Any possible problems/side-effects with mixing these pickup types?

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Geeky tech spec! Hoorah!

Ok, bridge position Tele SCN - DC resistance 13.8K, Inductance 4.9 Henries.

Can't find Spec on standards, but the Texas Tele neck - DC 9.5K, Inductance 3.3 Henries.

The short version of this is that you should be fine.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link

John - thanks belatedly for this! In the event, I passed on the bridge p/u, but I see that pairs are now coming onto the market via Fender dealers, so I may revisit.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 20 April 2006 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Lol @ this thread

Anyone have links to instructions on changing pickups? or is it better to have some guitar shop dude do it for me? I don't have a soldering iron :s

*waits for new "fuck off noob" answers*

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Sunday, 4 June 2006 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link

It's actually really easy, but you would have to go buy a soldering iron...what are you taking out/putting in?

― John Justen, Penis-melting Zionist robot combs (johnjusten), Monday, 5 June 2006 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link

it's worth spending $10 on a cheap iron at radioshack and learning how to solder and wire the pickups up yourself.

there are many many sites that have instructions on how to do this, some better than other. best try google and look for ones with clear schematics, layouts, and pictures!

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 5 June 2006 03:40 (eighteen years ago) link

according to webbers, the pickups it has now are:
• 621 with open coils (black) neck pickup
• 623 with open coils (black) bridge pickup

i guess i would put in silver p-90s or some such. amidumb?

the only thing i've googled so far is this:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/how_to_install_a_pu.shtml

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Monday, 5 June 2006 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link

WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU????

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link

fuck does that have to do with anything

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 00:40 (eighteen years ago) link

just funnin'

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't be a stupid wanna-be gearhead and I will.

-- Colin Meeder (amisrau...), April 3rd, 2006 10:30 AM.

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link

new answers/flames

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

n00b

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link

What kind of pickups are the 621/623? If they're humbuckers
(which is what I'm thinking) P-90's wont fit. I know that somebody makes a p-90 in a humbucer sized chassis, but I can't remember who right now.

What might help more is if I knew what kind of guitar it is, which would give me a little more insight into how difficult the wiring harness is going to be to deal with.

By the way, if it's a semi-hollow or hollowbody, you probably want to stop right now...

― John Justen, Penis-melting Zionist robot combs (johnjusten), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link

washburn hb-30, basically a generic version of a gibson dot i.e. hollowbody ;0(

not that big a deal really. but is it really that much more difficult w/ a hollowbody?

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Thursday, 8 June 2006 02:17 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry yeah they are humbuckers

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Thursday, 8 June 2006 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link

it's pictured on the 'new guitar' thread

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Thursday, 8 June 2006 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link

or rather the "ah fuck it, what do your guitars look like" thread (i need admin)

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Thursday, 8 June 2006 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link

HB-30's are cool, but rewiring hollowbodys is a total pain in the ass. You have to pull the wires out of either a pickup hole or a f-hole to do the wiring, generally, and even worse, you have to be able to pull all the pots/switches/etc. back into place afterwards. I'll try to do some research on the wiring harness on that guitar and let you know exactly how pain in the ass it will be...

― John Justen, Penis-melting Zionist robot combs (johnjusten), Thursday, 8 June 2006 05:54 (eighteen years ago) link

thanks john. don't trouble yourself too much as i'm a novice with electronics/wiring and should probably just leave things be rather than chance fucking it up royally

― Q('.'Q) (eman), Thursday, 8 June 2006 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link

All I really need to do is figure out whether the pickups connect durectly to the switch or not. If so, banzai!

No trouble at all, really. This is what I do all day anyway...

― John Justen, Penis-melting Zionist robot combs (johnjusten), Friday, 9 June 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Theoretically, the higher impedence of the bridge pickup VS neck pickup might make the bridge weaker than expected in the mixed position VS each solo.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 27 August 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link

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