Crash course in Humbucker surgery

JPH118

JPH118

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So, got my superstrat all wired up last weekend, decided the Jazz neck wasn't what i wanted, so I snagged a 59N for a nice price on ebay. Couldn't believe when it arrived in the mail today, and couldn't wait to get it wired up. After desoldering and unmounting the Jazz, I realized the 59 had longer legs on its baseplate... the kind that would fit in a Les Paul, but not a Strat. Avoiding the impulse to punch the wall, I thought about it for a minute, and figured, how difficult could it possibly be to swap baseplates? Yada yada, waxy fingers and long story short, I now have a 59N in my Strat and i LOVE it (especially pos 4 with SSL2), and I learned a great deal about humbucker guts!

Also, if anyone is interested in a post-op Jazz, PM me!
 
Re: Crash course in Humbucker surgery

I had this problem with some Antiquity HBs. i removed a little body wood, carefully. I wish I had thought of this.
 
Re: Crash course in Humbucker surgery

Both my Japanese and Korean 335 copies have shallow p'up cavities, so I have to use short-legged baseplates in any p'up I'd like to install.

To not lose the p'up resale value, I buy short-legged baseplates and simply transfer the rest of the p'up and assemble it onto the new baseplate.

These baseplates are the ones I use, they're just as good-sounding as the Duncan ones:

http://www.mojotone.com/guitar-part...ckel-Silver-Humbucker-Frame-Short-49-2mm-1-94

HTH,
 
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