butmunch Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 I have jay turser strat copy with 3 single coil pickups and irecently got amuch nicer schecter guitar so i was going to repaint and sculpt my body of my jay turser since i have guitar to play while it was being worked on so iwas wondering if i could put a humbucker in the bridge position also how much work is it . Quote
lovekraft Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 Wiring it is no problem - you can literally hook it up exactly like the single coil it's replacing. Quote
butmunch Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Posted June 20, 2005 does the position have to be really exact for the tone to come out right. can i use a active humbucker. Quote
haggardguy Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 You can technically put a pickup wherever as long as it lines up with the strings,the tone will be different although not neccesarily "bad". You can't use an active with non active pickups. You could replace all the wiring and just leave the other pickups in for show if you wanted. Quote
GregP Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 You can't -easily- combine active with passive. To the point where I wouldn't even consider it for myself; though, others have done it. Greg Quote
thedoctor Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 GregP is telling it straight. Unless you got some component switch-out time under your belt, don't mix actives and passives and expect perfection. Look at the single-coil humbucker direct replacements that SD and others offer. I love them because there is no routing, pickguard-cutting or offensive smells involved. Makes my life a lot easier and I LOVE the results. More important, my customers love the results. As long as it is the bridge PU, it go just like Lovecraft said as far as wiring. Quote
haggardguy Posted June 21, 2005 Report Posted June 21, 2005 You can't -easily- combine active with passive. To the point where I wouldn't even consider it for myself; though, others have done it. Greg ← True, I just figured if this guy had to ask if he could replace a pickup that trying to get actives and passives in one guitar might be a little much,not to offend anybody but I doubt its a beginners job. Quote
crafty Posted June 21, 2005 Report Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) Two words: Hot Rails If you want some stellar punch out of the bridge position, check out either the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails or JB Jr. pickups. No routing required and all the punch of a good humbucker. The TONE will be different than a regular humbucker just because of sheer physics, but you'd be hard pressed to find an easier way to upgrade your JT unless it's routed for a full-size 'bucker under the pickguard. Edited June 22, 2005 by crafty Quote
GregP Posted June 21, 2005 Report Posted June 21, 2005 Testify! I had Hot Rails in a guitar for a dog's age until the whole guitar got stolen (side note to the finishing folks: you should have seen the horrible faux marble finish I put on it, from a Craft Store kit...). Hot rails are great. On the replacement guitar (stupid Insurance company wouldn't pay for the Graph-Tech saddles, though! ) I put an SD Li'l 59, which is a single-coil sized PAF pickup. It's pretty good, but had I known more about pickups back then I would have gone for the JB instead. Greg Quote
haggardguy Posted June 22, 2005 Report Posted June 22, 2005 Amen for Hot Rails, 59s and JBs, I'll throw the Bill Lawrence XL-500 into this too just because its a good price and I love it. Quote
crafty Posted June 22, 2005 Report Posted June 22, 2005 <james brown> I'm on the choo-choo traaaaain goin' down the Hot Rails of the almighty tone! Can I GET AN AMEN!! I say--CAN I GET AN AMEN FOR THAT L500-XL??!! </james brown> Quote
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