Getting a feel for the Forum

[tone4days]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

my pups are in my sing

i am set and forget once i get what i dig - although a set of seths or ants are callin my name for the semi hollow - those mid 80's bill lawrence 500XLs are worth a pretty penny ...

i dig the jb in my all mahogany H-H guitar - blends great with the AIIP

welcome to the forum

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

Welcome to the Forum :beerchug:

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How many pickups do you guys own?

About 40, 29 of them currently installed in guitars

How many guitars?

14

Do you stop swapping pickups when you find the tone ...

Yep

When you do all the switching, do you have any fancy things done on pickups (such as coil splitting/tapping/phase wiring/etc) that get in the way of pickup switching because I would think it'd be a near nightmare to get my coil splitted JB and SH2 out and into another guitar.

Sometimes, though I don´t regard those things as making a swap harder. After all, t´s still only 4 wires coming from the PU

 

[sosomething]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

Welcome to the forum!

I have four guitars, and probably about seven pickups lying around my music room.

• My '63 SG Special has it's original Gibson P-90 pickup.
• My Jackson DK2M still has it's Duncan JB in the bridge. I pulled the neck pickup out and covered the hole with a sticker.
• My Carvin Carve Top has DiMarzios in it - a Tone Zone and a PAF Joe.
• My Edwards Alexi V is brand new to me and still has it's EMG H4 passive pickup in it. It seems like a cool pickup so far, but it might sound a bit too thin for leads. I'm thinking about replacing it (and the JB in my Jackson) with a Duncan CS Scott Ian pickup.

All my guitars are wired very straight forward - only the Carvin has a neck pickup! But I went all out on that one. It has a coil tap in the tone pot and a control bypass switch next to the output jack. I find I don't use a lot of crazy switching live (though I constantly work the volume knob) so complicated wiring schemes don't help me much there, but for recording it's the quickest, easiest way to get a variety of tones.

 

[Stevo]

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I have had almost all of the production humbuckers, in Les Pauls, Teles and Strats. I have also owned several Custom shop pickups. A few 'stacked' pickups too.

I have owned 2 regular JBs, the BUG-SEY and an A2 JB. I like them all, especially in a tele.

I have recorded over 150 sound clips, featuring Duncan pickups

I thought I was ready to stop.. but it never happens... not for me anyway

 

[Zhangliqun]

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You guys are right, it is addictive. When I bought my first pickup, the JB, I was floored...

To answer my own questions, I love wiring and soldering. My dad's an electrician so I've got the soldering equipment in Canada (I'm a Polish-Canadian studying medicine in Poland) and my fiancée's dad here in Poland is in the repair business of medical equipment, so he's got his fair shair of soldering tools....

I don't see myself swapping pickups in and out of guitars...but maybe one day...

Oh my God, are you kidding? Re-read the first two paragraphs above -- you are a SITTING DUCK to be a swap-fiend. You score a 154 out of a possible 10 on the At-Risk-For-Swap-Addiction scale...

 

[danhans]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

i have 1 fender fat strat and 1 takamine..
i just bought a SH-14 for my strat bout last month after i joined this forum..
my strat is my everything..

 

[Zhangliqun]

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As for me, I'm not merely a swap addict, I'm actually a pickup winder so I pretty much have whatever I want whenever I want.

Guitar-wise, I've got three legit gigging guitars, an LP Std, a 355, and an MIM Strat. I've got three more (Squier Tele, Hamer Special P90, and an LP Special P90 on the way) that are just test-beds for my pickups.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

Oh my God, are you kidding? Re-read the first two paragraphs above -- you are a SITTING DUCK to be swap-fiend. You score a 154 out of a possible 10 on the At-Risk-For-Swap-Addiction scale...

:laugh2:

 

[greco]

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Quote "Greco: I'm in Bialystok. Come on over if your even in town"

Thanks for the invitation. We usually stay more in the south (Czestochowa), but i did go up to Gdansk and area once.

Quote "Smell of solder also reminds of a whole different world where no one can intrude. (Funny enough, the smell of solder reminds me of burnt flesh in the operating room from the electric knife. Another little world of mine. )"

I know what you mean by this. I spent many hours observing orthopedic procedures being done in the operating room. The smell of cauterizing certainly stays in one's mind !!

Are you studying to be a surgeon?

Dave

 

[Markk]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

I'm hoping to become a surgeon but for now I've got generic med school. I do however on my own time go to the hospital to observe and even assist at some surgeries (hold things, wipe things, stitch). I usually go to general surgery (soft surgery in Polish) but I dip into ortho every now and then.

I'll come visit you I'm actually planning to go down to the mountains for some biking as the fiancee and I got bikes recently.

(And looking under your display, you weren't too far from me in Canada either. I live (lived) in Toronto)

 

[Kac]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

glad you like this place. i do too.

I don't own a lot of guitars or pickups right now, but I have had at least 25 electirc guitars and have done tons and tons of pickup swaps. In my current electric guitar I've had at least 5 different birdge humbuckers... I am much more interested in playing than swapping pickups, but it's fun to try new things. I'm very happy with what I have right now, and prolly won't be doing any swapping any time soon, unless i'm working on someone else's guitar.

Rock On ~ Kac

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

I've tried about half the Duncan line, and once my guitars sound great, I rarely change anything, and just sink into the great tone and enjoy the instruments.
Since I've done a lot of swapping and found my favorites, I can give pretty good verbal descriptions of how different pickups will fare in various guitars.
My favorites are Brobucker (custom shop), Custom 5, 59's, JB, Seths, and every Antiquity that Duncan makes for singles and hums.

And when getting a feel for the forum, it's important that you wear that hat in your avatar......to tune out all the people telling you to get off the computer!
hahahaha

 

[Markk]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

That hat is actually a water polo hat. I played with other guards be I use to lifeguard a lot and at the pool where I was there was a lot of polo stuff. The ears are covered by hard plastic, that stuff comes in handy.

 

[doveman]

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I have four project guitars (two are my sons) ...

Schecter Vintage Tele (3 sets of pickups in the house)
- Original "Duncan Designed" Alnico II Pro (good pickups)
- Fender Texas Specials (good but not quite)
- Seymour Duncan Vintage Stacks (with micro switch split for move vintage sound) = keepers

Washburn WI62
- Original Epi 57s (these were crap)
- Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (neck) + Gibson 498T (bridge) = keepers

Fender Stratocaster
- Original fenders - OK but two noisy on 1, 3 & 5
- Fender noiseless set = keepers

Gibson SG Standard
- 490R/498T - I swiped the 498T
- 57/57+ Gibsons = keepers

'80 Yamaha SA2000 semi-hollow body - stock - it was a keeper to begin with - I ain't touching that baby

Truthfully, I think the pots, caps & resistors make as much difference as the pickups ... don't tell anyone ...

 

[ErikH]

Re: Getting a feel for the Forum

Welcome to the forum.

There's a lot of Duncans I haven't tried but of those I have, my favs are the Custom Custom, Jazz, Custom 5, Brobucker and '78 Model. I've done plenty of swapping but I think I'm, about done for a while. My guitars are working for me with what they have. My USA Strat has seen the most swaps but with a universal route, that means several pickguards with different configurations whenever I want.