LPboco Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 I'm building a saga lp guitar kit it's finished but it had a high hum. it turns out the pick-ups are wired wrong. i'd like to upgrade, not cheap but quite nice. i've never bought pick-ups before and have no idea what to look for. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauntless Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 (edited) Wired wrong? Decide what sound you want and look at these. If you're not sure and have questions, send them an e-mail and they'll try and help you with your choice. http://store.guitarfetish.com/humbuckers.html I'm building a saga lp guitar kit it's finished but it had a high hum. it turns out the pick-ups are wired wrong. i'd like to upgrade, not cheap but quite nice. i've never bought pick-ups before and have no idea what to look for. Any suggestions? Edited December 17, 2007 by Dauntless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 DiMarzio Super 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I'm building a saga lp guitar kit it's finished but it had a high hum. it turns out the pick-ups are wired wrong. i'd like to upgrade, not cheap but quite nice. i've never bought pick-ups before and have no idea what to look for. Any suggestions? You can look on eBay and find some inexpensive replacements easily. There are ALWAYS some pairs of humbickers taken from Epiphones. While they're not top-of-the-line, they're not bad. They're gonna be a dang sight better than whatever came with the Saga kit, and you can probably get them for under $50 shipped, depending on where you live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 thanks alot guys i'll check it out. yeah we figured out the ground was wired wrong. we tryed opening the back up but it was sealed with like a factory saulder that wouldn't melt even at 900... thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Idiot Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 DiMarzio Super 2 yeah, i have that one as a neck humbucker with Series/Parallel switch (push-pull) it sounds good when distorted in series, but sounds way better when using the clean channel and in parallel (almost a stratocaster-feel). my other humbo is a Super Distortion (bridge) dude (LPboco) if you're thinkin' bout upgrading your humbuckers, think first what's your style and what do you want from your guitar (full shredd, bluesy feel, classic rock). I went with the Super Distortion/Super 2 combo becos i wanted high output pickups and a classic feel, bing able to play blues or metal. The SD is perfect for me (and the S2 is too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Sort out your wiring problems first, it is almost surely in the cavity and not inside the pickup. Otherwise buying new pickups will be a total waste of money and time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 (edited) what do you guys think of the gibson burstbuckers ( 2 and 3 ) i'm looking for a classic rock/blues type of sound... Edited December 18, 2007 by LPboco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 A burstbucker in a Saga kit? Strikes me as a waste of money. Each individual pickup is worth more than your entire guitar! I would consider the options already listed in this thread-- it's good advice. GFS will be fine, or any number of used pickups on eBay. As for the hum-- I agree that it's wiring in the control cavity, not the pickup itself... nobody busts open a pickup to rewire it. even if they color-coded the leads coming out of the pickup wrong, you just reverse them at the spots they're connected-- not inside the pickup! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 thanks a lot guys, it turns out that by switching the cables from the pick-up, we've reduced the buzz in half, it turns out the other wire was the ground thanks a bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) by the way, i found some new epiphone pickups on ebay around 50, thanks for the advice . i can't wait for them to come in. we also bought a new wiring harness and are soldering ourselves Thx a bunch Connor Edited December 24, 2007 by LPboco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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