Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

[chill]

Does anybody make humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers? I'd like to try a mini in the neck of my 1980 Artist, but it has a full sized HB slot there. The recent single coil adapter thread made me wonder if someone makes a mini humbucker adapter.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

never seen one but i bet you could make something from some pick guard material

 

[Jimbojsr]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

I was hankering after a minihumbucker to go in my Dot, but I couldn't find anyone who did such a thing, and I don't have anything like the know-how to do it myself. Maybe Seymour would do one in the custom shop, but that would be out of my price range - hence the '59...

 

[AdmiralB]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

I have a 2HB guitar with minis - I simply mounted the minis inside full-size humbucker covers. Allparts sells covers without holes in chrome, gold, and nickel. Winds up looking like a pair of Iommis.

I've done the same thing with Tele pickups - I have one of the Korean setneck mahogany Teles with a Broadcaster/Twang King set, also mounted in the Allparts covers.

 

[donato]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

Hi AdmiralB,

would you happen to have photos of those 2 guitars. I embracing a similar project, that is to install a mini-hum in the neck position of an telecaster.

thanks.

 

[orbiter]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

the mini mounting rings inside of regular hummer rings is a great idea..

has SD ever made a full size hummer that is voiced like a mini? as a huge fan of minibuckers I would love to see this .. sorta like the p-90 in a hummer size trip ..

 

[chill]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

I have a 2HB guitar with minis - I simply mounted the minis inside full-size humbucker covers. Allparts sells covers without holes in chrome, gold, and nickel.

Hadn't noticed the mounting screw dimensions are about the same size, ~2.9" for the mini, ~3.0" for the full size. Do you take the mini's cover off and re-pot the pickup with a full size HB cover? -if so, how do you attach the full sized cover to the mini's baseplate?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

Hey Orbiter, Duncan has never made anything like it, but TV Jones makes the TV 'tron. Mini's always reminded me a bit of the Filter'tron sound, and that's what the TV'trons emulate. And they fit perfectly in a humbucker rout.

 

[orbiter]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

Hey Orbiter, Duncan has never made anything like it, but TV Jones makes the TV 'tron. Mini's always reminded me a bit of the Filter'tron sound, and that's what the TV'trons emulate. And they fit perfectly in a humbucker rout.

thanks for the tip.. I've read/heard tons about em but never tried the filtertron .. I will check it out!

sorry for the hijack ~G

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

I have seen "adapter rings" they slip around a Mini bucker AND the mini bucker ring to make one very large ring that fits in a full size bucker hole and fits a mini...Gibson actually used some of them in the middle and late 70's but I have only seen a few sets.

 

[AdmiralB]

Re: Humbucker sized adapters for mini humbuckers?

I didn't take the mini covers off - on Firebird-style minis, the cover is what holds the pickup together. I just bent the mini ears out slightly, notched the sides of the humbucker cover (it was taller than the mini) and dropped the mini into it. I used a few spots of RTV between the top of the mini and the new cover to prevent any microphonics, then soldered the ears to the new cover at the sides.

I don't have a pic but will take one tonight if I remember.

FWIW I have TVTrons in another guitar. They sound WAY more like P90s than minis.