Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:02 pm
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:23 pm
gorilic1 wrote:I have a 1980-81? F-100. I never have been satisfied with the stock MFD pickups. I picked up an old made in USA Peavey awhile back with just a cheap rear humbucker and it sounded better than my F-100 in rear double coil mode. Has anyone ever done a switch? Can I just replace them and keep the electronics the same? I want to keep the coil splitter. I am pretty sure the body would have to be routed as well. I know that this would probably reduce the value of the guitar but I figure that since it isn't mint anyway, that should'nt matter much. If I wasn't so crazy about the quality and feel of this particular guitar, I would just get something else. Ideas?
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:35 pm
gorilic1 wrote:I have a 1980-81? F-100. I never have been satisfied with the stock MFD pickups. I picked up an old made in USA Peavey awhile back with just a cheap rear humbucker and it sounded better than my F-100 in rear double coil mode. Has anyone ever done a switch? Can I just replace them and keep the electronics the same? I want to keep the coil splitter. I am pretty sure the body would have to be routed as well. I know that this would probably reduce the value of the guitar but I figure that since it isn't mint anyway, that should'nt matter much. If I wasn't so crazy about the quality and feel of this particular guitar, I would just get something else. Ideas?
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:45 pm
Craig wrote:gorilic1 wrote:I have a 1980-81? F-100. I never have been satisfied with the stock MFD pickups. I picked up an old made in USA Peavey awhile back with just a cheap rear humbucker and it sounded better than my F-100 in rear double coil mode. Has anyone ever done a switch? Can I just replace them and keep the electronics the same? I want to keep the coil splitter. I am pretty sure the body would have to be routed as well. I know that this would probably reduce the value of the guitar but I figure that since it isn't mint anyway, that should'nt matter much. If I wasn't so crazy about the quality and feel of this particular guitar, I would just get something else. Ideas?
This post might be of some help: F-100 vs 25th Anniversary PUP's.
Hope this helps.
Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:02 pm
Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:06 pm
Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:02 am
Boogie Bill wrote:What amp do you use, what kind of music do you play, what kind of strings?
What don't you like about the pickup?
How do you set your guitar's tone controls? Your amp? What is your pedal chain?
Hang in there, I may have some ideas for you.
Bill
Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:02 pm
Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:17 pm
gorilic1 wrote:I play through a Carvin X 60. 60 watt tube amp. Never get above 3 though. I have an RP 100 that I sometimes play through. It does scream when I turn it up and the sustain is awesome however when I try to play clean, it is lacking. Doesn't really do the single coil sound very well like on a strat or a p-90, and it doesn't really do the humbucker sound, such as on a Gibson very well either. I play mostly blues, folk, and some metal/rock. Will be playing tonight and will try the tone adjustments. As far as wiring, I'm not sure. Simple stuff I can do as long as I know exactly what to do.
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