Firebird Pickup Rings for Single Coil, do they exist?

[Oldfart_Shredman]

Hello all,
As I get settled in to Firebird land the idea of trying a humbucker in the bridge position has already struck me a few times.

I also would like to try it without routing out for a full humbucker, so I was thinking of a single coil size humbucker (I'm lookin' at you Red Devil) in a ring.

Do Firebird pickup rings made for a single coil exist, or is it a grab a Firebird pickup ring and see what happens kinda scenario???

Hard not to think of what sounds may come from a Pearly Gates/Red Devil in the bridge and the traditional Firebird neck pickup.

 

[ICTGoober]

Squeebay / Treeverb.

 

[idsnowdog]

The bobbin on a single coil is wider than a mini-humbucker. The mounting holes are almost the same.

 

[beaubrummels]

I've never seen a Firebird/mini-humbucker version of such a thing, only full-size regular humbucker adapters.

 

[chadd]

Just throw an actual humbucker in there. DiMarzio makes P90 format humbuckers and Rio Grande makes double coil humbuckers that fit mini routes https://www.riograndepickups.com/sin...ers-for-guitar I'm sure Duncan could do a custom shop version as well.

 

[beaubrummels]

Just throw an actual humbucker in there. DiMarzio makes P90 format humbuckers and Rio Grande makes double coil humbuckers that fit mini routes https://www.riograndepickups.com/sin...ers-for-guitar I'm sure Duncan could do a custom shop version as well.

They already do. Stock is JB/Jazz or Pearly Gates, but you can ask for anything.

http://customshop.seymourduncan.com/...r-p90-soapbar/

 

[Despair]

I'd go with a non-Firebird mini-humbucker, there's lots of manufacturers doing those.

Seymour Duncan already makes a few pickups that would fit. The Les Paul Deluxe-style mini humbucker would be a good place to start. Antiquity II Mini Humbucker is their only production model currently, if you exclude the Firebird pickup Vintage Mini Humbucker.

Antiquity II is an alnico 2 (according to the magnet filter) 7.5K pickup, probably fairly comparable to a Pearly Gates mini. Probably wouldn't cost enormously more to get a Custom Shop Pearly Gates mini humbucker made, though, given the A II mini is ~$150 (also it only comes in relic, which I am not a fan of).

I'm very curious about Kinman's Firebird pickups and mini-humbuckers, particularly the Fyrbyrd and Little Ripper, but haven't found any useful audio samples or reviews...