Single Pickup to Humbuckers

[DarknessFury]

Is it possible to change a single pickup to a humbucker?

 

[trianglebiscuit]

hey there are aftermarketsingle coil humbuckers available which can fit into your singlecoil slot. check out seymourduncan.com and dimarzio.com.

i personally dont know how they fair against regular humbuckers though, maybe someone else can help you on that.

 

[theblueark]

It depends. If you remove your pickguard (if you have one), see if it is a swimming pool route, then you'll have space for a humbucker. If not, you'll have to route out your guitar.

The other option is to get a mini humbucker or a stacked single coil. Both of which straddle the line between single coil and humbucker tones.

 

[bin4christ]

my fren's guitar is fitted with duncan designed pickups tt look like seymour duncan lil 59's n he said it's double coil but it doesnt sound as strong humbuckers...

hey blueark:my strat copy doesnt hav swimming pool routing but the slot 4 the bridge pickup is the size of humbuckers ...but i'd say most cheapie guitars hav swimming pool routing..even my fren's yamaha EG-112 has tt...

 

[keiith]

Is it possible to change a single pickup to a humbucker?

i think the chances are little..

 

[DarknessFury]

Cheapie guitars have swimming pools, eh? That sounds good...er, how do you see if it's a pool or not?

 

[theblueark]

The proper, classic route:

The swimming pool route:

 

[bin4christ]

the swimming pool routing looks uglier eh?

hey blueark,wat finish is tt on the blue body?

 

[slipout]

if im not wrong, some models come with h-s-h routing configuration (esp if yr strat[i suppose] is s-s-h)

 

[crozzfire]

wow imagine strats with humbuckers...xD

 

[theblueark]

the swimming pool routing looks uglier eh?

hey blueark,wat finish is tt on the blue body?

Covered by the pickguard you wouldn't see the route. But arguably, removing that much wood affects the tone in a bad way.

I have no idea what the finish is. I just did a yahoo search and found those pics.

 

[DarknessFury]

Yea! Mine's a swimming pool! I can change it to humbuckers! Is it easy to change it by yourself?

 

[theblueark]

You have to either get a new pickguard or shape the hole big enough for the humbucker. As for wiring the pickup, it can be very easy or very hard depending on your experience at soldering.

 

[DarknessFury]

I think settling the pickguard would be easy...damn, I'm no good at soldering...I think I need someone's help...

 

[tany]

i think mikemann can help. PM him

 

[keiith]

woa..good for u..now ur tone will be power :wink:

 

[DarknessFury]

Does anyone know how much a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck humbucker would cost? And which shop sells it?

 

[fgl]

the swimming pool routing looks uglier eh?

hey blueark,wat finish is tt on the blue body?

with pick guard no one can see the rout whether ugly or not. BTW FENDER Maerican Standards strat & even the Santa Fe's have swimming pool route. If U ask me..the diff in tone between pool route, tex mex route (2 hums & centre sgl route) or standard vintage 3 sgl route....is marginal and hardly noticable.

BTW B$ christ thats'a a blue stained blueburst on a carved top quilted maple top finish......drooollllllll.....wish it was mine... 8)

 

[LimpPisskit]

BTW really cheapo strat copies, like James Tyler USA :wink: , use swimming pools

 

[DarknessFury]

Yes, I guess all cheapo strat copies uses swimming pools...