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has anybody done this? how would it sound??? I have a JB and my friend wants to get a custom, would it be cool to do a hybrid job on it? one would be A5 and one would be Ceramic right? or does it mean we will get 2 identical pickups with half ceramic and half A5? also...which has more bottom...

Hi guys,, any suggestions on how I can go about achieving this? the strat body has swimming pool routing, and i want to install soapars into it (after modifying the pickguard of course..) neck and bridge position.. any suggestions appreciated!:fingersx:

Is there any reason why these combos arent common place? is it just tradition to have bolt neck alder/ash strats and people tend to stick with it? Would a set neck alder/ash strat sound better than a bolt neck (the same way a set neck LP/PRS is superior to a bolt neck), or does it lose some of...

Has anyone ever done this??? Any ideas on the sound..? I know P90s in teles work well but how would it sound in a strat.. im thinking of sticking an SP90-1n and SP90-3b into a alder strat body + maple/maple neck ive got lying around

I've read nothing but absolutely raving reviews about Jeff's (highorder) pick-ups in an australian guitar forum just wondering what anybody here thinks of them, and what models has anybody tried?

have read so much about these and dying to hear a sample.. i want to hear what this 3D tone is all about.. since pickups are abit pricey down under trying a million different pickups by buying them isnt an option for most poor students! Thanks! :laugh2:

What would be the best way to go about boosting the signal of a tapped SH-2n Jazz humbucker? EQ pedal or clean boost? does an EQ pedal boost dB or just shape the EQ curve? If I just put all the frequencies at maximum would I just be boosting the signal but not affecting the tone or would I be...

went into a big music shop here in perth and picked up 3 or 4 brand new les pauls and noticed they were all very light,, i didnt get a chance to plug them in but i gave them a strum unplugged and the sound seemed kind of "shallow" what do you guys reckon? you rekon gibson are using poorer...

www.belmanguitars.com check out these guitars from melbourne, awesome instruments! the bass player in my band just got the Hornet model and it's really mid-heavy it's got a chambered queensland maple body, set neck 22 frets, ebony fretboard queensland maple is an australian tonewood which...

another P-90 question,, Can I swap the baseplates between a SP90-1n and a SP90-3b I want to put the SP90-1n in my les paul but it wont fit with the vintage correct baseplate it fits in the bridge position (ive got the sp90-1n in the bridge now) this way both pickups can be fitted onto my...

Does the custom have that compressed feel typical of ceramics??? I'm reading alot on here that its very versatile and has PAF-ish qualities to it I've only ever played one ceramic (SP90-3b) and i didnt dig the feel of its clean tones because it lacked the chime i like in alnico pickups Does...

Hey guys, just wondering if anybody here (maybe someone from duncan) knows if the SP-901n would fit in a PRS soapbar SE??? it didnt fit in the neck position of my LP studio gem and now ive got it in the bridge, (and my sp-903b is sitting in its box) i wanna make my LP all original again and...

Hi guys, Need your advice! I'm getting my gibson P-90 re-wound and was wondering on what would be a good output range to get it wound to? i was thinking 10-11k? the stock gibson is abit bland sounding, not enough presence and bass in the bridge position, its got treble but i dont even think...

Can a 3 pickup les paul custom be wired this way Jazz Neck Jb Custom 5 bridge 1 master tone 3 independent volumes for the pickups where in the middle position, by manipulating the volume controls i can have 2 pickups on 10 and one pickup on 0 or just one pickup running etc. as i understand...

Hi guys,, I just found an australian on Ebay selling Alnico 2,3,4,5 and ceramic 8.. just wondering if anybody has ever mucked around with magnet swaps on these pickups Im having an internal battle with the Jb at the moment: yeah its a great all rounder and it cuts through like a knife but its...