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  • Registered: 2008-03-24
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Topic: Adding and changing pickups

I play a Hofner Shorty travel guitar most of the time.  It currently has a reasonable sounding no-name bridge humbucker fitted.

I'd like to swap it to something a bit better, and at the same time add a neck pickup.  I'll get the work done by someone who knows what they are doing!

I play rock of all types, and bits of blues/folk, so I'm looking for a set up that gives a well rounded range of tone.

Any advice tips tricks or ideas?  And what about pitfalls and pootraps that I may drop into?

Matt

2 Reply by Joe D. Roadie (edited by Joe D. Roadie 2010-02-21 22:42:55)

  • Registered: 2010-01-04
  • Posts: 41

Re: Adding and changing pickups

Just thinking out loud here, but if you put a coil-splittable humbucker on the at the bridge and a strat-like single coil at the neck with a strat 5way switch, you could wire the 3 coils like a strat, but get these:
1 - neck single coil alone
2 - neck plus bridge single coil, like a tele position 3
3 - bridge singlel coil 1 alone
4 - bridge pickup as a humbucker
5 - bridge single coil 2 alone

Alternately you could use a tele-style 3 or 4 way switch and a push-pull volume control to split the bridge humbucker.

Man, don't get med started on 'what ifs' ; I tend to blather on.

Joe
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  • From: Worldwide
  • Registered: 2008-03-24
  • Posts: 29

Re: Adding and changing pickups

Hmm,

I'd spoiled for choice!  This was something along the lines that I was thinking. 

Anybody know what brands who be a good choice?

Budget is a consideration, but that can always be negotiated with Mrs Matt.

Matt