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Ah, Mike. Remember once even you had a Tele Deluxe! Humbuckers are still fun. It's not going to sound like the average single coil either way but coil-tapping is a nice control to have, though I rarely use them. All of my humbucker guitars are solely humbucker guitars. The stock pups on that model are a bit too muddy, IMO, so a dimarzio set will be pretty interesting.

I think that HH is awesome, (I once wanted one but in no way can justify it) great way to experiment with pups and tinkering and looks great with that rig. I'd say that model is fulfilling its purpose by reaching it's proper audience.

Sublimedo wrote:Ah, Mike. Remember once even you had a Tele Deluxe! Humbuckers are still fun. It's not going to sound like the average single coil either way but coil-tapping is a nice control to have, though I rarely use them. All of my humbucker guitars are solely humbucker guitars. The stock pups on that model are a bit too muddy, IMO, so a dimarzio set will be pretty interesting.

I think that HH is awesome, (I once wanted one but in no way can justify it) great way to experiment with pups and tinkering and looks great with that rig. I'd say that model is fulfilling its purpose by reaching it's proper audience.

I don't dislike humbuckers. I'm saying a Split coil or Tapped coil doesn't sound like a Single Coil.

Hey Ultraviolence,

If you just want a mustang with a humbucker in the bridge, it would probably be cheaper to buy a stock mustang here, and have it modded by a luthier.

Shipping from Japan is going to be something like $100 to $150, and you're risking having to pay up to a few hundred in customs/duty. Plus, if you buy it here, you can try the guitar here, so you know exactly what the guitar will feel like. Less of a gamble that way, in my opinion.

And who knows, maybe you'll like the single coils!

ultraviolence wrote: yeah I was thinking of a Seymour Duncan JB

+1 - I just put one in my '62 RI, sounds perfecto.

astro wrote:Hey Ultraviolence,

If you just want a mustang with a humbucker in the bridge, it would probably be cheaper to buy a stock mustang here, and have it modded by a luthier.

Shipping from Japan is going to be something like $100 to $150, and you're risking having to pay up to a few hundred in customs/duty. Plus, if you buy it here, you can try the guitar here, so you know exactly what the guitar will feel like. Less of a gamble that way, in my opinion.

And who knows, maybe you'll like the single coils!

or....you know. i could do it.

its not like i haven't done it before for other people and myself

I can't get over that Kurtified Mustang not having a custom pickguard made for it.

That's like a NoHo job, right there.

hahahhahaha

i never noticed it until you said something.

thats like straight up Joey guitar sluthing!


i suppose he could just send the stock pickguard to robOG for tracing. then rob could send the new pg to me to use with routing.


i wouldn't just rout the fuckin thing out without a pickguard to line up with, baaaad shit happens when guitar parts are in different states before assembly


ahem *cough*cough*SEND ME FUCKING DOTSCASTER PARTSZZZZ*cough*

I'm a proper nazi for stuff like that. Luckily my MG65 was fucking immaculate. And I checked.

Mike wrote:

Sublimedo wrote:Ah, Mike. Remember once even you had a Tele Deluxe! Humbuckers are still fun. It's not going to sound like the average single coil either way but coil-tapping is a nice control to have, though I rarely use them. All of my humbucker guitars are solely humbucker guitars. The stock pups on that model are a bit too muddy, IMO, so a dimarzio set will be pretty interesting.

I think that HH is awesome, (I once wanted one but in no way can justify it) great way to experiment with pups and tinkering and looks great with that rig. I'd say that model is fulfilling its purpose by reaching it's proper audience.

I don't dislike humbuckers. I'm saying a Split coil or Tapped coil doesn't sound like a Single Coil.

Aye, the individual coils that make up a humbucker are generally lower output that true single coils. Though they do give the "vintage-oldass-magnet-losing-power" singlecoil style.

Alright now that I've seen mics demo with his mustang, I doubt I'll fuck with the RI one, maybe get the KC one in a year or so...when I have more money.