Lipstick(N) SingleCoil(M) Humbucker(B) Guitar?

OctopusRider

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Lipstick(N) SingleCoil(M) Humbucker(B) Guitar?

Would this be called an LSH guitar? Has anyone ever tried this configuration? It seems to me it could be the perfect guitar for myself. What am I missing? I’m guessing it would have to be a really low output humbucker in the bridge to balance.
 
It also depends on what you want from a neck pickup. Most people who like the look of a lipstick pickup might not particularly like the sound of one. Traditionally, they are very weak and bright.
 
Mincer said:
It also depends on what you want from a neck pickup. Most people who like the look of a lipstick pickup might not particularly like the sound of one. Traditionally, they are very weak and bright.
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I don’t particularly care either way about the look. I used to think I would hate a telecaster until I bought a MIM one. I absolutely love the neck pup in it and was shocked how versatile it really is.
 
OctopusRider said:
I don’t particularly care either way about the look. I used to think I would hate a telecaster until I bought a MIM one. I absolutely love the neck pup in it and was shocked how versatile it really is.
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Well, a Tele neck pickup is a little different than what is a Danelectro-style Lipstick' pickup.
 
Mincer said:
Well, a Tele neck pickup is a little different than what is a Danelectro-style Lipstick' pickup.
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Oh right. My mistake. I’ve erroneously always called the Tele neck pickup a lipstick. I need to think about a Tele neck Single Coil - Strat middle Single Coil - Humbucker Bridge.

Any suggestions on this type of setup? I looked on the Duncan Pickup Finder tool but it must not be a common setup.
 
Vintage Tele, Vintage Flat Strat, 59 or Pearly Gates.

That's the most standard you can get unless you want to go in a different direction.
 
I did it the other way around. This is a pearly gates/custom alnico 2 hybrid in the bridge, lipstick in the middle, tele in the neck.

This guitar sounded so, so good. Tele sounds, stratty sounds, fat humbucker. it was just ugly as hell.
 

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GuitarDoc said:
Having a zebra doesn't help the looks at all. Put a chrome cover on it and it will fit right in.
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Nah, this guitar is dead as it is, my man. The neck was wonky, the body was a concrete brick. Ironically, the guitar played and sounded amazing, with sustain forever, but the looks were a nightmare.

I took off the parts, grabbed the guitar by the headstock, and smashed it against the street. I thought the guitar would split apart, but I think I broke off a bit of concrete. It took a while before the guitar broke.

I just wanted to rinse myself of my own past in a way (or was it the perfect guitar to smash my anger after I discovered my then-girlfriend cheated? You be the judge).
 
I had this for a while some years ago. A TV Classic with two SD lipsticks. But this is probably way off what you are wanting. image.png zz0.kl3eovvnl27zz
 
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