Thread: Guitar parts

i put a set of Texas Specials in my G&L Legacy and i think they sound great, but i am a blues guy for sure. i have been chasing SRVs sound for a while as i am a huge fan. they sound great through my Marshall TSL602. i guess it really depends on what kind of sound you want. you can even get a humbucker type pickup that fits in you single coil hole. my advice would be the same as what my local guitar shop owner told me, find the artist who has the sound you want and see what pickups he/she uses and go from there. you'll never get the same sound as a studio album but you can get close.

Have a look at the Seymour Duncan PUP's, the ones I've installed in my electric basses and other peoples guitars have been awesome.

Some research into how the elecrtonics are wired inside the guitar may go a long distance.

You might just need a new volume pot (~$3).

As far as new pickups ...

It really depends on the sound you are looking to get from the guitar.

Active pickups are nice. I have a seymour duncan active humbuckler that really rips. The bummer is that it requires a 9 volt battery to boost the signal. In hindsight, I would rather stay passive and not deal with a fading 9 volt, but that's just me. I will say ... with a fresh battery, those pickups rip.

I also have a fender single coil in a telecaster hollowbody that I built up. I cant complain about that single coil at all. Just what you would expect as far as tonal qualities.

i'd go with texas specials... SRV would too.

Well, I am replacing ALL the guts, so new pots are in order anyhoo. I think I might replace the tone pots with those multiple resistor rotary switches. I have wanted to try those out for years.

A matched set of Texas Specials have been in the top 5 possible picks too. The SRV argument is compelling.

I already have enough overdrive and effects, so active pickups aren't something I am interested in. I also have a geetar with humbuckers, so I wanted to keep this one single coil only.

A quick update: I pulled everything BUT the pickups and replaced it.

Orange drop capacitors on the tone controls, new pots, star grounding and shielding all around.

I'm glad I waited on buying new pups til I got the other guts in, it sounds GREAT already. It only cost me about $35 to do it too!

Actually, it's almost as quiet as my humbucker guitar now. Heh.


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