Brian Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Check out this guitar, to bad the module pickup box concept didn't catch on, it would have made life interesting to say the least. Just grab your axe n go to the store to try out different pickups before you buy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 emgs are almost like that.all of the active ones just plug in to a harness so you can switch out between them.i think that is pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Didn't the idea of slide in and out pickups happen about the same time Seymour Duncan had a modular amp? The amp had these boxes you could plug in and out to change the tubes out. You could pick and choose what pre and post gain sections you wanted. Nowadays we have the Variaxe. So there's really no need for all that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 There are plenty of chips, nicks, scrathes and weather checking. It looks better in the photos than it really is. lol i like this guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Didn't the idea of slide in and out pickups happen about the same time Seymour Duncan had a modular amp? The amp had these boxes you could plug in and out to change the tubes out. You could pick and choose what pre and post gain sections you wanted. Doesn't randall have a similar thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I remember a company called Shergold that made modules somewhat like that back in the mid-late '70's I think. Mike Rutherford of Genesis was the only guy I ever saw actually playing one of them... That is a very nicely done body tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I remember a company called Shergold that made modules somewhat like that back in the mid-late '70's I think. Mike Rutherford of Genesis was the only guy I ever saw actually playing one of them... That is a very nicely done body tho... was thinking of those guitars. As I recall, Rutherford's guitar(s) took the idea even further, as it had separate body/neck combinations that could be added to each other. Hard to explain it in text, but say the standard top guitar in a twin neck was a 12-string. the bottom instrument could be a bass, or a 6-string, or whatever. They clicked together, taking care of all the electrics at the same time. Jack Shergold worked for Burns at one stage, I believe. The bass player in the 70's Mannfred Mann's Earthband also played a Shergold twin-neck - used to live opposite me here in south Wales. Pete Bowen - nice geezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLomens Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 I've though of that idea from time to time as most of us probably have. Steinberger had a modle that the body was 2 poles and that pickup could be moved to any posision and changed/added in a few moments... Anyone ever looked at an Ampeg Dan Armstrong model? The pickup is epoxy potted or something similar... And slides in from the side. the guitar has contacts that touch contacts on the pickup box... a simple idea that worked great. Only problem is that the big boys don't want you to be able to switch up on the fly... they want you to buy 3 guitars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 I believe it was Westone that had the slider pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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