JSheen Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Good day fellow Gibson users. About 3 months ago I bought a Gibson LP Junior, after playing guitar for about 3-4 years, so far I really liked it. (this isn't my guitar, just plucked it off the net. my Junior is red ) So lately, I've been thinking about installing a second pickup (neck-positioned) besides the p-90's, which are really nice, safe to say, but I think everyone will agree that 2 pups are better than 1. In comes the question: there'll be 2 main problems, first, the pickguard's bottom-right screw won't be covered with any other pickguard compatible with 2 pickups, and second, the pickupswitch. I mean, it'll probably be a nasty job for the people I'd hire it to do, let alone the costs.. For any further explanation, this example: Slightly like the neck pick-up on this John Lennon model. Presuming everything is well possible and not extremely expensive, do you guys have any Pickups to (personnaly)recommend? I mostly play blues and solo's in the Slash and Lynyrd Synyrd area. My amp is a Blackstar HT5 by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I modified the heck out of my 2008 LPJ[biggrin] ..... I went with a vintagevibe Charlie Christian pup in the neck.... A little sound demo for ya[cool] [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSheen Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Nice sound :)! yeah thats pretty much what i meant with the customization, apart from the neck pup. how much did the pup and switch installation cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Nice sound :)!yeah thats pretty much what i meant with the customization' date=' apart from the neck pup. how much did the pup and switch installation cost?[/quote'] The CC pickup was $99, $10 for the switchcraft pup selector switch, $3 for the pup selector cavity cover plate. The pup install was about $250. This included the routing of the pickup selector cavity. Used the stock volume and tone pots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSheen Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 The CC pickup was $99' date=' $10 for the switchcraft pup selector switch, $3 for the pup selector cavity cover plate. The pup install was about $250. This included the routing of the pickup selector cavity. Used the stock volume and tone pots[/quote'] Alright, but those 250 dollars seem so much compared with the 110 dollars for basically the whole thing :l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 :) Keep us posted on the progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 very sweet sound indeed Duane! perhaps it was a bit pricey, but you end up with a unique guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I could have saved some cost if I hadn't purchased a 1972 aluminum tailpiece and a ABR1 bridge from a gutted R9.... That was a bit expensive[blush] However the labor cost included fret dressing and having the fretboard micro-buffed.... Overall for $1500 total, I got what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSheen Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 So does anyone else have any experience with installing a second pickup on a single pup guitar, costs? Or any good pups to recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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