anyone made a pup testing guitar?

axisus

I'm sure there was a thread once where someone showed a pic of a pup testing guitar? Did I imagine it?  it had big cutouts down the body so that you could slide pickups under the strings.

I quite fancy the idea of knocking one up from spares. I have a naff body that I was going to bin as it was weird scale length, but it would probably be ideal for a bodge type pup tester as I wouldn't feel guilty about killer routs.

Danny1969

I though about it but though cutting a hole all the way through and loading the pickups from the back would be the easiest way

mart

axisus said:

I'm sure there was a thread once where someone showed a pic of a pup testing guitar? Did I imagine it?  ...

No, you didn't:

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/301657/#Comment_301657

Actually, that wasn't the photo I was looking for. I remember reading somewhere that when Fender developed the Dave Gilmour Strat they had a pickup-testing Strat, designed so the whole pick guard assembly slid out. I know I saw a photo, but couldn't find it from a quick scan on the net. It's probably in a book somewhere (most likely the Black Strat book, I guess).

citizen68

Declan at Deacci Pickups (formerly RD Pickups) concocted a clever way of swapping humbuckers quickly in / out of a donor Ibanez hard tail guitar. 

It involved a few large routs as mentioned above and the pickups were suspended in two rotating corks at each leg - think the corks were mounted on springs to help with height adjustment.

I'll try & get a few pics

WezV

There has been a few.   IIRC @GSPBasses has done a strat one that slides out from the treble side, its one of the few pickup testing guitars that doesn't sacrifice all aesthetics

WezV

here we go

http://simnettguitars.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3729.msg23891#msg23891

GSPBASSES

Yes I made a quick change system for Feline Guitars.

The how and why link.

http://simnettguitars.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3729.msg23891#msg23891

 

GSPBASSES

Hi @WezV you beat me to the reply.

OilCityPickups

I use a swimming pool routed Strat ... but that is a much better solution!

ecc83

"anyone made a pup testing guitar?"

No, but I did make an "amp testing pup"! I had a gash Di Mazio single coil laying about and put it in a die cast box together with a 470k volume and tone pot and .047 (IIRC) cap.

This was done to get noise figures for amplifiers with a real world input termination and was handy for listening for problems without a guitar connected which would just feedback. YES! even with the strings damped!

In fact even the pup in the tin would feedback and I had to cast the whole thing in tallow to  use the high gains I wanted. It also needed to be a looong way from any mains traffs!

Dave.

axisus

@gspbasses that is a very elegant solution!

JayGee

How about this for an idea...

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/preowned-gear-c8/gibson-gibson-les-paul-prototype-natural-fitted-case-and-13-pickups-02820333-p8072

Rox

What about a guitar testing pup?

But seriously folks... I did wonder a year or two ago whether there was a way to slot humbuckers in from the back of the guitar - then a backplate with wood inserts - so you just screw the plate off, unclip the 'buckers, and hey presto. 

Evilmags

Look at the Fishman Fluance Web page. One in there

ChrisMusic

Another front loader system was that used by Dan Armstrong in the Plexiglass guitars, with interchangeable pickups.  I used to play these, great guitars, really cool looking, weigh as much as a neutron star, but I didn't really rate the pickups that much.

Here is a modern Ampeg AMG100 wooden guitar built with the same system, demoed by everyones favourite, PGS Andy.

Take a look, and you'll get the idea.

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