Anyone know about upgrading guitar pick-ups?
Discussion
A bit of a long shot - but does anyone know about upgrading guitar pick-ups?
I've got this trusty 20 year old Ibanez copy. It was a cheap guitar but I LOVE the neck.
Having spent the day trying out potential replacement guitars from Jackson and Ibanez, I'm now looking into spending a little money on this to make some iprovement to the tone.
One challenge is that I mainly like to play Hendrix and vintage blues stuff but I also like to dabble in metal/shredding/Vai stuff. I basically want 2 completely opposite guitars in one.
Is it possible to have an old vintage strat/tele style single coil at the neck and then something really high output/sensitive at the bridge? I have no idea what pickups they used as OEM but do you think an upgrade would give me a noticable improvement on a cheap plywood body?
Pic of current setup below:
I've got this trusty 20 year old Ibanez copy. It was a cheap guitar but I LOVE the neck.
Having spent the day trying out potential replacement guitars from Jackson and Ibanez, I'm now looking into spending a little money on this to make some iprovement to the tone.
One challenge is that I mainly like to play Hendrix and vintage blues stuff but I also like to dabble in metal/shredding/Vai stuff. I basically want 2 completely opposite guitars in one.
Is it possible to have an old vintage strat/tele style single coil at the neck and then something really high output/sensitive at the bridge? I have no idea what pickups they used as OEM but do you think an upgrade would give me a noticable improvement on a cheap plywood body?
Pic of current setup below:
Is it just a case of sticking a new pickup in the slot and banging some soilder on where the old pickup was connected? Can you just splice the old and new wires together to save the soildering?
I have been in contact with the bareknucles guys and I selected which pickup would be good but then they were talking about polarity and making sure they hand winded it the correct way round. They ideally wanted me to send in the middle pickup so they could assess how its wound? I kind of thought they would just bang straight in.
I have been in contact with the bareknucles guys and I selected which pickup would be good but then they were talking about polarity and making sure they hand winded it the correct way round. They ideally wanted me to send in the middle pickup so they could assess how its wound? I kind of thought they would just bang straight in.
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