Zeke Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I own two guitars, ones a decont Epiphone and ones aa crappy Drive. I wanna know If I can take a Humbucker and turn it into a single. Ifso how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 This is like a thread last week but in reverse XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 I saw that, but it doesn't ansewer my quesition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Probably. But why would you want to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahlia Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I own two guitars, ones a decont Epiphone and ones aa crappy Drive. I wanna know If I can take a Humbucker and turn it into a single. Ifso how. Just go spend the 100$ or whatever on a new pickup. D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 I don't have 100 dollors. I'm making a new guitar with just a single, and its gonna just be a crappy one so itsounds ike Nirvana. Don't ask, I just make what people want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compyfox Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Then go to a pawn shop and ask for used parts or look for cheap deals on the internet. No spoonfeeding, use google. I know that there're coils out there for dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahlia Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I don't have 100 dollors. I'm making a new guitar with just a single, and its gonna just be a crappy one so itsounds ike Nirvana. Don't ask, I just make what people want. Not to sound mean, but from what you said, I take it you consider yourself a guitar technician... but post on OCR's boards to find out if it's possible to turn a humbucker into a coil? o.O; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenzark Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 To be honest I've never heard of anyone who wanted to change their humbucker into coils, but perhaps that's just me. Have you heard of soapbars? P-90s? My friend has em, sounds kinda' like a coil on a Gibson to me, though ofcourse thicker. Why not just buy some Jaguar pickups, like the Kurt Cobain signature guitar has? I bet that one has the sound you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 You can try series/parallel wiring to cut one of the coils off the humbucker at a certain position on the selector, but for this you need a four conductor pickup, and most stock pickups are not four conductor. Also, you can install a coil-tap switch which cuts off one of the coils as well. Look here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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