A while back I bought this 2013 '60s Tribute LP with Humbuckers.
The only LPs that I had at the time were Historics/Custom Shop, so I wanted an inexpensive LP to carry around.
Normally I would start with changing the pots and caps and '50s wiring.
When I opened up the control cavity I saw that everything was boards and quick connect plugs.
I noticed that the Burstbucker 1/2 pickups were 4 wire, but there were no push/pull pots for coil splitting.
WTF- what would it have cost to put a couple of push/pull pots in, maybe $5 or so?
That really annoyed me, and it seemed like a marketing opportunity lost for Gibson too.
I was going to cut the connectors off the pickups and put in some pots for coil splitting.
Then I decided to take out all of the electrical components and leave the connectors alone.
That meant everything- switch, jack, pickups, board.
The pickups are a bit unusual.
The neck pickup is a vintage cream colored T-top that has slightly narrower spacing than a vintage Gibson T-top, so I doubt that it was a Gibson pickup.
Also it was substantially higher output than a Gibson T-top.
The pole spacing is perfect for a neck pickup.
I noticed that Jared Brandon of Brandonwound pickups was advertising reproduction cream colored T-tops, vintage Gibson spaced.
I sent him my pickup and had him rewind it to ~7.75k ohms.
I had him wind a bridge pickup to ~8.10k ohms.
The color of his new bobbin is a perfect match for the old one.
I initially had the Jimmy Page wiring setup, but then I decided to go all the way on pickup switching.
The pickup rings are Seymour Duncan Triple Shot Rings which have slider switches to control each coil separately.
Then I put in Bournes push/pull volume pots- one is for series/parallel switching, the other is for in-phase/out-of-phase switching.
The tone pots are CTS 500k, with Orange Drop caps.
New Switchcraft switch and new jack.
The number of tones that you can get out of this setup is amazing.
The bridge is a nickel plated ABR from a 335, converted from Nashville.
The tailpiece is nickel plated aluminum.
Changed the truss rod cover to a plain one too.
Weight is around 8 pounds 6 ounces.
Total outlay for the modifications is around $250 or so, and well worth it.
The only LPs that I had at the time were Historics/Custom Shop, so I wanted an inexpensive LP to carry around.
Normally I would start with changing the pots and caps and '50s wiring.
When I opened up the control cavity I saw that everything was boards and quick connect plugs.
I noticed that the Burstbucker 1/2 pickups were 4 wire, but there were no push/pull pots for coil splitting.
WTF- what would it have cost to put a couple of push/pull pots in, maybe $5 or so?
That really annoyed me, and it seemed like a marketing opportunity lost for Gibson too.
I was going to cut the connectors off the pickups and put in some pots for coil splitting.
Then I decided to take out all of the electrical components and leave the connectors alone.
That meant everything- switch, jack, pickups, board.
The pickups are a bit unusual.
The neck pickup is a vintage cream colored T-top that has slightly narrower spacing than a vintage Gibson T-top, so I doubt that it was a Gibson pickup.
Also it was substantially higher output than a Gibson T-top.
The pole spacing is perfect for a neck pickup.
I noticed that Jared Brandon of Brandonwound pickups was advertising reproduction cream colored T-tops, vintage Gibson spaced.
I sent him my pickup and had him rewind it to ~7.75k ohms.
I had him wind a bridge pickup to ~8.10k ohms.
The color of his new bobbin is a perfect match for the old one.
I initially had the Jimmy Page wiring setup, but then I decided to go all the way on pickup switching.
The pickup rings are Seymour Duncan Triple Shot Rings which have slider switches to control each coil separately.
Then I put in Bournes push/pull volume pots- one is for series/parallel switching, the other is for in-phase/out-of-phase switching.
The tone pots are CTS 500k, with Orange Drop caps.
New Switchcraft switch and new jack.
The number of tones that you can get out of this setup is amazing.
The bridge is a nickel plated ABR from a 335, converted from Nashville.
The tailpiece is nickel plated aluminum.
Changed the truss rod cover to a plain one too.
Weight is around 8 pounds 6 ounces.
Total outlay for the modifications is around $250 or so, and well worth it.