, but a craigslist add local to me had the fully pre wired pickguard assembly ready to drop in for less than the two Seymour Duncan pickups could be had. The pickguard color matched the orange well, so no brainer... the "Creamsicle" was born. it will coil split to the two outer coils, two inner coils, phase, and just regular HH, so it's got quite a range of tones. Top that off with the fact that in my opinion, the american special is a HUGE bang for the buck guitar, and it's a really fun fiddle for not a lot of cash. I need to get a proper picture of it. NHTom well, a little better...need to get it out in the daylight..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I remember that. Lively I thought. I am going to have to owe it to myself to get mini hbs...for quite awhile in fact. The forseeable future. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 My first Gibson bought used in 1973 was a 1969 Les Paul Deluxe ... Even Lester himself loved the tone of the LP Deluxe. Guitar Center has a Les Paul Deluxe for $1599 (comes with a HSC too) that has been completely gnawing at me ... Your awesome post is not helping the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I think you are talking about the Firebird in your avatar. Steve Ford loves his. That is true. I play the Firebird every day, the others just sit in their cases most of the time. The guitar just fits me right and I do like the sound from them; you can get pretty close with a Lucille with the VariTone, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Firebird pickups & L.p. Deluxe Humbuckers are 2 different animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltouch Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 My first impressions of mini humbuckers dates back to the early 70s, where they were found in LPs like the one pictured above. I never understood the appeal, however, because the guys that played them were getting a very thin, brittle sound out of their guitars -- so uncharacteristic of the LP sound I was familiar with. So to me they were pickups to be avoided. Perhaps it was just the setups the guys were using though. After all, this was the early 70s, which pretty much meant that, if you were after tone, you had your choice between Marshalls and Fenders. Still, my attitude then was -- and often still is -- they should be yanked out and replaced with proper P90s, whose cavities they're using anyway. So one question I have about the minis is have they ever been reformulated by Gibson over the years? I'm sure they probably have, but I also don't know what the results of these reformulations might have been. At any rate, you guys have me curious now. So now I need to go listen to some Gibsons with mini 'buckers played through good amplification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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