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01-18-2010, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | |  Hollow body pickup SWAp?
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I am upgrading the pickups in my hollow body. Because I am not a profesional, I am probably going to do the shortcut thing where you solder the whip to the existing, attached whip, then wrap the joint with electrical tape. (My terminology may not be correct, but I hope you understand what I'm saying?) But my question is, can I resell the old pups that will then have the really short whips? If not, then are these old pups completely useless?
Let me know, Thanks
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01-18-2010, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | When I did my Ibanez AGB-140(?) I was able to work around the F-holes. I removed all the nuts holding the components in and pulled the components out through the F-hole and worked there. It wasn't _THAT_ hard to do.
Otherwise, leave enough wire so any potential buyer can splice things on the existing wires and go with full disclosure when you sell.
KO |
01-18-2010, 09:57 AM
|  | .............. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockton, Ca | | | I'm going to move this thread over to pickups, since you'll probably get more responses there.
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Paul |
01-18-2010, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kraigo  When I did my Ibanez AGB-140(?) I was able to work around the F-holes. I removed all the nuts holding the components in and pulled the components out through the F-hole and worked there. It wasn't _THAT_ hard to do.
Otherwise, leave enough wire so any potential buyer can splice things on the existing wires and go with full disclosure when you sell.
KO | Wow Kraigo, I think your right! When I talked to my luthier he painted this incredible tough scenario of working through the f holes, but now that you say that!...................
So each pup has a dedicated vol and tone knob, so if just take each out and replace each one at a time, each wire at a time, it should work out, right!
lOL!!!!! 
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01-20-2010, 05:05 PM
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Endorsing Artist: DR Strings, SMS, D-TAR | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boulder, CO | | | I have two '67 Guild Starfires, one of which is heavily modified. I got tired of the feeding things through the F-hole dance, so I had someone cut a door in the back. Worked great, he used the cut out as the door with some white binding and it looks like it was made that way at the factory!
F-holes are a pain, but hollow basses do sound great!
Edwin |
01-20-2010, 07:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by edwinhurwitz I have two '67 Guild Starfires, one of which is heavily modified. I got tired of the feeding things through the F-hole dance, so I had someone cut a door in the back. Worked great, he used the cut out as the door with some white binding and it looks like it was made that way at the factory!
F-holes are a pain, but hollow basses do sound great!
Edwin | You ever just do the shorcut route? Is there any difference in the quality if I use the shortcut?
Anyone have any advice?
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