Hi folks,
I have had this guitar now for about 7 months, and have been playing the hell out of it, nightly. I maintain my original impression of it. For the money, it’s a very well built guitar, and plays extremely well. It far exceeded my expectations by a lot.
Now that I have given the newness of it a time to pass, and have heard it played in every configuration you can think of , there are a few things I would like to do.
One thing is to change out the pickups, at the very least the two humbuckers.
Directly from Eastwood’s site:
PICKUPS:
Neck: 'Valco Custom HS2 MOD': 43AWG / 14.9k / Alnico V double bobbin Middle: 'Valco Custom Super2 MOD': 42AWG / 8.2k / Ceramic 4 Conductor Bridge: 'Valco Custom Super2 MOD': 42AWG / 8.6k / Ceramic 4 Conductor
I’m pretty sure I have seen a few times, that when his Wolf was changed over to a single coil on the neck and two humbuckers they were both DiMarzio Dual Sound. So that’s what I was planning on putting in, if in fact that is correct. I’ll probably leave the neck single coil alone for now, but may circle back around to change it out at some point. Which was a Fender Stratocaster pickup, in his.
I’ve found some of the new DiMarzio Dual Sound pickups for about $90 a piece.
So I guess my question is, would changing the current ones to the dual sound pups, be worth it. I mean worth it in terms of tone, I know that’s sometimes subjective, but I’m asking in a general sense?
Also, this will be the first time I have ever changed out pups on any of my guitars. All I need is a soldering iron, and the screwdriver to adjust the height after installing them? Would I need to change out any of the pots, etc...?
It will most likely be May or June when I do it, so there is plenty of time to figure this out.
Thanks for the help
Chris
I have had this guitar now for about 7 months, and have been playing the hell out of it, nightly. I maintain my original impression of it. For the money, it’s a very well built guitar, and plays extremely well. It far exceeded my expectations by a lot.
Now that I have given the newness of it a time to pass, and have heard it played in every configuration you can think of , there are a few things I would like to do.
One thing is to change out the pickups, at the very least the two humbuckers.
Directly from Eastwood’s site:
PICKUPS:
Neck: 'Valco Custom HS2 MOD': 43AWG / 14.9k / Alnico V double bobbin Middle: 'Valco Custom Super2 MOD': 42AWG / 8.2k / Ceramic 4 Conductor Bridge: 'Valco Custom Super2 MOD': 42AWG / 8.6k / Ceramic 4 Conductor
I’m pretty sure I have seen a few times, that when his Wolf was changed over to a single coil on the neck and two humbuckers they were both DiMarzio Dual Sound. So that’s what I was planning on putting in, if in fact that is correct. I’ll probably leave the neck single coil alone for now, but may circle back around to change it out at some point. Which was a Fender Stratocaster pickup, in his.
I’ve found some of the new DiMarzio Dual Sound pickups for about $90 a piece.
So I guess my question is, would changing the current ones to the dual sound pups, be worth it. I mean worth it in terms of tone, I know that’s sometimes subjective, but I’m asking in a general sense?
Also, this will be the first time I have ever changed out pups on any of my guitars. All I need is a soldering iron, and the screwdriver to adjust the height after installing them? Would I need to change out any of the pots, etc...?
It will most likely be May or June when I do it, so there is plenty of time to figure this out.
Thanks for the help
Chris