aminaziz92 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 can the soap bar p90's fit into the riviera with mini humbuckers? oh and i've heard of a myth from somewhere that the mini hum's are single coiled is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 First question: No, not without some woodworking. Different mounting system...they are interchangeable in solid body guitars, with a bit of (non-visable mounting screw holes/or bracket modification), providing the routing is deep enough. Second question: Mini-humbuckers are "humbuckers," not single coil. The older, original "New York" Epiphone pickups, which had a somewhat similar outward appearance, were...in fact, "single coil" pickups, so that may be where the confusion comes about. CB Wikipedia (short explanation) on the Mini-Humbucker: The mini-humbucker is a smaller variation of the full size PAF humbucker pickup (used in electric guitars) created by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. It has a thinner, less powerful sound than the full-size version and is frequently used in jazz guitars, mounted under the fingerboard or on the pickguard. The mini-humbucker equipped Gibson Firebird, for example, produces clearer, brighter tones that are quite unlike typical Gibson sounds, and fit well between single coils and full-sized humbuckers in the tonal spectrum. Mini-humbuckers were originally featured on Epiphone electric guitars (now manufactured under license for Gibson) and several of Gibson's archtop jazz guitars. Mini-humbuckers were also used on Gibson Firebird guitars, thus giving them a very distinctive tone. By the 1970s, mini-humbuckers had replaced Gibson's original P-90 single-coil pickups on several of Gibson's budget guitar models, as well as the Les Paul Deluxe. Only select re-issue Gibson models are still made with Mini-Humbuckers, as they are less popular than standard humbuckers. Variations of this design are used in Rickenbacker 650 guitars and 4004 basses. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-humbucker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL-KABONG! Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Is there a Brooklyn Bridge in Brunei? :D ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) Are mini-wheats made outta corn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aminaziz92 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 thanks a lot CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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