Does anyone have any suggestions for PUP upgrade on the ESB4?
It's hard to find good recommendations on the interweb because the ESB4 has routing for standard Humbuckers
and most upgrade paths point towards PBass or Jazz bass or Musicman style pups.
Cheers for any thoughts on this!
Hi Damo, I presume a soapbar bass pup would be a bit larger than the standard bucker mount. How is the construction can you route the cavity a bit larger if need be ?
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There are a few options.
http://www.emgpickups.com/bass/hb-models.html
http://tvjones.com/pickups/bass-pickups/thunder-mag/
Of these two, if you can justify the expenditure the TV's are the bizz
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Soapbars won't work as you need to use surrounds on a hollow bodyOriginally Posted by wokkaboy
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
no worries DB I wasn't sure if there are soapbar pup surrounds available.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Those Thunder Mags are fricking amazing pickups, but holy crap are they expensive. I wanted to put one in my RC4, but ended up with a Gretsch Filtertron for about half the price. Still a bloody good pickup.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GRETSCH-N...EAAOSwHjNWA3jC
Last edited by pablopepper; 23-11-2015 at 09:55 AM.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Basically you need to have 'ears' for the pup to hang off the surround.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
if you found a suitable surround couldn't you screw/nut and mount them in the surround DB ? I've never seen it done. Would be hard to find a surround with the 2 holes on the right side.
Or can you glue a block inside to mount it ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
The biggest issue to try and work around would be height adjustment.
Pups with ears are designed in a way that allows for this but pups with lugs are designed to be direct mounts..
Sounds like a challenge for our drafty/ designer peeps to tackle
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
DB have you ever taken the casing off the ESB-4 pickups ? are they actually a 4 pole pickup or have the factory just chucked 6 pole guitar pups in ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
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