Tired of that pesky middle pup?

soldierkahn · 06-13-2007, 01:23 AM

You ever get tired of that pesky middle pup that you never use gettin in the way of your picking? well so did i so heres what ended up happening. First i uninstalled the pup, installed my two EMGs (81 and 60), and then i took the foam off the bottom of the single coil, unscrewed the pole pieces all the way out, and then took off the glued magnet bars on the bottom. End result:

A MIDDLE PUP FLUSH TO THE BODY WITHOUT CRUSHING YOUR NECK PUP CABLE!!!

ANy questions? lol. sorry, late night ranting, thought itd be worth sharing

D-EJ915 · 06-13-2007, 01:38 AM

Another thing you can do, is take a piece of black plastic, trace the outline of the route onto a piece of paper and cut the plastic in the shape of the route then cut holes for the screws, voila!

ohio_eric · 06-13-2007, 01:57 AM

Growing up a Strat guy I guess I've never understood how the middle pickup gets in the way of picking.

In fact, I know I'm in a small minority but I don't care, I like the sound of the middle pickup all by its lonesome.

soldierkahn · 06-13-2007, 03:14 AM

well, i agree with you eric, i do love that single coil sound, but not enough to pay ANOTHER hundred bucks for a single coil active to run with my other two EMGs, so i did this. Plus, live, i only use the neck pup for solos, so i mostly just a bridge pup guy....

metalfiend666 · 06-13-2007, 05:37 AM

Another option is to just buy a single coil cover (like they use on Strats) and screw that in there.

Ancestor · 06-13-2007, 06:09 AM

Ah, yeah, that's cool. I just screwed mine down as far as I could. Probably tore up some wiring. That's how much it's in my way! I should just take the damn thing out.

My main guitar has no middle pickup and the bridge sits slightly off the body. It facilitates expressive picking so much better.

Makelele · 06-13-2007, 06:27 AM

The middle pickup doesn't bother me at all, and I like the sound of the neck and middle pickups together. That gets me some nice cleans.

7 Dying Trees · 06-13-2007, 06:52 AM

i like middle pickups, really nice, very noisy, but nice

And i've never really had an issue lately with it getting in the way, it's just getting used to it.

Also, and 81(b) + SA in parralell is an awesome lead tone!

playstopause · 06-13-2007, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohio_eric

Growing up a Strat guy I guess I've never understood how the middle pickup gets in the way of picking.

Yeah, me too.
I mean, you gotta pick real deep for that pu to bug you.
Never had that problem with my 3-hums guitars too.
Of course, it's lower than the neck + bridge pu's but i don't need it flush with the body.

Zepp88 · 06-13-2007, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metalfiend666

Another option is to just buy a single coil cover (like they use on Strats) and screw that in there.

I was going to say just about the same, or just pull the cover off of the pickup and screw just the cover in.

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soldierkahn XL Club VIP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,237 Real Name: Kahn Main Seven: Ibz RG1077XL / EMGs Main ERG: Ibz RG1077XL / EMGs Rig: L6 Spider 3/ISP Dec Thanked: 17 $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $soldierkahn is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	well, i agree with you eric, i do love that single coil sound, but not enough to pay ANOTHER hundred bucks for a single coil active to run with my other two EMGs, so i did this. Plus, live, i only use the neck pup for solos, so i mostly just a bridge pup guy....

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