About a pickup replacement project

[sebrodma]

Greetings! I have a MIJ Quest Manhattan (Rickenbacker clone) with P/J set up and I want to change that. I have two MM pickups there and I was thinking if there is a better option if I keep it like P/MM or MM/MM (both with an On/On/On toggle for Single/Parallel/Series configuration on the MM and a preamp)... What do you think about that?

 

[Warpeg]

I'm not sure that I understand. Are you kicking around the idea of removing the J (and potentially the P) pickup from your Ric clone, routing the body for one or two MM pickups, installing 3-way switches, and using a MM preamp in it?...or did I get lost in the details somewhere?

 

[sebrodma]

I'm not sure that I understand. Are you kicking around the idea of removing the J (and potentially the P) pickup from your Ric clone, routing the body for one or two MM pickups, installing 3-way switches, and using a MM preamp in it?...or did I get lost in the details somewhere?

Basically what I want to do is routing the body for two MM pickups and using a Tone Monster SBK-3AD preamp in it with two On/On/On toggles (one for each pickup for the Single/Series/Parallel configuration).

 

[Warpeg]

Well, if you have a well-thought-out plan for potentiometer, switch, and battery placement, then you probably have a solid foundation for a plan. It certainly won't sound anything like a Ric.

 

[Maxdusty]

To be honest, I would go with the P/MM rather than as a MM/MM as it would offer more tonal variety, MM/MM will sound like the Musicman Sabre or a Bongo. A Schecter Stealth has the P/MM if you want to check out how it would sound like.

But yeah, as mentioned above, it isn't going to sound like a Rick.

 

[sebrodma]

Thanks for the replies! I'll think about what I'm going to do now... Seems like it's a better option some Rick's replacement (SD or Bartolini) and try a similar tone... Really appreciate your help!!!