Guitar hardware websites?

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I'm trying to find a pair of mini humbuckers for my Les Paul,but those suckers are hard to find(Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio make their own kind,but they have their tacky logos stamped on 'em,I want ones that look like the originals).
Anyone know of any guitar hardware websites,other than stewmac,who does'nt have what I'm looking for?
 
Gibson uses minihumbuckers in the Nighthawk, so I am sure they are still making them (though I am not at the shop right now, so I don't have a catalog handy). Just go to any Gibson warranty repair center, and they can get the pickups for you.

I guess my only question is, do you care more about the looks than the sound? If you are looking for sound, I would go with Seymour's over Gibson's, personally.


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Light said:
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I guess my only question is, do you care more about the looks than the sound? If you are looking for sound, I would go with Seymour's over Gibson's, personally.
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Yes!On a completely superficial level this guitar must fit my image of what a Les Paul should be.
Just kidding(sort of)!Quality and price are considerations.But all things being equal,I'd like something like the originals.Anything but the P-100's in there now!I have a regular set of Epiphone humbuckers that I like the sound of,but I don't want to cut up the guitar,if I can help it!
 
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I am refinishing a 1974 Deluxe right now (it come in without a finish) for the shop, and we are putting in the Seymours. I have no problem with the look. The other ones I would look at are the Bartolinis, but they also will not look right, and may not be the sound you are looking for, but they are very nice pickups.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi.
 
You sound like you know your shit Light!Tell me,is it possible to put regular humbuckers into a LP special(w/P-100 rout)w/o making a real cobb job of it?Would it be major surgery?Seems as though the soapbar rout is a bit wide,and the neck p/u rout is very close to the neck!Like I've said,I have a pair of p/u I like,and full size h/b's would be ideal!But the wife bought this axe for me for xmas(she didn't know I wouldn't like soapbars)and I can't fuck it up!If I can't put the regular HB's in w/o (undue)risk,it will have to be mini's.
Thanx for your help!
 
Well, I am not at the shop right now, so I don't know exactly (I mean, it IS Sunday). My recollection is that the min-humbuckers are not as long as the P-90s, so that might look a little weird. As for regular humbuckers, any of the repair folks in my shop could make it look decent, but it is just about impossible to make it look great. It will never disappear without refinishing the whole guitar in an opaque finish, which is FAR more expensive than it is worth. Just the refinish is going to run you $400-$600 dollars, and that is for a simple opaque, not a candy. Candy's are WAY more expensive. There are other shops in the country who specialize in refinishing work who are less expensive than us, but you would still need $100-$200 worth of woodworking.

You might want to check out the Gibson P-100's, or the Seymour Duncan Antiquity line humbucking P-90 style pickups. Seymour makes at least four different P-90 sized pickups. I would imagine that at least one of them would work better for you than what you have. And in the end, it may just be that you have to tell your wife, "Thank you so much for the thought, but this particular instrument doesn't work for me." Then use the money to get one that does work for you.


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M.K. Gandhi
 
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