EatSleepGuitar
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Hello everyone!
I will be endeavoring in the coming weeks to convert my beloved Vela to an HH setup (yes, there is a full humbucker route under that Type-D). This guitar is butter; the pattern vintage carve fits my hand like it was custom-tailored for it. And who doesn't like an offset lightweight axe? Superb craftsmanship and fretwork...well you all know. SO: I want to convert it in to a bit more of a workhorse.
I also value independent coil splitting and volume control as a means of mixing in each pickup when in the middle position. So I will be installing dual-concentric pots where the current volume and tone are, and have each assigned as volume/tone to one of the pickups. I will then drill a couple of small holes in the pickguard (I mean I'm cutting it up for the neck hum anyway, and pickguards are like $30; might as well). In these will go a couple of toggles for coil splitting. I would wire them as on/on/on for series/hum/parallel, but most of the pickup options aren't four conductor. Womp.
I've entertained probably a dozen ideas of which pickups to use in the bridge and neck; currently it's still wearing the Type-D which I almost swapped for a vintage mini-hum, and a Suhr Thornbucker bridge. I have a bunch of extra PRS pickups lying around (as well as a bunch of other brands too), and figured what the hell; why not let the forum decide what goes in on the inaugural conversion?
So!
Please let me know via the poll what H-H combo you want to see/hear first! I swap pickups like a madman...so likely that some of these will get tried at some point, not just one.
I will be following up in this thread will some installation points; oversights, successes, headaches, etc; as I progress so the whole process is transparent!
Let's make this fun!
I will be endeavoring in the coming weeks to convert my beloved Vela to an HH setup (yes, there is a full humbucker route under that Type-D). This guitar is butter; the pattern vintage carve fits my hand like it was custom-tailored for it. And who doesn't like an offset lightweight axe? Superb craftsmanship and fretwork...well you all know. SO: I want to convert it in to a bit more of a workhorse.
I also value independent coil splitting and volume control as a means of mixing in each pickup when in the middle position. So I will be installing dual-concentric pots where the current volume and tone are, and have each assigned as volume/tone to one of the pickups. I will then drill a couple of small holes in the pickguard (I mean I'm cutting it up for the neck hum anyway, and pickguards are like $30; might as well). In these will go a couple of toggles for coil splitting. I would wire them as on/on/on for series/hum/parallel, but most of the pickup options aren't four conductor. Womp.
I've entertained probably a dozen ideas of which pickups to use in the bridge and neck; currently it's still wearing the Type-D which I almost swapped for a vintage mini-hum, and a Suhr Thornbucker bridge. I have a bunch of extra PRS pickups lying around (as well as a bunch of other brands too), and figured what the hell; why not let the forum decide what goes in on the inaugural conversion?
So!
Please let me know via the poll what H-H combo you want to see/hear first! I swap pickups like a madman...so likely that some of these will get tried at some point, not just one.
I will be following up in this thread will some installation points; oversights, successes, headaches, etc; as I progress so the whole process is transparent!
Let's make this fun!
