Hi, A friend gave me a DeArmond Starfire Special electric guitar - semi-hollow body. Electrics are completely new to me, been an acoustic "snob" ;^) for sometime. Since receiving such a nice guitar I "had" to get something decent to play it thru. After looking around I found a Fender Hotrod Deville 4X10 which does a pretty decent job - actually that is a sweet amp for what I want to play.
The DeArmond does not produce the humbucker sound, and that makes sense since it has a pair of single coils on it. They sound OK but I am looking for a Blues sound like Alvin Lee or John Lee Hooker, and Classic Rock of Alman Bros, Lynerd Skynerd. The guitar is a nice player, so I would like to keep it, but I am blown away by the choices of pickup both here and at other p-up manufacturers. Heh, this would be so much easier if this were an acoustic! ;^)
Question 1: I need some help in putting a pair of p-up together that will give me "that" sound. Of maybe a vintage Gibson 335? Preferably I would like a p-up that requires no modification to the guitar - except wiring of course. Some of the combos I have considered are a SDBR-1 Duckbucker for the neck and a SM-3 SeymourizedTM Mini Humbucker or SJBJ-1 JB Jr. Any ideas - suggestions?
Question 2: I would prefer to do the install/setup myself, I do the setup and pickup installs on all my acoustics. Is that possible to do for a novice to electrics?
Sorry for the long first post and TIA,
The DeArmond does not produce the humbucker sound, and that makes sense since it has a pair of single coils on it. They sound OK but I am looking for a Blues sound like Alvin Lee or John Lee Hooker, and Classic Rock of Alman Bros, Lynerd Skynerd. The guitar is a nice player, so I would like to keep it, but I am blown away by the choices of pickup both here and at other p-up manufacturers. Heh, this would be so much easier if this were an acoustic! ;^)
Question 1: I need some help in putting a pair of p-up together that will give me "that" sound. Of maybe a vintage Gibson 335? Preferably I would like a p-up that requires no modification to the guitar - except wiring of course. Some of the combos I have considered are a SDBR-1 Duckbucker for the neck and a SM-3 SeymourizedTM Mini Humbucker or SJBJ-1 JB Jr. Any ideas - suggestions?
Question 2: I would prefer to do the install/setup myself, I do the setup and pickup installs on all my acoustics. Is that possible to do for a novice to electrics?
Sorry for the long first post and TIA,
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