LaRouteDu Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Well i can get a pair of gold 490R and 498T pickups for about 90 bucks for both. I want to put them in my Sherry. Sounds like a good ideal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 reputable source? Go for it. Iffy? Move on. There are counterfietters out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboatcandream Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Even if they're authentic, they might not be the right pickups for you. Or maybe they're the right pickups for you, and not the right pickups for that guitar. Or maybe they'll be exactly what you're after. The only way to really know is to try them out. There are too many variables to say without actually installing them and seeing what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Well i can get a pair of gold 490R and 498T pickups for about 90 bucks for both. I want to put them in my Sherry. Sounds like a good ideal? Where I live that'd be a deal for one PU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRizZ Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Where I live that'd be a deal for one PU... Yeah man, that's bargain city right there! I'd get them , and even if they aren't right for the Sherry I'd keep them until I had a guitar they would be good in - Les Paul, SG - somthing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Those are the pick ups I put in my Sheraton. I like them a lot, very full clean warm sound. I bought them from GC so I know they are real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 The pickups are the real deal. They were originaly on a Les Paul Studio but somehow the guitar was destroyed in anacident, so there selling the guitar for parts. The pickups are virtuly new. Im very short for money and wanted to do the cheat method of installing new pickups but it seems that the stock pups only have one red wire, am i able to splice the new pups to the old pups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hmmm..that may explain the price. Gibson humbuckers have Red = hot, Green + White soldered together, and Black = bare wire = ground for standard wiring; for parallel wiring, they are connected Red + Green soldered together = hot and Black + White + bare soldered together = ground. It sounds like the pickups have had the leads clipped off. I couldn't tell if they are salvageable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 I mean MY stock pups only have one thin red wire going into the body. Are they supose to be like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hmmm..that may explain the price. Gibson humbuckers have Red = hot' date=' Green + White soldered together, and Black = bare wire = ground for standard wiring; for parallel wiring, they are connected Red + Green soldered together = hot and Black + White + bare soldered together = ground.[/quote'] IIRC the standard pickups fitted in Gibsons are 2 wires(unless they have switching options like the Page LP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I mean MY stock pups only have one thin red wire going into the body. Are they supose to be like that? If you lifted the neck pickup to have a looksy, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 So am i able to use the cheat method with the 490r/498t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Enybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hmmm..that may explain the price. Gibson humbuckers have Red = hot' date=' Green + White soldered together, and Black = bare wire = ground for standard wiring; for parallel wiring, they are connected Red + Green soldered together = hot and Black + White + bare soldered together = ground. It sounds like the pickups have had the leads clipped off. I couldn't tell if they are salvageable. [/quote'] No. Some Gibson aftermarket pickups have four conductor wiring; the factory models have the single shielded wire. Yes, you can use the 'cheat' method. The center conductor is the 'hot' side and the outside conductor is the ground connection. At 90 bucks for the pair you should jump all over those suckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 So i have to take it to a shop to get them replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderstruck507 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 If nothing else buy them and resell them for $80 each and get something else. might be a little hot of a pickup for that kinda guitar, but maybe not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 I dont think they would be to hot. but i would like the sherry to have some UMMP to it. cuz right now it sounds like a guitar in a tin can when it comes to solos and then when i do chords it sounds like im playing a bass but you can hear every string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shartom Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I'm currently modding my Joe Pass. When I pulled the neck pickup, it had only one red wire. I assume it is shielded. There isn't much slack to work with. I have a set of the pickups you are looking at in my Gubson LP Studio. They are very hot. I'm not sure if they would be suitable in my Sheraton. For $90 it siunds like a good deal, orovided they are true Gibson's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 I'm currently modding my Joe Pass. When I pulled the neck pickup' date=' it had only one red wire. I assume it is shielded.There isn't much slack to work with. I have a set of the pickups you are looking at in my Gubson LP Studio. They are very hot. I'm not sure if they would be suitable in my Sheraton. For $90 it siunds like a good deal, orovided they are true Gibson's [/quote'] so i cant splice the pups on to my guitar then? Yeah there real deal gibby pups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 so i cant splice the pups on to my guitar then? Yeah there real deal gibby pups. Sure you can. Go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 i would but i dont want to ruin to pickups if they wount go hand and hand with spliceing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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