Andrew Riggs Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 This might be the stupidest question of all time but can I take out a humbucker and replace it with a single coil on my epiphone les paul custom ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvar Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Given the amount of money and time you want to spend, you can do anything you want- However, for the least amount of money and time, try looking at: Seymour Duncan Phat Cat Gibson P94 GFS Dream 90 All of these are P90 single coil pickups, in a humbucker size case- no mods to your LP, a drop in replacement. If you want to put a Strat type single coil, I think that someone makes adapter rings for those, but I'm not sure where I saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 A buddy of mine just did it for zero dollars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb8vIA70XGs&feature=plcp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 A buddy of mine just did it for zero dollars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb8vIA70XGs&feature=plcp Sounds great clean, but when he put on the dirt i went for the hills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valeriy Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Yes, there are no restrictions for replacement, unless the relative sizes of pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Andrew, given what you want in tone, and what you've stated what you don't like thus far, you'll most likely hate any P-90 pickup..... I suggest reading the thread by ScottGrove, a bit down this page........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 This might be the stupidest question of all time but can I take out a humbucker and replace it with a single coil on my epiphone les paul custom ? Yes. The P94 is a humbucker sized single coil. Have one in my SG Special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Yes. The P94 is a humbucker sized single coil. Have one in my SG Special. I don't think he's going for the P-90 tone though. Seymour Duncan's custom shop might make some Strat single coils in a humbucker casing. I think Tele or Jazzmaster pickups would be cool in a Les Paul, or any Gibson for that matter. Imagine that, an angled Tele bridge pup screwed directly to an R9! The P-94s and SD Phat Cats are the bee's knees, but if I was to get a humbucker-sized P-90, I would get the Arcane PX-100, which is one of the two Phil X signature pickups they make. That's just what I would personally like though. You (and many others) are happy with the others out there so I don't mean to rain on your parade (like I did with the coily cables...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogerb Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Looks like it has already been mentioned but yes the Gibson P-94 is a single coil pickup in a humbucker housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Doesn't this kit basically give you a single coil option? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110788963092+&item=110788963092 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Allparts(.com) sells adapter rings, & I believe GuitarFetish(.com) also sells them. both are reasonably priced. good luck & let us know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buliwyf Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 OK maybe I'm missing something here but why not just split the coils of either your bridge pu or neck pu for a single coil sound.Unless you really think having a single coil pu in a LP looks cool.If your HB's dont split buy new HB's that do and have both killer HB sounds in case you ever want them or keep them split and viola single coils in your LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightTimeConcealmentX91 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Isn't that what "coil tap" is for? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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