Ric pickup options?

Markeebee

Probably sacrilegious, but..... 

I love the way Rickys look, and their necks fit my stumpy toddler's hands nicely. And sometimes I really like the way they sound. 

But with a bit of punk rock gain I find them a bit fizzy and twangy. I'd like a little more beef and bite, so I was wondering what my options are. 

I've just ordered a couple of toasters from China, and I was thinking of gutting them and stuffing something else in there. Not a lot of room in there but I think I might be able to squeeze in one of those Dimarzio humbucking P90 things, they're a lot smaller than you'd imagine when you take the covers off.

Any other ideas? 

Markeebee

Teyeplayer

Speak to Jaime at The Creamery, sure he can make you something bespoke as he already has a range of ric pickups.

Markeebee

oh bugger, trying to post a picture of my Rickys but it keeps going tits

Bridgehouse

Markeebee said:

oh bugger, trying to post a picture of my Rickys but it keeps going tits

Stop linking to porn sites then!

ICBM

You can fit a Gibson P100 in a toaster cover if you cut the edges of the bobbin down slightly, although it’s deeper than the Rick coil so if it’s a surface-mount pickup (330/360/620 type guitar) you will need to enlarge the rout in the body.

I recently had a pair of cheap ‘toasterbuckers’ as well, I can’t remember who made them but they were on Ebay - actual humbuckers in Chinese-looking toaster casings - which sounded good, but were unusably microphonic with any amount of distortion.

The best I’ve found so far are 80s-early 90s Rickenbacker High-Gains and HB1s.

Markeebee

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side near my piano keyboard, oh lord, I smell of pee 

Markeebee

ICBM said:

You can fit a Gibson P100 in a toaster cover if you cut the edges of the bobbin down slightly, although it’s deeper than the Rick coil so if it’s a surface-mount pickup (330/360/620 type guitar) you will need to enlarge the rout in the body.

I recently had a pair of cheap ‘toasterbuckers’ as well, I can’t remember who made them but they were on Ebay - actual humbuckers in Chinese-looking toaster casings - which sounded good, but were unusably microphonic with any amount of distortion.

The best I’ve found so far are 80s-early 90s Rickenbacker High-Gains and HB1s.

Ooh yeah, good call, thanks. I'm pretty sure I've got some P100s that I took out of an ES135. In retrospect, they weren't half as bad as everyone said, I should have left them in. They're not P90s, but in some ways I preferred them. Only prob might be that the pole pieces will be in line with the central web of the toasters. I'll have a look around for open Dearmond-style shells or cheapie pickups. 

ICBM

Markeebee said:

Only prob might be that the pole pieces will be in line with the central web of the toasters.

Just the same as the original Rick coil. I actually liked it, since it made it not obvious that they were different.

I did it in an attempt to make my 425V63 not sound thin and honky, by the way... it didn't work.

Wazmeister

Markeebee said:

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side near my piano keyboard, oh lord, I smell of pee 

Mark, a 360WB if Im not mistaken ??

mart

That’s quite a pair you have there!

Alegree

Get them rewound with thinner wire.

prowla

Will a pair of humbuckers fit?

Markeebee

Wazmeister said:

Markeebee said:

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side near my piano keyboard, oh lord, I smell of pee 

Mark, a 360WB if Im not mistaken ??

Yessir. 

The binding on the Snowglo one doesn't show on that pic.