Humbuckers

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31-05-2023, 05:30 AM
Guthriecb

Humbuckers

Does anyone know what brand the humbucker pickups are in the LP style kits? I got an SSC-1 with gold hardware upgrade and just trying to figure out what the electronics are. Thanks!
31-05-2023, 06:16 AM
McCreed

All the stock kit pickups are unbranded MIC pickups. I believe the HB's are all ceramic magnets. Some people are happy with the stock p/ups other upgrade to whatever brand they like.
Also the kit HB's are 2 conductor, so if you want options like split coil etc, they can't be wire for that.
31-05-2023, 07:16 AM
fender3x

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Originally Posted by McCreed

All the stock kit pickups are unbranded MIC pickups. I believe the HB's are all ceramic magnets. Some people are happy with the stock p/ups other upgrade to whatever brand they like.
Also the kit HB's are 2 conductor, so if you want options like split coil etc, they can't be wire for that.

1+ Somewhere on this board there is a hack to turn a 2 conductor humbucker into a 4 conductor. I tried it with the stock kit pickups and confirmed both your hypotheses: (1) Magnets are ceramic. (2) It's way easier to turn the a two conductor humbucker into a paperweight than to turn it into a four conductor pickup.
31-05-2023, 07:04 PM
Rabbit

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Originally Posted by fender3x

1+ Somewhere on this board there is a hack to turn a 2 conductor humbucker into a 4 conductor. I tried it with the stock kit pickups and confirmed both your hypotheses: (1) Magnets are ceramic. (2) It's way easier to turn the a two conductor humbucker into a paperweight than to turn it into a four conductor pickup.

The soap bars and jazz bass pups are also ceramic. The process of making a two lead humbucker into a 4 lead humbucker would entail desoldering the coils and soldering leads onto the coils. That would require that there was enough coil wire slack and a lot of breath holding while you dealt with the hair thin coil wire that seems oh so much more fragile once wound . Given the quality of the pups if on a budget it would be better to just buy cheap chinese pups that would be pretty much as good as the kit pups but you would be able to get 4 lead humbuckers.
31-05-2023, 10:30 PM
fender3x

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Originally Posted by Rabbit

The soap bars and jazz bass pups are also ceramic. The process of making a two lead humbucker into a 4 lead humbucker would entail desoldering the coils and soldering leads onto the coils. That would require that there was enough coil wire slack and a lot of breath holding while you dealt with the hair thin coil wire that seems oh so much more fragile once wound . Given the quality of the pups if on a budget it would be better to just buy cheap chinese pups that would be pretty much as good as the kit pups but you would be able to get 4 lead humbuckers.

Agreed. As it turns out the process is similar for making a pickup shaped paperweight, but the outcome is far more certain.