Oscar Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 http://www.billlawrence.com/Images/Pickups/250small.jpg --> http://strings.gibson.com/images/pickups/classics_r01_c08.jpg Compadres, I removed the stock PAF from my Epi and installed an old friend instead: an '87 OBL dual-blade minibucker in single-coil format. I ain't never heard a better pickup. It's been in 6 guitars. The guitars got sold, the pickup didn't. That thing twangs like nothing else, cleans up marvellously when rolling down the volume, is bright without being brittle, etc. Long story short: it's a fantastic match with my Epi hollowbody. Stunning, actually. Stunning as it may sound, it looks totally stupid to mount a single coil inside a humbucking pickup ring. Big gap on both sides, looking straight into the guitar's hollow interior. Which brings me to the question at hand: any suggestions how to neatly mount a single coil in a humbucking-size hole?! Oscar plays a stock Gibson Les Paul with P90's, a stock Epiphone Alleykat (both strung with .011's with a wound G), a Fender HotRod Deluxe, a Fender Frontman 15 Reverb and a Vox ValveTone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Seems like Carvin sells a humbuck sized plate that mounts in the route and has a single coil size mount inside it. If you can't find that, you could always make one out of pick guard material or ultra thin plywood like the model airplane guys use. -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave251 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Go down to your local mom & pop music store...find an old, broken Strat pickguard...and cut out around the pickup hole...mount this in your 'bucker ring....and there you have it.... Dave Wendler Instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboDog Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 OR..... throw another single coil next to it and dont connect it. or throw another single coil nect to it and connect it and modify your switch system. Hell, throw a Hot Rails next to it and set a switch to run them apart or together and think of all the tones you'll get!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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