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    Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

    Hello everyone

    I'm zizyphus, and I'm a gearaholic

    I've recently been diagnosed with an atypical form of GAS: I like experimenting with pickups and magnets so much that I need to buy more guitars just to have a vehicle for the pickups to ride in.

    I've tinkered with the wiring and pickups in the guitars I have enough that I absolutely love most of them the way they are. BUT! BUT! I just NEED to try the Pearly Gates, for instance. And if I'm going to buy a Pearly, I might as well get a nice used SG to put it in... And what about Bare Knuckle? Maybe they're just overpriced and overhyped, but... how can I know for sure if I don't buy a few sets to tinker with?

    Every time I think I'm dong okay, I accidentally click on a targeted Facebook ad, and before I even know it, I fall off the wagon. Help me, friends.... Help me....
    Last edited by zizyphus; 05-06-2020, 02:45 PM.
    Gibson LP, Burstbucker 3 A6, 490R A4
    Gibson LP, Pearly Gates A6, Sentient A4
    Gibson LP BFG, Burstbucker A8, P90
    Gibson SG special T, GFS Crunchy Mini, Gibson mini A3
    Strat SSS, SD STK-6 , SSL1 middle, Bootstrap Sparkle Neck
    Strat HSS hardtail, Perpetual Burn A6, Bootstrap Sparkle mid/neck
    Tele, DMZ Area Hot T, Gibson Mini A3
    Tele, DMZ Pegasus A2, Gibson Mini A3
    Jackson V, SD Pegasus bridge, 490R A5
    PRS SE CU24: Air Norton A2, 490R A3
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  • #2
    Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

    ive totally bought guitars just to put pups in em before

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    • #3
      Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

      This is me exactly. I just emailed warmoth to add to my order another hardtail strat with a swimming pool - My ax of choice as a pickup vehicle. Even though they're closed through May and backed up after that! I saw a JBJ in the for sale forum and thought I didn't have anywhere to put it. Then thought, **** it... that's a pickup I NEED. I think it's gonna stay put though after I installed it. I have 1 flawless Fralin pickguard without a home. And I'm looking at this mini humbucker sized p90 that I don't have an idea of where I'd put it... But I'm probably going to end up getting it! Eff! Lol! I friggin love hybridizing and mag swapping too. I make a point to use every single mag that I like. 2,3,uo5,5,6,8,9. HALP!

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      • #4
        Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

        I have a Pearly Gates and a Bare Knuckle True Grit humbucker in the mail

        Somewhere, there's an SG with my name it. I don't have an SG, so how can my gear journey be complete?!?!

        Clint, I haven't gotten in to hybridizing yet, but I get that vibe that it would be DEVASTATING to my finances...
        Gibson LP, Burstbucker 3 A6, 490R A4
        Gibson LP, Pearly Gates A6, Sentient A4
        Gibson LP BFG, Burstbucker A8, P90
        Gibson SG special T, GFS Crunchy Mini, Gibson mini A3
        Strat SSS, SD STK-6 , SSL1 middle, Bootstrap Sparkle Neck
        Strat HSS hardtail, Perpetual Burn A6, Bootstrap Sparkle mid/neck
        Tele, DMZ Area Hot T, Gibson Mini A3
        Tele, DMZ Pegasus A2, Gibson Mini A3
        Jackson V, SD Pegasus bridge, 490R A5
        PRS SE CU24: Air Norton A2, 490R A3

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        • #5
          Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

          Originally posted by zizyphus View Post
          I haven't gotten in to hybridizing yet, but I get that vibe that it would be DEVASTATING to my finances...
          Oh no!

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          • #6
            Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

            wait till you buy a winder, magnets in bulk, and wire in 5lb spools

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            • #7
              Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

              ive totally bought guitars just to put pups in em before
              I've totally bought guitars to take the pickups OUT and used elsewhere (or sell).

              I purchased a damaged Ibanez GAX 50 for $42 from a local pawnshop and sold the pair of Duncan Invaders for $100.....
              The guitar is still in a gigbag waiting to be loved on.
              Last edited by ICTGoober; 05-06-2020, 05:28 PM.
              aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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              • #8
                Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                I've certainly bought pickups to try out, and then constructed hosts so I can discover new tones.

                Of course being a lefty, thats sometimes the only way I can do it - as there are many, many guitars and pickup options that simply don't exist in LH forms.

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                • #9
                  Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                  With all the wonderful pickups in the world, how can anyone have just one guitar?

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                  • #10
                    Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                    I've got a zebra JB trem spaced that I would love to put in a Floyd equiped single pickup 1 volume superstrat.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                      I wish guitar companies would let dealers sell guitars without pickups at a slightly discounted rate. The way cars are now would be like trying to buy a cooler to put your beer in, but every cooler you buy already has beer in it. Yeah it's nice to have a cooler, yeah it's nice to have beer, but I don’t need more right now, I need somewhere to put the stuff I do have.
                      You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
                      Whilst you can only wonder why

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                      • #12
                        Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                        It's possible to have too much beer?

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                        • #13
                          Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                          It's possible to have too much beer?
                          Pretty sure there are laws that point that out in no uncertain terms.
                          aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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                          • #14
                            Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                            Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
                            Pretty sure there are laws that point that out in no uncertain terms.
                            I don't mean consume. I mean possess.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Buying guitars to feed your pickup obsession

                              If you have too much beer you run out of places to keep it cold.
                              You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
                              Whilst you can only wonder why

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