Replacement lipsticks for Schecter TSH-1

[mfergel]

I have the following guitar with Duncan Designed Lipstick style pickups:

http://www.schecterguitars.com/spec.asp?id=55

I'd really like to replace the pickups but I seem to have limited options because the lipsticks are much longer than a standard humbucker, hence the holes for mounting the pickups won't match up. Short of getting a new pickguard made, do I have any options available?

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Replacement lipsticks for Schecter TSH-1

There are always options...

Do you have a specific bucker in mind that you want or are you just un happy with the pickups in the guitar now?

 

[mfergel]

Re: Replacement lipsticks for Schecter TSH-1

Not really happy with what's in it now. The guitar is chambered so I know a lot of pickups are going to sound really different in this guitar than they would in a solid body guitar. I was thinking something along the lines of a JB and '59 style combo.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Replacement lipsticks for Schecter TSH-1

well...seeing that the bridge pickup is half mounted out of the guardplate Im not sure what to do yet...

 

[mfergel]

Re: Replacement lipsticks for Schecter TSH-1

Yeah, it wouldn't bother me so much if there is more space there than needed. However, I layed a standard humbucker across the top and they aren't even close. A standard humbuck has the mounting holes about 3 1/16 apart and this is at 3 1/4. I have a feeling that if I want to put something else in, I'm going to have to get a new pickguard, but I figure that's going to run about $50, which isn't a big deal, but I'd rather not have to replace the pickguard if I can avoid it.