Members JazzButcher Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 once i get some free time, im going to put a humbucker from an epiphone into my acoustic. its crazy, i know....but im doing it.its an old acoustic thats about to die anyways. any thoughts on where i should put it?i dunno if i want to put it in the soundhole or if i want to make a hole for it near the neck yet. ill let you guys know how it turns out (might take a month, im slow)
Members bjorn-fjord Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 My vote is to put it in the soundhole. Putting a large hole in the top of an acoustic guitar above the soundhole will destroy the structural integrity of the top. This region is second only to the bridge area in terms of mechanical stress. Let me put it another way. Your guitar will implode if you cut through the upper transverse brace above the soundhole.
Members JazzButcher Posted December 12, 2007 Author Members Posted December 12, 2007 good call on that one, bjorn.by the way, saw your advice on truss-rod adjustments in another post.you are a wise man.thank you very much.
Members guitarist21 Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 I agree with bjorn here. Acoustic guitar tops are braced extremely carefully for a reason: get something wrong and the whole thing crumbles in. Even if you do put it on the soundhole, depending on how you mount it you might still be on proverbial thin ice. Make sure when you mount it that you've looked inside your guitar and you know where the braces are and you know where the stress points are on the top. What kind of guitar is this, just out of curiousity? Ellen
Members JazzButcher Posted December 12, 2007 Author Members Posted December 12, 2007 its an old dreadnought yamaha. honestly, im surprised its still usable. i salvaged it from the trash after someone threw it against a wall (concrete, nonetheless) and smashed the bottom pretty good. haha glue and precautionary duct tape seem to have done the trick for a few years now if i had to guess the year, id say the 70s because it was my fathers old girlfriend's guitar...and well he hasnt dated anyone for quite some time, haha.
Members JazzButcher Posted December 12, 2007 Author Members Posted December 12, 2007 ps - it was smashed because when i was at my dads helping him clean the garage, it fell from the rafters and smacked him the head. anger took control and you know the rest.
Members Pascal Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 Yeah, why not? Humbucker in acoustic: [YOUTUBE]V77lRhhoISE[/YOUTUBE] Floyd Rose in acoustic: [YOUTUBE]1rstnOz1EmQ[/YOUTUBE] Watch the other videos by the same user.. the ones where he plays the guitar.
Members C70man Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 Ouch! that almost hurt! How about an older style humbucker, like on the J160's?...they look cool too.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 I installed a Gibson PAF in a Gibson acoustic by making a bracket (to support it) out of aluminum that was attached to the neck block, thus it didn't compromise the integrity of the top or dampen the top's vibrations, as it was "suspended" in the soundhole. Worked out fine and sounded OK...not terribly "acoustic", but the owner wanted a "jazz box" sound.
Members Etienne Rambert Posted December 12, 2007 Members Posted December 12, 2007 any thoughts on where i should put it? Careful asking questions like that around here. Terry's describing a floating pick-up like archtops have. I have a Kent Armstrong humbucker on my archtop. It kicks serious *ss. The brackets are screwed or riveted on each side of the neck. The pickup is attached to the brackets.
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