Pop Pups Out Quicker

[hanger18]

Well i can't decide on any pickup. sure all the clips make it a bit easier but i would just want to try them out myself so my question is there an easy design that allows you to change the pickups from your guitar easier.

i mean EVH used some backloading thing and i think that would help because you don't need to take off the strings.. just wondered if there was a guitar out there that was really easy to change pickups on. or what design would allow someone to do it easy

 

[Grandor]

Re: Pop Pups Out Quicker

Why dont you ask our nice friend eddie?

 

[Zerberus]

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Gibson made a few Les pauls like this that we´re sent to dealers for pickup testing. I think about 200 or so exist.

The MusicMan Silhouette is also designed to have the pickguards changed out prety quick. IIRC they´re still in production, but on these the whole guard gets changed, so loosening strings isn´t such a bad idea

Those are the only 2 I know of, even the Backloading thing with EVH surprised me, as I´ve only seen him with direct-mounted pickups in his axes.....

 

[Mincer]

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Yeah my MusicMan Silhouette Specail has a plug in connector..you wire pickguards up, and you can swap em out- a great idea. I have 2, in HSS and HH configurations. I like the HH better.

 

[hanger18]

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Hey on that MusicMan Silhouette Special. how did you get the HH.. all i can see at the ernie ball website is HSS SSS.. that piezeio bridge is nice too

 

[Mincer]

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I ordered the pickguard from Chandler, the people who make EB/MM Pickguards...they made me a special HH one..then I put duncans in

 

[Byakhee00]

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I'm kinda suprised no one mentioned this earlier - Ever look at some EMG pups? They've got that connector on them that attaches to the wires/pots. You've still got to unscrew the pups, but they're remarkably easy to swap around with other EMGs, provided you don't want to do any goofy wiring.

With a bit of time/patience/solder, you could make a similar system for duncan pups. I've thought about it, but the truth is, i just don't swap pups that often.

 

[HetfieldRules]

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I'm kinda suprised no one mentioned this earlier - Ever look at some EMG pups? They've got that connector on them that attaches to the wires/pots. You've still got to unscrew the pups, but they're remarkably easy to swap around with other EMGs, provided you don't want to do any goofy wiring.

With a bit of time/patience/solder, you could make a similar system for duncan pups. I've thought about it, but the truth is, i just don't swap pups that often.

my ESP has that with the EMG HZ, only problem is htat u have to get a whole new setup if u want actives, i cant jsut switch out the HZ's for real ones, but that would be insane if you could

 

[54stratlover]

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I just saw the gibson L.P. one the other day. the pups plug in like a 9v battery. all of the volume and tone pot wiring stays. the pups attach to a block of wood that fits into the back of the guitar. the strings don't need to be messed with at all.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Pop Pups Out Quicker

I'm kinda suprised no one mentioned this earlier - Ever look at some EMG pups? They've got that connector on them that attaches to the wires/pots. You've still got to unscrew the pups, but they're remarkably easy to swap around with other EMGs, provided you don't want to do any goofy wiring....

I thought of it immediately, BUUUUT...

...mean EVH used some backloading thing and i think that would help because you don't need to take off the strings