Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

Thanks, crazytooguy. I forgot the name molex. You'd probably find similiar connections in your computer. Maybe a computer parts store woud sell them cheap? Has anyone seen them for sale online? I've been soldering pickups in my guitars for a decade ( passives and EMG's) yet i'd still like to try this as I'm a "compulsive swapper" and I agree with Jester700 about it not making much difference unless your guitar is soldered to your amp , heh.
 
Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

Floyd Rose also had a concept guitar with a quick swap pickup system I believe...
 
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I totally remember a guitar that did that! I almost want to say it was Seymour - but maybe not. SD actually made an amp that swapped tubes, I know for sure - The Seymour Duncan Convertable. And I'm pretty sure that upon request DiMarzio will put some sort of doodad like we've seen here. But as has also been said, in about five minutes you could put your own on if you are really into swapping pups that much. For a one time switch, though, I say weld it!
 
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Aceman said:
And I'm pretty sure that upon request DiMarzio will put some sort of doodad like we've seen here.
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Really?? Wow, I've never heard of them doing that but stranger things have happened. Wouldn't they need to supply you with the other end as well though so you could attach it to your guitar??
 
Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

Gibson made a Les Paul that I saw on E-bay years back. It wasn't a production Les Paul, it was made for dealers to demonstrate different pickups. Gibson just used 9 volt battery connectors for each pickup to connect the pickup to the wiring in the pickup cavity. However, as can be expected, it only worked with the 2 conductor gibson pickups. For modern wiring you would need 2 9 volt battery connectors per pickup if you wanted to take advantage of 4 conductor wiring.
 
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jmh151 said:
Gibson made a Les Paul that I saw on E-bay years back. It wasn't a production Les Paul, it was made for dealers to demonstrate different pickups. Gibson just used 9 volt battery connectors for each pickup to connect the pickup to the wiring in the pickup cavity. However, as can be expected, it only worked with the 2 conductor gibson pickups. For modern wiring you would need 2 9 volt battery connectors per pickup if you wanted to take advantage of 4 conductor wiring.
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Those were dealer demo guitars, there's one on ebay right now.

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Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

brassgiblets said:
Thanks, crazytooguy. I forgot the name molex. You'd probably find similiar connections in your computer. Maybe a computer parts store woud sell them cheap?
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An electronics supplier would sell them, However, that's not what I'm looking for, I misunderstood ... See that wouldn't help with changes to the switching system itself (think rotary switches, and multipole lever switches, as well as DPDT and 4PDTs) ... I think I'm looking for the ultra small bullet and receptacle connectors like in automotive crimp connections, you solder,crimp, reheat, and heatshrink ...probably is, they just aren't small enough ...for the switch lugs insulated spade lug connectors would work in different sizes.
100% unecessary, but kinda cool, kinda like the breadboard concept brought to guitar.
 
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OK, I see what you're after. I've done something like it myself. What I did was create a "matrix" board with multiple pins for each lead of the pickup or switch. Then, you make jumper connectors that you can move around to try different circuit combinations. You can use the Molex connectors for this (they're smaller than any automotive connectors I've seen) since they make pin headers that solder to a PC board. I salvaged mine after I arrived at the wiring combinations I wanted, so I don't have a picture to show what I did, but it's not too complicated. Lots of jumpers is the key.
 
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It would be great to have connectors on our pickups.... except for the following reasons:

1) Everyone would have to pay extra for the pickups to cover the cost of the connectors, whether or not they swapped pickups in the future. You guys change pickups more than the vast majority of non-Internet forum users. But everyone would have to pay the upcharge.

2) The big time drain in changing pickups is not the soldering. It's removing strings and pickguard, dropping in the pickup and re-installing everything.

3) The signal connection would only be as good as the connector.

Anyway, that's why we haven't gone that road in the past. That's not to say we won't do it in the future. But there are no plans to go that route at present.
 
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Evan Skopp said:
It would be great to have connectors on our pickups.... except for the following reasons:

1) Everyone would have to pay extra for the pickups to cover the cost of the connectors, whether or not they swapped pickups in the future. You guys change pickups more than the vast majority of non-Internet forum users. But everyone would have to pay the upcharge.

2) The big time drain in changing pickups is not the soldering. It's removing strings and pickguard, dropping in the pickup and re-installing everything.

3) The signal connection would only be as good as the connector.

Anyway, that's why we haven't gone that road in the past. That's not to say we won't do it in the future. But there are no plans to go that route at present.
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Good point Evan,
It does not seem to make sense business wise.
 
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It should just be like another option on pickups really. Maybe like a $5 upcharge or something. I'm not buying that it will kill the sound at all if good connectors are used with good conducting metal.

But it does make sense for business because the people who DO want to buy lots of pickups and maybe haven't done so as much because changing them is a pain with soldering, would be able to now.

And when I swap pickups I usually do it when I change strings which is every few weeks or depending on how gunked up they get.
 
Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

Evan Skopp said:
It would be great to have connectors on our pickups.... except for the following reasons:

1) Everyone would have to pay extra for the pickups to cover the cost of the connectors, whether or not they swapped pickups in the future. You guys change pickups more than the vast majority of non-Internet forum users. But everyone would have to pay the upcharge.

2) The big time drain in changing pickups is not the soldering. It's removing strings and pickguard, dropping in the pickup and re-installing everything.

3) The signal connection would only be as good as the connector.

Anyway, that's why we haven't gone that road in the past. That's not to say we won't do it in the future. But there are no plans to go that route at present.
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This is just like Evan to come in and blow a perfectly good idea out of the water with perfect business sense....
 
Re: Duncan needs to do the EMG "quick connect"

crazytooguy said:
OK, I see what you're after. I've done something like it myself. What I did was create a "matrix" board with multiple pins for each lead of the pickup or switch. Then, you make jumper connectors that you can move around to try different circuit combinations. You can use the Molex connectors for this (they're smaller than any automotive connectors I've seen) since they make pin headers that solder to a PC board. I salvaged mine after I arrived at the wiring combinations I wanted, so I don't have a picture to show what I did, but it's not too complicated. Lots of jumpers is the key.
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Getting closer, I was thinking more of an in-guitar set up, say a rotary switch, or multi-pole that you could just change configurations on as needed ... or when ever you got bored (the latter is probably a more probale reason). Stil, I'll have to take a look at the Molex connectors.
 
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