QUESTION : okay so i have a RR5(passive) and an ltd(active), the ltd has emg's in it and im planing on swapping the guitars pickups, is there a way to do this with having to replace the pot's,toggle switch, and output jack? Am i able to this all with soldering? thanks :)
Can some1 answer this question plz:Im installing a 1 meg vol pot,4 wire Bucker ...I bought 26awg single shielded wire.A single shielded wire has the Inner wire,AND the shielding which will be GROUND.thats 2 wires.I want to instal them to my Output jack one Hot,One ground ...yet each has a center & a ground thats 4 wires total for just to lugs on output jack ...HOW do I do this correctly? Anyone?
best pickups around in my opinion S.D. alnico pro 2's. soo cool how he's a music legend and he looks like he just got out of bed and threw on a t-shirt. love that man!!
I grew up in Santa Barbara and saw him once. I was afraid to speak to him. One of my best friends was head luthier for his shop on De La Vina Street. This guy's a master.
I just watched someone teaching how to install new strings, and it turned out pretty bad, it has very few winds that my guitar kept on going out of tune, i never thought I could learn the BEST WAY to wind on strings on someone teaching how to install pick ups. Great video!
just practice soldering on scrap wire and small metal objects. before you know it, you'll be a pro. I gutted my Fender Jazz bass and replaced all the electronics in about 30 minutes. Everything works fine. phew. Make sure you find a good wiring diagram and take your time.
The little string measuring trick is did was awesome... i'm not very good at eye balling how much slack I need to give the strings when putting new ones on... trying that totally
Jeeszzzzz, who is videoing this? You were showing how to test a Pot and what to put where and then we saw the top of your head and that was that. When you flipped that guitar looks like the yellow screwdriver was underneath it???? Also noticed some wires inside that guitar that were not shielded at all. Is it true that inside a Lester shielded wire is usless since its solid body and the cover plate is shieled on the inside anyway?
I think the best thing is to find a guitar shop and build a good relationship with the people. I go to a great shop in Terrassa, Spain called Casa Farras and since I buy all my stuff from them, when I buy pickups from them they install them for free. Sure, I pay about ten Euros more per pickup than mail order but they do a great job. Plus, they are always happy to see me. When was the last time Guitar Center looked happy to see you when you logged on? Great video!!!!
@TheShepster80 im an EMG fan but i bought a duncan JB today because im not one of the close minded metalheads whos like "MAN PHOOK INNY PIKKUP EKKSEPT EE IM JEEZ"
i was gonna install myself but i watched this vid and was like o.O
@theamericanmetalhead Not keen on the clean tone of the blackouts myself. I prefer the sh-2 jazz (for clean) and the sh-4 jb combo. Although im led to believe the mustaine livewires are badass and the emg het set are brutal.
@theamericanmetalhead Hell YES they are! I tried a full set of blackout single coils in one of my best strats and that guitar came alive, ridiculous tone in every mode you run them through, crunch, clean or major saturation. Duncan majorly raised the bar on EMG when he did the Blackouts, less noise, less compression, more headroom, more 'air' behind the notes... more everything.
@Brimmingmebitter yep, I own a LP Goldtop with Deymour Duncan Alnico Pro II PU's, its really a killer axe, especially when you play it over a Blackstar.
omfg...i hv no idea with the SD slash signature pickup....i doesnt see any wire colour inside the cable....how im going to install into my EPIPS LP STD...anyone?? HELP ME!!!!
wow this guy really cares about his guitar. For me its if i got a guitar it wont ever come back the same. I beat the shit out of my guitars. You should see my 4 year old stratocaster its beat to hell works like a charm though.
Hi there, i just have a question, i have an esp ec-50 and usually the top pickup selector switch controls the bridge pickup, but in my case the top seems to control the neck instead, i got this guitar seconds hand, maybe they installed it wrong? is there any way that i can have the top selector switch control the bridge instead of the neck? thanks
@goatygeek Basically on Les Paul-type guitars the "up" position is neck pickup and "down" is bridge. If you want to change it, you have to re-wire it by un-soldering the two wires connected to the switch inside the body of the guitar and solder them back the other way around. This is basically it, but if you are unexperienced, seek the advise of a luthier.
@sharingan56789 yes you can, you just need to have a battery powering the active one and the other pickups can be passive, don't post statements like that without evidence in future.
Just be very careful with soldering iron and you propably won't do any severe/permanent damage to your guitar, mics or fingers. If it does go wrong, you can always take the guitar to a professional.
I failed at Soldering....so I cut the wires and Twisted them together to the new pick up wires......Not the right way to do it!!!! but it works and its a hell of a lot easier....eeekk!
You should refer to the pickup wiring diagram first. Not all are the same.
Gibson 57 Classic for example has the braided shield as the actual ground wire, the internal wire is the hot connection. PUP wiring varies. Read the schematic first or get a tech to install it. Proper solder application is also important.
@WaldebeatZ you can swap passives for active pickups, but i'm pretty sure you can't mix them, so you couldn't have one passive and one active. either both are active or both are passive
@theonelink sounds bad but trial and error, ive messed some stuff up on a guitar before, but two days ago i installed couple DiMarzios in my sg, kills it now, so somtimes its worth the risk if u dont have the money to pay. no i am better at installin pickups, maybe next time i can wire an entire strat pickguard
I need to see a vid on how to fix a bridge pickup from shorting out on a gibson V. It has the standard V pickguard but Idk how to really solder the loose wire back on a guitar like that. Most guitar vids with pickguards arent gibson style pickguards. nebody that can help me?
im not sure either, but i think hes just removing the wires that connect the bridge pickup to the tone and volume controls, otherwise, when he trys to take the pickup out, he'l yank the whole think out and ruin the wires. I think anway.
I replaced my bridge pick up from my USA STRAT by a SD hotrails (small humbucker to fit in singe coil slot)...and added a very smal pre-amp....super sound!
man you are all over the place, there is no pickup good for , blues rock and metal, if you like metal go with dirty fingers, etc, floyd rose bridges are crap, dont even think to stick it into a strat lol, your best bet right no is to buy yourself a good tube amp and a humbucker equipped guitar, it should do the trick for now.
its called a silent letter.. just as in ghoul, you don't say the "H" and knife, you don't say the "K" and lastly, as in solder. you don' say the "L" =)
could someone please, advice me about seymour duncan pick ups on an alder body?? i have a yamaha pacifica with 1 humbucker and 2 single coils, so I was thinking if seymour duncan pickups would work out on my alder body guitar.. i have so many questions..
Yes, Seymours are good in any type of wood, I have 2 Jacksons with Seymours. I use a Screamin Demon in the bridge position a vintage rails in the middle and a Jazz on the neck in my Alder body Jackson. It sounds fantastic!
or would it be better to get an EMG? what seymour pickup do you recommend for a chunky bright sound? active pickups are more expensive than passive.. but someone told me that if I put a passive pickup having an Alder body, i won't listen a big difference in sound.. therefore it'd be better to get an active one with a pre amp already.. what do you say maxwellthedog?
Seymour is the magician of the pickups. Every pickup I have tried sounded not only distinctive but quality wise so clear an responsive it changed the way I played. And this you can understand without using tones of effects.Just simply plug to the amp.
I'm Gonna Put Some Pick-ups In My Duncan Yo-Yo And Also On My Dounut But Sereously. I Put The Hot Rodded Set In A Unknown Model Fernandes Guitar. It Was The Best Thing I Ever Did In Life
im trying to get new pickups for my agile les paul but the pickups i guess were the wrong size or somthing for my guitar because when i asked if i could get them replaced the guitar guy said that he couldnt get them out because there in there for good...what do i do?
surendra- that makes no sense to me at all. The only thing I can think of is the routing for the pickups was too small, but that is highly unlikely, almost unheard of- all these guitars are routed by CNC machines. I would find another "guitar guy"...something's fishy
i need help from any one my when i raise my pick up it always leans forward what can i do to fix that i already looked at it and it still leans forward what can i do it's bugging
ok kwl thx wanna get a schecter tempest with emg's or c1 fr but i have hever had a floyd rose before should i go for one without i tried one out today it was ok but i didint really know what to do with it lol like the dive bombs and stuff i really want a schecter tho should i get a floyd rose ?
Well it's really up to you. The Floyd Rose is worth it because if set up right it will NEVER go out of tune. But at the same time I've had friends who completely loathe Floyd Roses because they sometimes don't work to their advantage and end up getting out of tune then the balance on the thingy is all weird. So idk it's really up to you. I would get one if I had the chance just to play with it and worst case scenario I still have my other guitars but idk. I would do it.
i put a seymour duncan JB in my standard start and it was no bother, give it a go. am thinking about changing the pickups on my gibson les paul. Peter green mod or something, dunno yet. ne suggestions??
is the jb good for heavy stuff? are they high output? good harmonics? liek good for metallica n stuff liek that and also the 80's van halen stuff and dokken??
does anybody know why on my bridge pickup some strings are barely audible, specifically my low E string, while the other strings are loud and clear but when i change over to my neck pickup everything is fine. thanks in advance for any replies.
Replace your treble pickup, sounds like your magnets might be fucking around or your pickup is just bad in the first place. Also check the "action" of your strings, the ones not audible may be way to high from the pickup. Or maybe the screws under those strings on the pickup are low or high (i'm not sure about that last one if it affects anything) but hope this helped.
my bridge pick up wires wont fit in the hole can someone please tell me how to get it to the circuits it gets stuck half way all the time
wakawaka02 1 week ago
Tips from the master!! Thank you.
It's amazing how he can do it while he's underwater. :P
guitarsehole 2 weeks ago
QUESTION : okay so i have a RR5(passive) and an ltd(active), the ltd has emg's in it and im planing on swapping the guitars pickups, is there a way to do this with having to replace the pot's,toggle switch, and output jack? Am i able to this all with soldering? thanks :)
musicnshit101 3 weeks ago
damn thanks that was cool
briefcaseofblues 3 weeks ago
THE man..,.
dashizzler 1 month ago
Damn I wish he could set up my guitar!
stratelite 1 month ago
Love you SEYMOUR!!!
ThePhallystorm 1 month ago
A cell phone camera is better than a notebook... but Seymour is from the old school.
Maafa1619 2 months ago
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Can some1 answer this question plz:Im installing a 1 meg vol pot,4 wire Bucker ...I bought 26awg single shielded wire.A single shielded wire has the Inner wire,AND the shielding which will be GROUND.thats 2 wires.I want to instal them to my Output jack one Hot,One ground ...yet each has a center & a ground thats 4 wires total for just to lugs on output jack ...HOW do I do this correctly? Anyone?
97warlock 2 months ago
replacing the original burstbuckers in my gibson standard with seymour's jb combination was the best that could happen to this guitar. seymour rocks!
monsarad 2 months ago
best pickups around in my opinion S.D. alnico pro 2's. soo cool how he's a music legend and he looks like he just got out of bed and threw on a t-shirt. love that man!!
6stringzstrummin 2 months ago
also he was nice enough to sign my guitar.
sbosuna 2 months ago
Seymour is just the nicest guy. He really gave me and my band a lot of help.
sbosuna 2 months ago
legendary.
kaarankin69 2 months ago
I grew up in Santa Barbara and saw him once. I was afraid to speak to him. One of my best friends was head luthier for his shop on De La Vina Street. This guy's a master.
maripocita37 3 months ago 2
Music Legend.
StephenFiorentini 3 months ago
Hey what's not to like you 13 stoopid people. That's Syemour Duncan fer chrissakes!
macroom100 3 months ago 2
I just watched someone teaching how to install new strings, and it turned out pretty bad, it has very few winds that my guitar kept on going out of tune, i never thought I could learn the BEST WAY to wind on strings on someone teaching how to install pick ups. Great video!
BujoySeth 5 months ago 6
Seymour is a great cat!!! God bless him!
raggityman 6 months ago
6:14 Ass-Hole
socaldgr24 6 months ago
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socaldgr24 6 months ago
I love my SD's!!
MrDeamon1 6 months ago
Seymour Duncan look's like a old scoffy Dog! great pups though...
MrHideyoursheep 6 months ago
just practice soldering on scrap wire and small metal objects. before you know it, you'll be a pro. I gutted my Fender Jazz bass and replaced all the electronics in about 30 minutes. Everything works fine. phew. Make sure you find a good wiring diagram and take your time.
enahcs 7 months ago
Seymour Duncan is a pretty cool guy.....he installs pickups and doesnt afraid of anything
XxHoosierXHoosierxX 7 months ago
bollocks.... i have no chance!
KKKJOKER82 7 months ago
@ererye if you dont know seymour duncan, then you dont know ANYTHING about pickups...
Anghorn32 8 months ago 2
@ererye lol isnt y they're called seymore duncans?
CodeEureka7 10 months ago
Can you help me with my Dimarzios?
journeyquest1 10 months ago
@ererye everything
justinbeaver1 10 months ago
the trick with winding strings is so good! Thank you, Mr.Seymour!!!
ValleysOfSaturn 10 months ago 5
@ValleysOfSaturn I agree that is a great trick. I wish I had learned that trick years ago.
Loctorpse 10 months ago
The little string measuring trick is did was awesome... i'm not very good at eye balling how much slack I need to give the strings when putting new ones on... trying that totally
rokku87 10 months ago
@ererye
chicodyl 10 months ago
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@ererye He knows everything about pick-ups
chicodyl 10 months ago
@ererye He knows everthing about pick-ups
chicodyl 10 months ago
"hi im seymour duncan, and im the guy ripping you off and taking all your hard earned cash" seriously nice stuff, way to expensive
lordvad3r 11 months ago
@lordvad3r dude... ebay.
thelogheart 10 months ago
@lordvad3r Expensive?
That's hardly a word suitable for describing Duncans.
gnsumas 9 months ago
Jeeszzzzz, who is videoing this? You were showing how to test a Pot and what to put where and then we saw the top of your head and that was that. When you flipped that guitar looks like the yellow screwdriver was underneath it???? Also noticed some wires inside that guitar that were not shielded at all. Is it true that inside a Lester shielded wire is usless since its solid body and the cover plate is shieled on the inside anyway?
Davesintexas 11 months ago
@Davesintexas Si!
LowFlyer1200 11 months ago
Are those burstbuckers?
StephenFiorentini 11 months ago
@StephenFiorentini hahaha, do you think that seymour duncan will install gibson pickups? c'mon
givemeajackson 11 months ago
13 people use emg pickups
guitarkid6342 1 year ago
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deathmetalguy666 1 year ago
@deathmetalguy666 idk what ur really talkin bout, but its either a pot, soldering iron, or a small flat screwdriver
americanboy64 1 year ago
@americanboy64 never mind i allready know it was the soldering iron XD
deathmetalguy666 1 year ago
I think the best thing is to find a guitar shop and build a good relationship with the people. I go to a great shop in Terrassa, Spain called Casa Farras and since I buy all my stuff from them, when I buy pickups from them they install them for free. Sure, I pay about ten Euros more per pickup than mail order but they do a great job. Plus, they are always happy to see me. When was the last time Guitar Center looked happy to see you when you logged on? Great video!!!!
paulgaudinjrBCN 1 year ago
how do you dislike this video? you don't like the way he put the pickups in perfectly?
J214 1 year ago
a mi me tocas mi guitarra y te rompo tu putamadre !! =D hahahaa
marshall123gera 1 year ago
Seymour Butts
IamtheSpankster 1 year ago
13 people are emg fans! lol
TheShepster80 1 year ago 38
@TheShepster80
Im open to ANY pickup makers
londonkol 1 year ago
@TheShepster80 im an EMG fan but i bought a duncan JB today because im not one of the close minded metalheads whos like "MAN PHOOK INNY PIKKUP EKKSEPT EE IM JEEZ"
i was gonna install myself but i watched this vid and was like o.O
CitySkateboards 1 year ago
@TheShepster80 hey! i love emgs but , i also love seymour duncans , the blackouts are by far one of the most BADASS pickup sets ever!!
theamericanmetalhead 1 month ago
@theamericanmetalhead Not keen on the clean tone of the blackouts myself. I prefer the sh-2 jazz (for clean) and the sh-4 jb combo. Although im led to believe the mustaine livewires are badass and the emg het set are brutal.
TheShepster80 1 month ago
@theamericanmetalhead Hell YES they are! I tried a full set of blackout single coils in one of my best strats and that guitar came alive, ridiculous tone in every mode you run them through, crunch, clean or major saturation. Duncan majorly raised the bar on EMG when he did the Blackouts, less noise, less compression, more headroom, more 'air' behind the notes... more everything.
groovebrew 2 weeks ago
a man who knows what hes EXACTLY doing
KingNasrify 1 year ago
its easier on acoustic :)
1993epiphoneSG 1 year ago
"a little trick i do, when the wire has flashing, i dont know if you guys thought of this, but you can use tape." dudes a genious
1993epiphoneSG 1 year ago
13 people ruined their guitar...
FromHalo2halo 1 year ago 3
I'm confused on way anyone would dislike watching a legend change a guitar pickup....
Whoisjulien 1 year ago 4
His little Stringing lesson at the end is a winner!!!
radomu1 1 year ago 2
It's like guitar surgery
danenator 1 year ago 37
dude that guitar hes usin is so beast!! i played one and it was lik heaven!!
Brimmingmebitter 1 year ago
@Brimmingmebitter yep, I own a LP Goldtop with Deymour Duncan Alnico Pro II PU's, its really a killer axe, especially when you play it over a Blackstar.
dudewhosaysarrh 1 year ago
my favorite type of pickups..SD !
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
omfg...i hv no idea with the SD slash signature pickup....i doesnt see any wire colour inside the cable....how im going to install into my EPIPS LP STD...anyone?? HELP ME!!!!
garydudu 1 year ago
this guy really knows his stuff
elliotdeware87 1 year ago
@elliotdeware87 he is the pick up god!
Estill01 1 year ago
wow this guy really cares about his guitar. For me its if i got a guitar it wont ever come back the same. I beat the shit out of my guitars. You should see my 4 year old stratocaster its beat to hell works like a charm though.
guitarfreakRSS 1 year ago
Kind of hard to see whats happening cause of quality, but this was a great help
Blackenthecursedsun1 1 year ago
Hey!that's Josh bradford's guitar hahaha cool
Hatredismypride 1 year ago
Hi there, i just have a question, i have an esp ec-50 and usually the top pickup selector switch controls the bridge pickup, but in my case the top seems to control the neck instead, i got this guitar seconds hand, maybe they installed it wrong? is there any way that i can have the top selector switch control the bridge instead of the neck? thanks
goatygeek 1 year ago
@goatygeek Basically on Les Paul-type guitars the "up" position is neck pickup and "down" is bridge. If you want to change it, you have to re-wire it by un-soldering the two wires connected to the switch inside the body of the guitar and solder them back the other way around. This is basically it, but if you are unexperienced, seek the advise of a luthier.
SomethinWild 1 year ago
@SomethinWild Thanks for the help, i already fixed it by re-wiring/soldering. it works perfectly fine now.
goatygeek 1 year ago
does it play a roll which wood the guitar have for the change or something else ???
want to change my emg 85 with a seymoar duncan blackout on my ibanez rgt-6 ...
WaldebeatZ 1 year ago
this guy is Seymour Duncan ? wow...so this guy made SD pickups right?
TheCurseOfMetal 1 year ago
Oh yeah now that will screw you!
Idn42 1 year ago
you can´t mix a passive pickup with a active pickup
sharingan56789 1 year ago
@sharingan56789 yes you can, you just need to have a battery powering the active one and the other pickups can be passive, don't post statements like that without evidence in future.
BayviewAvenue 1 year ago
this dude's kool
stabber63 1 year ago
The thing I hate with this is that one the home page it stands:
If you aren't used to handle tools like this so go to a pro
My english is bad, but i hope you get what i mean...
And I only have one chance to do it , otherwise i'll have a broken guitar...
robban97swe 1 year ago
@robban97swe
Just be very careful with soldering iron and you propably won't do any severe/permanent damage to your guitar, mics or fingers. If it does go wrong, you can always take the guitar to a professional.
LostBlossom 1 year ago
I failed at Soldering....so I cut the wires and Twisted them together to the new pick up wires......Not the right way to do it!!!! but it works and its a hell of a lot easier....eeekk!
BLACKSYNTH 1 year ago
Fucking retard.
JDK0316191 1 year ago
why not practice soldering...
when ur confident go back and solder your wires make sure they are well insulated
dudearlo 1 year ago
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what are some good seymour duncan pups for playing old school metal and classic rock??
GibsonGuitar66 1 year ago
LiveWires.
JDK0316191 1 year ago
Those little screwdrivers that he is using are bad ass.
123b1s1m1 1 year ago
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the best way to change your pickups is to go back to the store where you bought the guitar and tell them to do it for you
Master25545 1 year ago
how do you ground your connection?my budie connected his stuff and he didn't do it right.
poshi12 1 year ago
@poshi12
You should refer to the pickup wiring diagram first. Not all are the same.
Gibson 57 Classic for example has the braided shield as the actual ground wire, the internal wire is the hot connection. PUP wiring varies. Read the schematic first or get a tech to install it. Proper solder application is also important.
pithor 1 year ago
Thanks! You're great, love the shirt!
ginghamslut 2 years ago
thanks for the upload , ) one question is that possible to change activ pu with passiv ???
because i want to have the seymoar duncan "blackout" pu´s on my mtm 2 .
WaldebeatZ 2 years ago
@WaldebeatZ you can swap passives for active pickups, but i'm pretty sure you can't mix them, so you couldn't have one passive and one active. either both are active or both are passive
JeremyMoar 1 year ago
@JeremyMoar all right man thanks
WaldebeatZ 1 year ago
the tech man at guitar center said its possible 2 mix but its going to not sound as good for the passive
opg4 1 year ago
hes a pretty cool old man
petepetruzzi 2 years ago 105
@petepetruzzi Pretty Rich too!
fishfan67 1 year ago
Seymour Duncan FTW!
flameviking1 2 years ago 2
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isn't this guy dead now
MawBTS 2 years ago
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Asshole.
DarthKazi 2 years ago
I have 9 USA made Les Paul's and they are loaded with Duncan's. Been using them for 20 years and never had a problem.
4JayeP 2 years ago 3
Whats so special about these pickups are they good for metal
Aqualeader5 2 years ago
They r good for any type of music, and they coil split which is great if u have the write wiring and knobs.
firegeek22 2 years ago
@Aqualeader5 Some of them, like the Invaders, are.
AlexTheGates 2 years ago
@Aqualeader5 oh dude serious??? they're AMAZING for metal
bluetseel 2 years ago
yea same its so complicated
Morain42 2 years ago
f doing this ill destroy my guitar...think ill get a pro to fit it..
theonelink 2 years ago 58
@theonelink its not that hard
givemeajackson 1 year ago
@theonelink illiterate people are my favorite ^_____^
mindingosafado 8 months ago
@theonelink sounds bad but trial and error, ive messed some stuff up on a guitar before, but two days ago i installed couple DiMarzios in my sg, kills it now, so somtimes its worth the risk if u dont have the money to pay. no i am better at installin pickups, maybe next time i can wire an entire strat pickguard
d4nzig4life 8 months ago
I need to see a vid on how to fix a bridge pickup from shorting out on a gibson V. It has the standard V pickguard but Idk how to really solder the loose wire back on a guitar like that. Most guitar vids with pickguards arent gibson style pickguards. nebody that can help me?
ravenrage07 2 years ago
Wait, I'm not entirely sure what he's doing on the back of the guitar; like, what is he doing with those wires?
Obelix5150 2 years ago
im not sure either, but i think hes just removing the wires that connect the bridge pickup to the tone and volume controls, otherwise, when he trys to take the pickup out, he'l yank the whole think out and ruin the wires. I think anway.
dannyboy24168 2 years ago
Rose Pickups. Amazing pickups, american made, 1/3 the price. google Rose Pickups. They are in Northern California
kdc300z 2 years ago
I replaced my bridge pick up from my USA STRAT by a SD hotrails (small humbucker to fit in singe coil slot)...and added a very smal pre-amp....super sound!
ronaldjanhenny 2 years ago
If i got Squier Strat
And i wan't to replace the pickup cuz i read from many reviews that It's stock pickup sounds bad
Which kind of pickup should i replace
When I want my guitar have wide range of music genre
taking all blues and rock or possibly metals
and is it good idea to use floyd rose bridge on squier strat?
Please reply
I need more than one opinion too
I'm kinda newbies to electric guitar
Woodwind007 2 years ago
its metal. noob. dont waste money on a strat just save up for a new one.
nano5896 2 years ago
No point putting good pickups in a crap guitar, and replacing the bridge with a floyd would probably cost more than the guitar itself
xrunepk3rzx 2 years ago 2
man you are all over the place, there is no pickup good for , blues rock and metal, if you like metal go with dirty fingers, etc, floyd rose bridges are crap, dont even think to stick it into a strat lol, your best bet right no is to buy yourself a good tube amp and a humbucker equipped guitar, it should do the trick for now.
Estebanfuturo 2 years ago
the origan floyd rose made by schaller is really great. I'm tired of ppl bitchin' bout a crappy licensed floyd rose
fridgeslayer94 2 years ago
nice new tip on string replacement =D
Thedutchrockstar 2 years ago
Holy crap that SG Std you played in Santa Barbara Fiesta smokes em all!
Any more samples of you playing that SG? How bout some slide?
hofnersinla 2 years ago
is it possible to replace a single coil with a humbucker on a strat?
Killswitchfan001 2 years ago
look up seymour duncan's hot rails. they're specialized humbuckers fit to fit in a strat.
SilverRavenx 2 years ago 2
yea ive heard of them but i really wanna put an active humbucker in their. somethin like a EMG 81 or a Seymour Ducan blackout
Killswitchfan001 2 years ago
ohhh.. i think seymour Duncan makes single coil blackouts, but they're not humbuckers. they're active though.
SilverRavenx 2 years ago
will it sound the same if i put it in the bridge position? (sound the same as a humbucker)
Killswitchfan001 2 years ago
No.
Umaiketsu 2 years ago
if u buy a new pickguard, or a Humbucking Single coil pickup
Draeku 2 years ago
yeah but you'll need the cut the pick guard the a bigger size ( the whole for the single coil) to fit the humbucker
olliedabomb999 2 years ago
yes, but you have to change the pickguard aswell.
Estebanfuturo 2 years ago
This is not a criticism, just a question.
Can someone tell me why Americans pronounce the word "Solder" as "Sodder"?
You leave out the letter "L"
maxwellthedog 2 years ago
its called a silent letter.. just as in ghoul, you don't say the "H" and knife, you don't say the "K" and lastly, as in solder. you don' say the "L" =)
AmOnStEr94 2 years ago
@maxwellthedog
the same reason we voted for "Dubbya"
...twice
antifaith82 2 years ago
could someone please, advice me about seymour duncan pick ups on an alder body?? i have a yamaha pacifica with 1 humbucker and 2 single coils, so I was thinking if seymour duncan pickups would work out on my alder body guitar.. i have so many questions..
brunocortina 2 years ago
Yes, Seymours are good in any type of wood, I have 2 Jacksons with Seymours. I use a Screamin Demon in the bridge position a vintage rails in the middle and a Jazz on the neck in my Alder body Jackson. It sounds fantastic!
maxwellthedog 2 years ago
or would it be better to get an EMG? what seymour pickup do you recommend for a chunky bright sound? active pickups are more expensive than passive.. but someone told me that if I put a passive pickup having an Alder body, i won't listen a big difference in sound.. therefore it'd be better to get an active one with a pre amp already.. what do you say maxwellthedog?
brunocortina 2 years ago
a stratocaster is the easiest because all the wires are straight foward and you get a larger area to work with
AJHcorolla 2 years ago
Did Kurt Cobain use a seymour duncan pickups on one of his mustang?
doomrocker666 2 years ago
yea, when i went to the rock & roll hall of fame they had one of his mustangs with a duncan on it.
bonjovifan89 2 years ago
Seymour is the magician of the pickups. Every pickup I have tried sounded not only distinctive but quality wise so clear an responsive it changed the way I played. And this you can understand without using tones of effects.Just simply plug to the amp.
HeavyMetalThunderss 2 years ago
are seymour duncan alnico 2 pro pickups single conductor wires or four?
andr3wbr1an 2 years ago
I'm Gonna Put Some Pick-ups In My Duncan Yo-Yo And Also On My Dounut But Sereously. I Put The Hot Rodded Set In A Unknown Model Fernandes Guitar. It Was The Best Thing I Ever Did In Life
theincredibleiannune 2 years ago
the pickup size was to big for my guitar is what the duuude said
SurendraSkye69 2 years ago
why does he use Seymour Duncan pickups so much??? haha, jk. nice video
natarnatar0615 2 years ago
would a seymour duncan 59 in the neck sound good with an alnico 2 in the bridge
Belchingben1 2 years ago
of course...dimebag darrell even used a 59 in the neck. slash uses 2 alnico 2 pro's.
kempobrad 2 years ago
im trying to get new pickups for my agile les paul but the pickups i guess were the wrong size or somthing for my guitar because when i asked if i could get them replaced the guitar guy said that he couldnt get them out because there in there for good...what do i do?
SurendraSkye69 2 years ago
You should smack the person that installed them?
acidosmosis 2 years ago
surendra- that makes no sense to me at all. The only thing I can think of is the routing for the pickups was too small, but that is highly unlikely, almost unheard of- all these guitars are routed by CNC machines. I would find another "guitar guy"...something's fishy
dmedicFF 2 years ago
i need help from any one my when i raise my pick up it always leans forward what can i do to fix that i already looked at it and it still leans forward what can i do it's bugging
bulletfingrz 2 years ago
He's a Guitar surgeon!
WallyWha22 2 years ago 2
bad finger 8:08
bundaiz 2 years ago
hum, it depends of what you play: if you play mainly metal stuff with different tuning, get the one with emgs.
cause the FR make detuning very hard !!
I would say, it depends of what you play.
yungsoo 2 years ago
can you put active pickups in a guitar that came with non active ones? and is there any point putting new pickups in a guitar that costs 250?
synveng 2 years ago
you can put active pickups in any guitar if there is enough place in it.
You should buy a new guitar instead of buying expensive pickups.
yungsoo 2 years ago
ok kwl thx wanna get a schecter tempest with emg's or c1 fr but i have hever had a floyd rose before should i go for one without i tried one out today it was ok but i didint really know what to do with it lol like the dive bombs and stuff i really want a schecter tho should i get a floyd rose ?
synveng 2 years ago
Well it's really up to you. The Floyd Rose is worth it because if set up right it will NEVER go out of tune. But at the same time I've had friends who completely loathe Floyd Roses because they sometimes don't work to their advantage and end up getting out of tune then the balance on the thingy is all weird. So idk it's really up to you. I would get one if I had the chance just to play with it and worst case scenario I still have my other guitars but idk. I would do it.
moporama 2 years ago
i put an £80 pickup in £80 guitar and its great.
alyosha140557 2 years ago
I'm sure.
BMXcomedy 2 years ago
@synveng yes you can and no there's not unless you're downsyndromed
dpapaioannow 1 year ago
@dpapaioannow its allright got a maverick now
synveng 1 year ago
I never thought of re-stringing my guitar like that. I'll have to try that. Seems so much easier
toml71 2 years ago
This may sound dumb, but does Seymour play himself?
whammydoom 2 years ago
i'm pretty sure he plays...
guysapire 2 years ago
i put a seymour duncan JB in my standard start and it was no bother, give it a go. am thinking about changing the pickups on my gibson les paul. Peter green mod or something, dunno yet. ne suggestions??
apud86 2 years ago
Depends on the sound you wanna get , have you ever heard about SM Blackouts?
Or maybe SM SH55 Seth Lover Humbucker..
Shyuum 2 years ago
maybe try emg xD on a gibson
DangerousMusicProd 2 years ago
Really depends on your sound you want. I like the JB's but my personal favourite pickup is the dimarzio duper distortion dp100. Amazing pickup
vivalasexy 2 years ago
super distortion lol....
vivalasexy 2 years ago
is the jb good for heavy stuff? are they high output? good harmonics? liek good for metallica n stuff liek that and also the 80's van halen stuff and dokken??
dokken555 2 years ago
ye their heavy with high output
vivalasexy 2 years ago
for playing Dokken and Van halen the jb will be a good choice along with the Geoge lynch Screamin Deamon pickup.
For playing metallica i Would use EMG active pickups
hellion786 2 years ago
does anybody know why on my bridge pickup some strings are barely audible, specifically my low E string, while the other strings are loud and clear but when i change over to my neck pickup everything is fine. thanks in advance for any replies.
vannyfresh 2 years ago 2
Replace your treble pickup, sounds like your magnets might be fucking around or your pickup is just bad in the first place. Also check the "action" of your strings, the ones not audible may be way to high from the pickup. Or maybe the screws under those strings on the pickup are low or high (i'm not sure about that last one if it affects anything) but hope this helped.
housemandoc23 2 years ago