Silenced Fred Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi all. I have a Les Paul Faded VM and I'm going to be swapping out the pickups for a P94 in the neck and a Filtertron in the bridge (well actually Powertron) and I'm going to add a Bigsby. Any ideas, suggestions, places where to get the best price, etc? Thanks
Dr. Gonzo Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 My favorites for parts are WD and Stewart-MacDonald. Good prices and service.
jnastynebr Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Check out gman.music on ebay. New parts are going to be close to the same price anywhere that you buy them. gman.music buys unused but new parts from guitar factories and sells them at a discount. I bought a new $115 pickup from him for $65.
FennRx Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 I must be a dinosaur...I don't even know what a Powertron is
Silenced Fred Posted February 2, 2011 Author Posted February 2, 2011 I must be a dinosaur...I don't even know what a Powertron is its a suped up filtertron. More gain and a little hotter And thanks guys, I'll check those out for pricing
Guest BentonC Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I've heard good things about the vibramate. On the Gibson forums actually. I love it when simple ideas are executed really well...
Andre S Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I've heard good things about the vibramate. On the Gibson forums actually. I love it when simple ideas are executed really well... I can't wait for their Maestro model. So I can finally get a Gibby SG and slap it on.
FennRx Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 its a suped up filtertron. More gain and a little hotter And thanks guys, I'll check those out for pricing wth is a filtertron? lmao
kaleb Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 wth is a filtertron? lmao A Filtertron was the humbucker made by Gretsch starting around 1958. It was supposed to be a competitor to the Gibson, but it turned out to be a rockabilly machine, not a dark, throaty, distortion laden pickup like the PAF. When Baldwin ceased production of Gretsch GUITARS in 1980, the Filtertron was no longer being produced, and were not really produced until the early 2000s when a dude by the name of TV Jones started making them. They produce OEM pickups for Fender/Gretsch today, and the Powertron is a product of theirs. Other brands making Filtertrons are the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, and other small pickup manufacturers like Jason Lollar. The Filtertron pickup in a 1963 Gretsch Jet Firebird with heavy gauge Gibson strings straight into a cranked Marshall 100 watt SuperBass Plexi is what gives AC/DC their sound.
Silenced Fred Posted February 3, 2011 Author Posted February 3, 2011 Vibramate? or drilling? Drilling. And Kaleb hit it on the head. I love em, actually super sweet with some distortion, not all muddy. Jack White uses em...
Andre S Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Drilling. And Kaleb hit it on the head. I love em, actually super sweet with some distortion, not all muddy. Jack White uses em... You sure man? that will be a pain in the *** to reverse. Are you swapping pots and caps? IDK if I missed it earlier.
Silenced Fred Posted February 4, 2011 Author Posted February 4, 2011 You sure man? that will be a pain in the *** to reverse. Are you swapping pots and caps? IDK if I missed it earlier. I don't want to reverse it. I will be getting an SG Classic later and will leave that one with a stop tail piece. So I will have one with a Bigsby, and one without. And even if I didn't drill, I heard that they stay fine even without drilling even though I would. I haven't thought about it, but yeah I will probably be swapping pots and caps. Any recommendations?
Dr. Gonzo Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 You may HAVE to change pots, if the values are different than the stock ones. Then again, sometimes mis-matches create beautiful sounds!
Geert1976 Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 I modded both my LP's: 1991: pick-ups: neck: SD SH-2N Jazz, middle: Gibson 496R, Bridge: SD-SH4 JB. Jimmy Page Wiring--> on coilsplit by Push-pull on volumepots, in-out of phase on tone-pots Flipswitch (on-off) for middle humbucker. Bisgy B7 installed (the Neil Young way), and a Shaller rolling brigde 1991 Bigsby B5 installed in combination with a vibramate Yeah, i'm a bit nutty and I love playing Zeppelin and Neil Young
Silenced Fred Posted February 5, 2011 Author Posted February 5, 2011 Geert- those are beautiful! I love the Bigsby, especially just to add a little bit on ringing chords, nothing too crazy for me. Interesting for the mini toggle on the middle pickup, I have considering doing all toggles for a 3 pickup guitar, either on or off (much in the Jack White way) Love me some Neil Young, after an SG Classic, my next guitar will be an ebony traditional that I will add a Bigsby too, change out the tuners to Grovers, and that's actually about it. God, I love guitars
cdntac Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 I just ordered a pickup through this Ebay seller. Free shipping on most pickups and decent prices. I happened to come across him while I was searching for a good price on SD pickups. Seems to have a lot of pickups for sale! http://stores.ebay.com/banjomikez
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