| Visit Our Catalog at SteelGuitarShopper.com |

Post new topic surface mount pickup
Reply to topic
Author Topic:  surface mount pickup
Ethan Shaw

 

From:
Texas, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2008 6:35 pm    
Reply with quote

I have a Fender 2000 (with the long, skinny single coil pickups), and am thinking about putting an additional, humbucking pickup on one of the necks. I love the original sound, but would like the option of a beefier tone (especially with an overdriven amp). I guess kind of like those tele's that had a regular tele pickup and a humbucker. Any pickup suggestions?... What would be the best is to find a surface-mount pickup (like some old DeArmonds), so that I wouldn't have to do any routing and/or permanent damage, but the tone is more important than anything else. (Fender forum guys, I'd post this there, but the [/i]spam thing...)
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Donny Hinson

 

From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2008 6:47 pm    
Reply with quote

Clearance under the strings on a Fender is quite limited, and very few pickups would work without modding the guitar. The old DeArmonds would, but they're tough to find, nowadays, and they're still single-coil.

I'd try a stomp-box graphic EQ, first, as I think it will give you the variation you're looking for. Winking
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Twayn Williams

 

From:
Portland, OR
Post  Posted 16 Jul 2008 10:07 am    
Reply with quote

Donny Hinson wrote:
I'd try a stomp-box graphic EQ, first, as I think it will give you the variation you're looking for. Winking


Seymour Duncan also makes a box called a Pickup Booster which is designed to give a minimal 6db boost and has a switch to shift the resonance frequency of single coils to either vintage or modern humbucker peaks.
_________________
Primitive Utility Steel
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Chris Lucker

 

From:
Los Angeles, California USA
Post  Posted 16 Jul 2008 9:41 pm    
Reply with quote

Talk with a pickup maker and explore a different coil shape and different wire ga. to fill the same footptint.

I have Emmons Number two and its single coils have magnets a quarter inch taller than later Emmons single coils. Bigsby used fatter wire. Schnelling pickups used skinnier wire.

There is no rule that says you need to use 42 ga wire.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Jump to:  
Please review our Forum Rules and Policies
Our Online Catalog
Strings, CDs, instruction, and steel guitar accessories
www.SteelGuitarShopper.com

The Steel Guitar Forum
148 S. Cloverdale Blvd.
Cloverdale, CA 95425 USA

Click Here to Send a Donation

Email SteelGuitarForum@gmail.com for technical support.


BIAB Styles
Ray Price Shuffles for Band-in-a-Box
by Jim Baron