funky hot grits Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hi all, I just bought a mexican 72 tele custom reissue. I was going to buy a standard reissue tele with two single coils, but felt the custom had a better bridge pickup tone and better sounding wood than the other teles on offer. I like the neck humbucker, too, but it's a bit fat for the funk rythm work that takes up most of my gig. So, does anyone out there know: 1.If my guitar's pickup is splittable? -I could get a tech to do the rest... 2.If anyone makes direct replacements for these pickups, that can be coil split or under-wound to sound more like a single coil? 3.If any other type of humbucker can be mounted under the oversized fender cover. Thanks... "Funk is it's own reward."- George Clinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I've rewired a two wire humbucker for coil tap by adding a third wire at the point where the two coils connect. Your guitar tech should be able to tell you if it's beyond his ability. If it's a wax potted pickup, it'll probably be very difficult to do. You could get a DiMarzio "Humbucker from Hell". It's supposed to sound a lot closer to a single coil pickup, but i've never heard one in person. You could also check out a Seymour Duncan '59 and wire it with a coil spliting switch. BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky hot grits Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Thanks heaps, BlueStrat. Has anyone out there got any experience with the humbucker from hell? "Funk is it's own reward."- George Clinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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