Original Little 59s?
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Re: Original Little 59s?
i dont think you can do that without ruining the pup. what are you looking for exactly? the lil 59 has pole pieces, not rails. are you looking for an old style cool rails or ? id assume you should be able to find what you want used without too much issue
i dont think you can do that without ruining the pup. what are you looking for exactly? the lil 59 has pole pieces, not rails. are you looking for an old style cool rails or ? id assume you should be able to find what you want used without too much issue
Re: Original Little 59s?
OK, I have custom-made hard-tail mahogany Strat body (routed S-S-S) with a Fender rosewood on maple neck. When I built it, 10+ years ago, I put a Little '59 in the neck position, a Duckbuster in the middle and a Hotrail in the bridge. The Neck and Middle pups are wired to a 3-way Tele switch, then share a Volume pot. The Hotrail has it's own Vol pot, then everything runs through a TBX control. That way I can add in as much or as little of the Hotrail as I want.
I was originally going to use a black pearl pick guard and bought black pups. But I found it to be too dark, so I ended up with a white PG and black pups. The ducky and the 59 work well, but I would like to be able to “bridge” the coils to get some Strat 2 and 4 position sounds. And I have an original Cool Rail I would like to try in the bridge (White). If I add another Lil '59 and go to a 5-way switch I could do Full neck, Split Neck and Middle (in series), N+M both Full, Split N+M (Parallel) and Full Middle. I can keep the rest of the set-up (or replace the second Vol with a blend). But that would give me a white original Cool Rail, a black original style Little '59 and a (probably white) new style Little '59. What I would like, is to have all of them original style in white with black tape. But to get that I'd need two custom shop l'59s at 150 a piece. But if I can change the top on the 59 I have now, I'd only need 1 custom shop pup.
If I get two through the custom shop, I might as well look at A5 magnets or Little Pearly Gates with A2s. I'm open to suggestions; I'm a blues/classic rock/jazz player, no heavy metal, no shred.
The only pictures I could find of how the Little buckers are constructed is in this post: http://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/7905/seymour-duncan-little-analysis-review
OK, I have custom-made hard-tail mahogany Strat body (routed S-S-S) with a Fender rosewood on maple neck. When I built it, 10+ years ago, I put a Little '59 in the neck position, a Duckbuster in the middle and a Hotrail in the bridge. The Neck and Middle pups are wired to a 3-way Tele switch, then share a Volume pot. The Hotrail has it's own Vol pot, then everything runs through a TBX control. That way I can add in as much or as little of the Hotrail as I want.
I was originally going to use a black pearl pick guard and bought black pups. But I found it to be too dark, so I ended up with a white PG and black pups. The ducky and the 59 work well, but I would like to be able to “bridge” the coils to get some Strat 2 and 4 position sounds. And I have an original Cool Rail I would like to try in the bridge (White). If I add another Lil '59 and go to a 5-way switch I could do Full neck, Split Neck and Middle (in series), N+M both Full, Split N+M (Parallel) and Full Middle. I can keep the rest of the set-up (or replace the second Vol with a blend). But that would give me a white original Cool Rail, a black original style Little '59 and a (probably white) new style Little '59. What I would like, is to have all of them original style in white with black tape. But to get that I'd need two custom shop l'59s at 150 a piece. But if I can change the top on the 59 I have now, I'd only need 1 custom shop pup.
If I get two through the custom shop, I might as well look at A5 magnets or Little Pearly Gates with A2s. I'm open to suggestions; I'm a blues/classic rock/jazz player, no heavy metal, no shred.
The only pictures I could find of how the Little buckers are constructed is in this post: http://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/7905/seymour-duncan-little-analysis-review
Re: Original Little 59s?
i dont believe you can change the top without ruining the pup since its part of the bobbin and holding the wire in place. you could use a bobbin topper of some kind but im not a fan since i usually dont care for the look. can the custom shop make you old style lil pups? i wasnt sure they still had the materials to do so
i dont believe you can change the top without ruining the pup since its part of the bobbin and holding the wire in place. you could use a bobbin topper of some kind but im not a fan since i usually dont care for the look. can the custom shop make you old style lil pups? i wasnt sure they still had the materials to do so
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Re: Original Little 59s?
I would look for some used/broken hot rails/cool rails online for as cheap as possible. Then send them to the custom shop for a rewind & mag swap to get the tone you want. That way you get a custom shop pickup designed specifically to the tonal properties you want with all 3 having a vintage rails look.
I would look for some used/broken hot rails/cool rails online for as cheap as possible. Then send them to the custom shop for a rewind & mag swap to get the tone you want. That way you get a custom shop pickup designed specifically to the tonal properties you want with all 3 having a vintage rails look.
Re: Original Little 59s?
Wow! I learned something today. I honestly didn't know they could/would. Thanks for that info!
Jeremy, I contacted them and they can make the old style.
Wow! I learned something today. I honestly didn't know they could/would. Thanks for that info!