ICTGoober
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Can you get it without the unsightly Duncan logo?
If it's under the pickguard you'll never see the logo.
Can you get it without the unsightly Duncan logo?
So how do ya mount the damned thing? It has no mounting ears that I can see. Foam underneath, with the pickup pressed against the bottom of the guard? That would, sadly, limit its use to only its intended purpose: hidden under a guard. And what are the basic specs?
Can you get it without the unsightly Duncan logo? Really interested, because it might just fit the bill in the bridge position of a guitar I'm building.
I've been reading as much as I can find about it and it uses a medium output ceramic bar magnet.
As for mounting, I pictured it being held to the underside of the pickguard with double stick foam tape to keep it close to the strings and also from rattling against the pickguard. But that's an assumption. I've not read that anywhere. Good question.
It looks to me like the coil is wider than a standard Tele neck pickup's coil. And my guess is that it would take up the whole rout under the pickguard and leave no room for mounting screws. Again, that's an assumption. I've not read that anywhere.
As for ordering one without the "unsightly" Duncan logo: good luck with THAT!
It looks raised and like part of the pickup.
I dont love tele neck pups in general, a firebird pup in the neck kicks ass though.
Heck yeah! The idea of hidden pickups in itself is pretty cool. Getting the middle pickup out of the way on a Strat would be an amazing use for a purpose-built pickup like the Secret Agent.
Maybe this trend will catch on and perhaps we'll see some other options come about using this concept.
I know I've been on a Meteora kick lately, but this was one of the prototypes from several years ago. No visible pickups...doesn't get cleaner than that!
I've always liked a purpose-built guitar without visible pickups. I see pickguards as an opportunity to add visual layers (like on the Meteora) rather than a way to cover ugly electronics cavities and mount pickups. Can you imagine a couple hidden singles and a hidden humbucker on a guitar like this:
How cool would THAT be? Screw tradition :headbang:
no!
because magnetic PU don't work so great with nylon strings:naughty:
Might go good with something like this, but the back is too beautiful to cut up. You really need a guitar that's made for it.
I'd love for this idea to be expanded. You could make a Strat with a middle pickup under the pickguard (and away from my pick & fingers)..or have all 3 pickups under a pickguard for a cleaner look.
I was thinking of a 'Nashville' Tele setup, with the middle pickup under the guard. 5-way switch, but instead of the middle pickup on its own, have the traditional Tele middle position.![]()
Cool acoustic, though.
I was thinking of a 'Nashville' Tele setup, with the middle pickup under the guard. 5-way switch, but instead of the middle pickup on its own, have the traditional Tele middle position.![]()
Thanks. This is Johnson's take on Epiphones SST. It's not bad now, but it needed a total setup and redo by my luthier friend, (Buddy Scott), before it was playable. (Including replacing the UST.)
This is almost exactly what I want to do now with my Brent Mason Tele. I already have the single/mini-hum pickguard, so I'll need to find a straight mini-hum pickguard. Then hide the BPSA underneath. I'd use a 3-way for the N/B because the BM Tele control plate has a separate push-pull volume for the center pup. I think that could be the bee's knee's.