Conference napalm::guitar

3047.0. "More BALLS...... Less Twang!!!!!" by WOTVAX::FISHWICKJ () Tue Feb 28 1995 07:42

    	I've got a question for you boffins about pickups ,now I know
    theres plenty of info on pickups in this conference ( I've read it all
    ). Anyway ,this is a dead specific question , here goes.
    
    	I've got a guitar that I'm trying to finish repairing ,the frets
    are done ,as is the neck and the new body work finish.
    	The only thing left now are the pick-ups. Its a strat type guitar
    with three single coils attached to the stratch plate with a five way
    selector switch a volume and a tone pot.
    	Thing is only one of the single coils works and i'd like to give
    the guitar more balls and less twang.......and dont really want to chop
    up the stratch plate cos its an odd shape and I like it and therefore  
    I've bin thinkin about stacked humbuckers .Either all humbuckers or a
    combination of singles and stacked .I'd like some idea of what kind of
    sound I could acheive with your recommendations of pick-ups ,possitions
    and specific brands .The sound I'm aiming for is more Les Paul than
    fender ;also what kind of re-wiring will be necessary or can I just put
    the humbuckers in the same possition on the circuit already wired up on
    the guitar .
    	I know its alot to ask but this guitar plays like a dream and I'd
    like it to sound like one too.....
    
    	Thanks in anticipation , J
    
    

    	Ok I've just read no. 31 which tells me all about stacked
    humbuckers but I dont want my guitar to sound like a strat ,any help
    would be much appreciated .
    	J
    

    Try something like Duncan Hot Rails.  These are side-by-side humbuckers
    (not stacked) that fit into a normal Strat pickup slot with no
    modification.  They are about as hot a pickup as you can get in that
    footprint and they have a big, fat, Gibson-y kinda sound.
    
    /rick