Members BAZGUITARMAN Posted May 5, 2007 Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 I don`t know why I`ve never tried this before. I`ve been playing so long, but never did any of the pickup swaps in my guitars. I just did the swap in my Fender Esquire Scorpion custom. It seemed like the best place to start since it`s just a single humbucker and single volume control. I`ve had the EMG to put in for about a year, but never got around to doing the work. I ordered the misc. parts last week and had a free night tonight so I jumped on it. First of all, I`m a {censored}ty solderer and I have one of those {censored}ty Radio Shack irons. Took a few minutes to get the hang of it. First joint was pretty sloppy, but the rest look good. Took about one hour from start to finish. That`s including taking all the tools out, letting the iron heat up, doing the work, re-assembling, restringing it and testing it out. Sounds great. Everything was right the first time and I`m proud that I finally got around to doing it. Eric P.S.- Free to a good home. One Fender "Atomic" humbucker. Great shape with 10" or 12" of lead. This one`s pretty hot for a Fender pup. I would compair it to a Duncan JB in output. The tone is sorta chunky. Not too bright on the top end. I didn`t like it in the mahogany Fender, but it may work great in ash or alder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoodleFace Posted May 5, 2007 Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 Nice man.. I really need to try my hand at a pickup swap one day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joshtruction Posted May 5, 2007 Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 I'd take the pick up. How do you like the new ones? Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAZGUITARMAN Posted May 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 I'd take the pick up. How do you like the new ones? Any good?The pickup is yours bro. PM replied to.I havn`t really given the 81 a good try yet since my shoulder is still hurting pretty bad. I basically just hooked it up and made sure it was fully functional. Hit a few chords and tried some artifical harmonics. I just had the 5150 II volume on 1 because it was already late. I`m going to try and give it a go later this coming up week. I`m thinking she`ll scream though. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members big69 Posted May 5, 2007 Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 Man, I've got an EMG 60 and 85 just sitting around, and a gutted Ibanez RG... damn you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Illuminatus Posted May 5, 2007 Members Share Posted May 5, 2007 The pickup is yours bro. PM replied to. I havn`t really given the 81 a good try yet since my shoulder is still hurting pretty bad. I basically just hooked it up and made sure it was fully functional. Hit a few chords and tried some artifical harmonics. I just had the 5150 II volume on 1 because it was already late. I`m going to try and give it a go later this coming up week. I`m thinking she`ll scream though. Eric Never underestimate the POWER of the 81 no matter what these punks say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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