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I'm thinking of converting my squier strat, jasmine, into a Full blown HH machine. The question is, i need two good, vintage-output humbuckers to do this. Ideally it would actually be SSH (the H being the neck) but nobody makes those pickguards, and i'm shit at routing stuff. So HH it is.

The tricky part here is getting it to be cheap. I'd like to keep the whole project under 100 dollars, maybe 120.

And here...we...go.

I should mention, the body is already swimming-pool routed.

Dragon fire? they're like knock off SD Distortion pickups. They're pretty low output for a humbucker. I have them in my Jagmaster if you like a darker thick sound but still want to use pedals to push your amp rather than Pups I'd rec. them.

http://www.dragonfireguitars.com/produc ... cts_id=391

I think these are the one's in mine. They came with the guitar when I bought it. Full disclosure: The Jagmaster is wired with the tone knob replaced as a coil tap for the bridge so I've only ever used the bridge pickup and only used it without a tone control. It still STILL sounded a little dark. it was pretty nice sounding though. like the hot singles they're putting in the CP jaguars but more midrange and generally fuller sounding. So my suggestion is, if you go that route, Put in Bigger pots Like 1Meg if you're going to keep the tone control. The bump in output should help with how dark these pups are. Stock Strat 250k are gonna be mushy as balls.

Humbuckers that are actually vintage output (eg, DC resistances of around 8) usually run more than $100 each. You might run into a problem there.

Low-wind Lollar Imperials would be great. They would be way too expensive, though.

You might get lucky and find some used on ebay.

http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/mercha ... er-pickups

Check out some of these GFS models.

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Retrotr ... _c_99.html

I have some Humbuckers of an Ibanez artcore AF75 laying around here... If you wants them...

Get rid of the Strat and buy something with humbuckers.

Thank me later.

ifeellikeatourist wrote:Get rid of the Strat and buy something with humbuckers.

Thank me later.

This is the part where the majority of people would simply say "fuck off" but i'm going to explain this a bit.

This guitar has been with me through thick and thin. I love it to death, had it for 8 years now. It was my first electric and the only one that, hell or high water, I will never part with. Part of the reason that i cherish it is because it was, as i have previously said, my first electric. But the other reason is that I have made it mine over the years, customized it, sanded the neck profile, painted it, swapped the pickups four times, and totally rewired. It's my baby.

So no, no I will NOT throw out my Stratocaster.

If you have a lot of patience, you can route a cavity using a wood chisel.
Pretty messy looking but I did this to my P-copy to add the mudbuckers.
As a neater example I added the Ric pickup to my green Jaguar Bass with a wood chisel, and got rid of the extra pickguard overlapping its cavity with the same tool. I used a metal file to whittle it down near the end.

I totally get the desire to keep your Strat!

Achtane wrote:If you have a lot of patience, you can route a cavity using a wood chisel.
Pretty messy looking but I did this to my P-copy to add the mudbuckers.
As a neater example I added the Ric pickup to my green Jaguar Bass with a wood chisel, and got rid of the extra pickguard overlapping its cavity with the same tool. I used a metal file to whittle it down near the end.

I totally get the desire to keep your Strat!

It's swimming-pool routed.

But i managed to get my hands on an ash HH routed body for cheap. Actually i got the whole damn guitar. For $75. stripped it tonight and painted it red metal flake to match the headstock on the neck i'm using. At this point there really isn't anything stock about the guitar, besides the neck and frets. But i don't mind. It's like my baby blanket. There's really nothing original about it anymore, but it's still my blankie.

Kellanium wrote:

Achtane wrote:If you have a lot of patience, you can route a cavity using a wood chisel.
Pretty messy looking but I did this to my P-copy to add the mudbuckers.
As a neater example I added the Ric pickup to my green Jaguar Bass with a wood chisel, and got rid of the extra pickguard overlapping its cavity with the same tool. I used a metal file to whittle it down near the end.

I totally get the desire to keep your Strat!

It's swimming-pool routed.

But i managed to get my hands on an ash HH routed body for cheap. Actually i got the whole damn guitar. For $75. stripped it tonight and painted it red metal flake to match the headstock on the neck i'm using. At this point there really isn't anything stock about the guitar, besides the neck and frets. But i don't mind. It's like my baby blanket. There's really nothing original about it anymore, but it's still my blankie.

Oh, missed that

Sounds cool, must have pics when it's done.

Oh yes, there will be pics.

Well the final coat of finish will have to wait until friday at the earliest. I ran out of spraypaint and don't have the dough for another can right now.

I thought Jasmine was an entry level acoustic guitar?

Why do you want to put humbuckers on an acoustic guitar?

Kellanium wrote:

Achtane wrote:If you have a lot of patience, you can route a cavity using a wood chisel.
Pretty messy looking but I did this to my P-copy to add the mudbuckers.
As a neater example I added the Ric pickup to my green Jaguar Bass with a wood chisel, and got rid of the extra pickguard overlapping its cavity with the same tool. I used a metal file to whittle it down near the end.

I totally get the desire to keep your Strat!

It's swimming-pool routed.

But i managed to get my hands on an ash HH routed body for cheap. Actually i got the whole damn guitar. For $75. stripped it tonight and painted it red metal flake to match the headstock on the neck i'm using. At this point there really isn't anything stock about the guitar, besides the neck and frets. But i don't mind. It's like my baby blanket. There's really nothing original about it anymore, but it's still my blankie.

That is so awesome. I known my first bass. It will be burned with me when I go....