My neck position doesn't seem to agree with me.

[dystrust]

Re: My neck position doesn't seem to agree with me.

Yes, I read that most Gibbies ship with 300k pots, but custom ship with 500k. Regardless, I should probably check them. 50s wiring would make it warmer sound though, no?

50s wiring results in a brighter sound when the volume is rolled down. The interaction between the volume and tone controls is also different than with modern wiring. That being said, both wiring schemes should sound virtually identical with both knobs on '10'.

Sounds tedious. How long would such a mod take?

Switching from modern wiring to 50s involves moving the tone pot connection form the input lug of the volume pot to the output. It'll probably take you longer to get out your soldering iron and warm it up than to do the mod.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: My neck position doesn't seem to agree with me.

Removing the metal spacer into which the screws are going through ,
and then two pieces of wood of the same height than the spacers ,
to keep the heigh between the screw coil and the baseplate .

Ok, I did a bit more research on the subject and would like to clarify. The mod I originally said can be done to pickups that don't have a baseplate. I also confused two terms, creating confusion, in my original post and I will edit that.

The first mod I said essentially increases the distance from the poles to the magnet, essentially weakening it.

You described the half air mod, and if you have a dual screw pickup (like some DMZs) you can do the air mod, which is the same thing but on both sets of screws.

What the mod is doing is decreasing the strength of the magnet on the screws, which if done on a pickup with two rows of screws has the same effect as degaussing.


To the OP, the main suggestions I have for you, from easiest to hardest are as follows:

Lower the screws really far on the pickup. This will lead to a drop in output. If you don't want the drop in output, but can live with more subtle results, cut the screws flush with the baseplate.

Change the A5 to an A4, this is the one I'd do first because I think it is the most effective. Plus it's reversable.

Do the half air mod discussed above.

Use a trim pot as a permanent spin a split. This is essentially hardwiring the pickup so that one coil is always at reduced volume.

 

[xfabianromerox]

Re: My neck position doesn't seem to agree with me.

Yap it gets a tad more single coil.

God damn, simplest but probably one of the best changes I've done to a pickup. I slapped on some NYXL and flipped the pickup and it's so much better. Sounds much more twangy/thin (in a good way) than before. Low strings are less bass and bottom more clear. Mids still sound great. Thank you so much!

 

[Clint 55]

Re: My neck position doesn't seem to agree with me.

Great!