Michael_E
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When I had mine wired up with a Superswitch, I had… neck parallel-neck series-middle/bridge parallel-bridge parallel-bridge series. Sounded great.
Any of y'all swap pickups in a St. Vincent HHH?
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Michael_E
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Be advised that the Superswitch is going to bump in to the back plate. As it is metal.. No bueno. I put some gorilla tape between the two and it worked. After some time, the switch went a bit wonky I believe due to the constant pressure and movement of the unit.
Michael_E
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I got my pots from Dimarzio and they fit perfectly.
Michael_E
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No. I ordered from Sweetwater. Everything fits and sits perfectly.
My 2¢:
My St V has moved to may main guitar. Everything else I play live seems to be missing something that I can get out of the St V. I love it.
I rewired it with a 6way from Oaks Grigsby. Warning: as mentioned above, the body is thin so one has to bend the tabs on the pickup selector.
At some point I will remove the PCB and use regular pots, Alphas will fit, not sure yet about CTS. Might try the DiMs.
The pickups: I wasn't sure I liked them until I rewired the switching. I find them a fantastic midway point between H and S. I'm not new to pickups (I'm not new to anything anymore!), and have a long history with minihums, and these DiMs, IMHO, great!
They are definitely not Firebird pups, in any way other than cosmetic.
Anyone try the PG minihums? Probably a different thread for that!
My St V has moved to may main guitar. Everything else I play live seems to be missing something that I can get out of the St V. I love it.
I rewired it with a 6way from Oaks Grigsby. Warning: as mentioned above, the body is thin so one has to bend the tabs on the pickup selector.
At some point I will remove the PCB and use regular pots, Alphas will fit, not sure yet about CTS. Might try the DiMs.
The pickups: I wasn't sure I liked them until I rewired the switching. I find them a fantastic midway point between H and S. I'm not new to pickups (I'm not new to anything anymore!), and have a long history with minihums, and these DiMs, IMHO, great!
They are definitely not Firebird pups, in any way other than cosmetic.
Anyone try the PG minihums? Probably a different thread for that!
I actually just replaced the bridge and neck with the PG13 in my stealth black hhh. I like their eq better-a bit more top end bite with more scoop in the mids. At first I was only planning on neck but the bridge and neck sounded TOO different. Weirdly closer to my Jazzmaster but with more grunt. At the same time, something feels a little choked about them. But I think I like them better than the dp198/168.
Michael_E
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Jumping back in here to update. Still stoked on my pot choice. I think I would not mind swapping the stock bridge pickup with something a bit more vintage and chewy/sweet. It still sounds really good and I don’t mind keeping it but curiosity is a difficult thing. I did put the pickup on a push/pull 500k volume pot so I get series/parallel which does wonders tonally.
I also worked with Davey at Greasy Groove Pickguards in Canada and picked up a custom guard with no routes. He now has the large pick guard template as I sent mine to him. He can now do any configuration of pickups with a vast array of materials.
I also worked with Davey at Greasy Groove Pickguards in Canada and picked up a custom guard with no routes. He now has the large pick guard template as I sent mine to him. He can now do any configuration of pickups with a vast array of materials.
