how do you remove a pick up

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how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:01 am

hi sry if it suonds dumb or somehting but im new to the guitar mod world and dont really know how to remive a pickup proporly haha so if u know how tell me
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by Aug » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:05 am

what kind of guitar do you have?  And what are you trying to do?

All you should need is a #1 and #2 Phillips head screwdriver and a soldering iron.

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:17 am

i ahve a scecter c-1 custiom and im just trying toi see wha it sounds like and if i liek it or not
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by Aug » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:00 pm

replace wire for wire with a soldering iron...it's that easy.

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:15 pm

is that to replace it with a nother one or to just take it out?
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by i love sharin foo » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:44 pm

Are you trying to swap in another pickup? If not, is there any reason in particular why you're trying to remove it?

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:47 pm

ya ive always liekd one pick up guitars and i wanted to put a gibson dirty fingers in the bridge and  no other pickups it just seams liek u can hear thjem more individualy and i love the sound of dirty fingers
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by i love sharin foo » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:56 pm

So, you want to remove the neck pickup entirely and then swap a Dirty Finger HB into the bridge. Is that correct?

If the pickups are mounted in a pickguard you will have to remove the guard to get them out. If instead they have plastic mounting rings, take out the four screws that hold them on (they will be at each corner). Then just desolder both leads from the pickup and pull it out. Reinstall the Gibson pickup the same way you took the bridge one out. I don't know how many conductors each one you have uses though, so if there is a discrepency there, you will probably have to do some research. If new, the Gibson pickup should probably have a simple wiring diagram that you can follow.

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:34 pm

thanks
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by StevenO » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:06 pm

Blink 182/Angels and Airwaves fan?

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:18 pm

thats where i got the idea from but im not just doign it to be like them haha
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by Aug » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:21 pm

manwith2brains25 wrote: thats where i got the idea from but im not just doign it to be like them haha
LIES!!!

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:23 pm

im not lying i diddent know it was a dirty fingers untill my friend told me and even if i am whats wrong with liking some ones sound? im not trying to take the style or anythign i just liek the way they sound imean i personaly hate stevie ray vaughn but i used to have his sig guitar becouse it sounded cool
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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by StevenO » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:13 pm

Personally, I only use neck pickups.
Never bridge pickups, unless combined with the neck pickup.

But yeah, you should find better pickups than the dirty fingers.
Something less high output, maybe?

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Re: how do you remove a pick up

Post by manwith2brains25 » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:40 pm

eh i really liek the dirty fingers it is true that the out put is insaine and it feedsback almost to much but i just love it its like how some peopel and strats u eather love them or u hate them ...... altho most peopel ahte dirty fingers haha but i used to liek neck pick ups more but they sometimes sound funny when u palm mute or eatlest with the ones ive used
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