Thanks wierdy!! Luckily, I was doing it on a spare pickup I had lying around, will open up my proper pickups that are being used in my guitar and have a crack and DBs guide again knowing now that the black wire is secretly red :P question though, will it be nesesaril to split both pickups (neck and bridge) If I only have one switch? Or can I split the 2 and depending on which pickup is selected is which pup is split?
For some things, some times, it's the same time all over the world, and I think we know what time that is...
With a single switch you can have a few options, depending on the switch type. If you use an On/Off/On DPDT you can choose to split one pickup or the other (or neither in the Off position), or use an On/On DPDT and split both at the same time (both split or neither split). In both cases the 3-way toggle still selects which pickup(s) are active.
So, you can mod just one pickup and split only that one, or mod them both and split both of them, and still just use a single switch either way.
Scott.
Just a couple of question about opening the case... I have been looking for alternatives to sawing, but it looks like most of you do it that way, right? How do you keep the metal shavings from setting all over?
Has anyone opened an ESB pup? It seems to use the same bass plate as the guitar pups, leading me to wonder if it has bars or slugs under the hood?
Last question for today... has anyone tried to swap out the magnets for alnico?
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In this thread I removed the covers by melting the solder joins (must be quick but careful), and swapped out the magnets. Haven't cracked any of the stock bass pups open, sorry.
Scott.
I popped a HB last week from a kit, i just de-soldered it, i had a screwdriver down the side of the cover to gently pop it as i have always done, gently does it.
Thanks. That thread is very helpful. Closer to what I want to do. My favorite bass has two humbuckeds, and my favorite setting is with the bridge in series, and the neck in single coil. I like being able to set then with just inside or outside coils too though. Thanks!
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