Buxom Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 The neck pickup for this old guitar died, so I got the creative wheels turning (once again) I broke out my grandpa's old Black and Decker hand saw and went to town, and this is what I ended up with. Now, I need a new pickup. First of all, I want something heavy, and it obviously has to fit Fender specs. Second of all, I DO NOT want a mini HB. I hate them. That being said, give me a good suggestion in the range of $50 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 I cleaned it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Now, I need a new pickup. First of all, I want something heavy, and it obviously has to fit Fender specs. Second of all, I DO NOT want a mini HB. I hate them. That being said, give me a good suggestion in the range of $50 or so. I do not understand your request for suggestions. I'll throw this out though- for what I understand about what you like, your style and your taste, I would think a Mini would be right up your alley. The Gibby Mini specifically. Crunch city. Mean mids. Don't know what you mean by "heavy" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Something that I can make scream, is "heavy" I guess. And I tracked down a pickup, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I can't really give any advice on a single coil pick up. I think that's cool how you made a pickup ring tho. Good use of materials you had on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I "re-purposed" a football shaped piece of an old Strat pg to make an input socket plate for a Tele I built in which the paulowana wood was just too soft to hold the traditional round/countersunk Tele input plate. It lays on top of the guitar edge, LP style, and over the round hole....the 2 small screws I added fit just outside the hole, each about 1/2 way between the 1/4" socket hole & each end of the "football".....being thin it contours perfectly to the body curvature, and has served w/o issue for over a year now. When I played the 1st chord on that guitar I shrieked "it LIVES!!! my monster LIVES!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valeriy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It is really difficult to advise because a conventional heavy style is usually played by means of wide HBs. For closer two points of capturing vibrations from a string (as it is in Mini HBs) spectrums of these vibrations become more similar at each other, i.e. a total spectrum of the Mini HB will be poorer than from the wide HB. There are also hum-canceller pickups for such size. But hum-canceller is almost like the sound of a conventional single-coil pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The hottest pickup you are going to find in a Strat size is the Seymour Duncan Lil'59 mini unless there is an active EMG I don't know about. Bottom line is if you do not want a mini then put in a full size humbucker in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 This guy custom wound some pick-ups for me a while back, did a good job to. http://www.manliusguitar.com/custom.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 GFS "Lil Killer" twinblades.....measure out at 8.5k 11k & 15k they scream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 What about P-90s-sized Super Distortions? (Won't fit into 50$ budget, tough). Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The hottest pickup you are going to find in a Strat size is the Seymour Duncan Lil'59 mini unless there is an active EMG I don't know about. Bottom line is if you do not want a mini then put in a full size humbucker in. I think you might be right. This could be interesting, because the stock hole and stock size of a Tele neck pup is real, real little. There's only so much you can fit in a small space, and that might be the limit. When it comes to stuffing all that in there for output, there could be a big, BIG difference between what you can stuff in a Strat size and the Tele neck size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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