HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

[Discharged]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

Has anyone ever made a lil 59/jbj hybrid for a strat or tele?

I don't think you can disassemble that kind of p'up without damaging it in the process.

/Peter

[Guitar Rod]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

This thread needs a bump. Just read through the whole thing over the last couple days. Bought a used 59/Custom Hybrid that will be replacing a JB this weekend and this thread has made me more confident in the decision to try it.

[Clint 55]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

I'm making a double thick A5 double screw Distortion/Custom hybrid for my new guitar you mofos.

[raistlin]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

I am thinking whether to go ahead with a Seth / A2P neck here .

[Clint 55]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

My Seth/Ant neck came out insane so I'd say go for it.

[Discharged]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

My Seth/Ant neck came out insane so I'd say go for it.

Clint, which coil of each p'up did you use for yours? If I have to guess, I'd say the winner was Ant screw coil/Seth slug coil, am I right?

/Peter

[Clint 55]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

Yes, correct!

[Discharged]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

Yes, correct!

/Peter

[blueman335]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

I've made neck hybrids by combining the coils of a bridge PAF (8.4, 4.2 per coil) and a neck PAF (7.6, 3.8 per coil). Although technically it has a higher resistance (8.0) than the stock neck model's 7.6, the .4k difference of the hybrid is enough to give a brighter, clearer neck tone without any low end mud. That's even with a warm magnet like an UOA5 or A2, which give the added bonus of a richer sonic texture. I've found that a 5% difference in coil resistance gives the benefits of a hybrid, but a brighter magnet is required to get the bright, clear tones I want. I've made neck hybrids with a '59B/'59N, '59B/SethN, A2PB/'59N, etc.

Since pickup makers share very little, if anything, about their windings, I select coils to pair up by resistance. Otherwise you can unknowingly combine two coils that have similar winding patterns or tensions, and not get much hybrid effect.

[raistlin]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

If I am soldering a screw bobbin in a hybrid (start wire to baseplate ground), between a 60W pointed tip iron and a 100W chiselled tip iron which one is more appropriate?

p/s At some point I would like to solder on humbucker covers that I have removed too.

[Chistopher]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

60W.

[Clint 55]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

You might get enough heat from the 60 watt to solder a wire to the baseplate. However, 100 watt irons are extremely useful for stuff that require a lot of heat like humbucker covers, pot backs, and soldering a ground wire to a bridge. I use a 45 watt for general soldering including delicate lugs and an 100 watt for the heavy duty stuff that I mentioned.

[Discharged]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

I use two irons, one 30W with pencil tip that I use to everything but soldering metal covers to the baseplate. To that I use a 100W with a chiseled tip.

Having said that, a 60W iron is enough to soldering covers to baseplates in most cases.

/Peter

[raistlin]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

Thanks so much Christopher, Clint and Discharged!

[SGFanatic]

Re: HOW TO: Make a 59/Custom Hybrid

I finally made my own 59/custom hybrid today. I do like it, and it’s one of the few pickups I like with an alnico V. I was considering putting an alnico IV in it, but I wanted to keep the high end. I kinda wanted to make a higher output unbucker-ish style pickup...I still might put an Alnico IV in its place, but for now it’s cool. I’m definitely happy I finally did it.