Hi My Name is JimmyJ and im an Addict...[Time for More Pickups.....}

JimmyJ · #1 02-10-2007, 12:14 PM

Hey all!

yes, im an addict.

Well i was on holiday in sydney last week and i was in a music store and something grabbed my attention, i had a spare 3 ply fender guard at home and wanted to do something with it.

I spotted these and had always been interested in them as they are the same as the eric clapton reissue pickups.

They are Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups, they come in a set of 3 and also come with 2x 1meg pots and 1 500k pot, i didnt like the idea of changing my pots so i left my std 250k`s in the guard and just installed the pickups

Im certainly getting better at installing pickups and doing the wiring, i think ive done it more times than ive played this guitar....

the pickups/guard i replaced had a Dimarzio HS2 neck, HS3 mid and Chopper in the bridge, i love the combo but for classic strat sounds it didnt quite cut it.

anyways here is my final creation, i think it looks much better now

and close up

now...how do they sound, well its currently 2:42 am and ive realy only played them through my xt live and headphones at this stage and i must say, my guitar sounds very hendrix/john frusciante/srv/twangy strat. moreso than it did before, i did some A/Bing with my lace sensor strat and they are really very similar except this guitar has more bottom and a smidge less top end than the lace sensors.

anyways, expect a video soon!

Cheers
Jim

Tubarão Guitars · #2 02-10-2007, 02:36 PM

looks really cool.
IF someday i get a strato (for fun maybe) it will look just like this. Maybe scaloped...
congratz on the mod.

whoosh · #3 02-10-2007, 03:15 PM

Yeah, nice mod.

Are you afraid people will miss your posts, can hardly find another reason why you would crosspost this otherwise :P

JimmyJ · #4 02-10-2007, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoosh

Yeah, nice mod.

Are you afraid people will miss your posts, can hardly find another reason why you would crosspost this otherwise :P

well it is a pickup thread and a multimedia thread...

RSVampire · #5 02-10-2007, 10:53 PM

awesome!

Hey Jimmy, I'll bet those pickups came with the larger pot values to compensate for the slightly cut higher end.

Still, I'd like to know how you like the Lace Sensors vs the noisless pickups.

I've heard too many people compare the LS to sounding to "humbucker-ish"

themaidenmaniac · #6 02-12-2007, 06:23 PM

Nice mod there Jerkovic! Bloody alchi you are! How was Little Britain/syd?

bluealien · #7 02-12-2007, 06:48 PM

I think those sound pickups are great, I have them in Strat, and tried other strats, but this setup I thought had better tone then others without the noisless pickups.

Have Fun... and great job!

JimmyJ · #8 02-12-2007, 07:17 PM

nice strat there bluealien!

my white strat is starting to age ever so slightly and im digging it too, starting to turn a tad yellow and so is the pickguard, i dig that !

JIm

bluealien · #9 02-12-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmyJ

nice strat there bluealien!

my white strat is starting to age ever so slightly and im digging it too, starting to turn a tad yellow and so is the pickguard, i dig that !

JIm

Thanks, Yea I like the aged look/used looks to some guitars it add character... juts not on my JEMs

Jeff - CRO · #10 02-13-2007, 05:42 AM

Interesting stuff man!!!

Jerkovic sound familiar,do you originate anywhere from these parts?(look my location)

JimmyJ · #11 02-13-2007, 09:32 AM

my dad is indeed croatian, Jerkovic is my surname, my mother is greek....hows that for a combination

do you know anything about the origins of my name?

my dad came to australia when he was 18....he is atleast 65 now

Jeff - CRO · #12 02-13-2007, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyJ

my dad is indeed croatian, Jerkovic is my surname, my mother is greek....hows that for a combination

do you know anything about the origins of my name?

my dad came to australia when he was 18....he is atleast 65 now

neat combination hehe

Anyway,surname Jerkovic is pretty common 'round here.
I bet I know at least few Jerkovic's throughout my life..
It's more common for Dalmatia and these more southern parts of Croatia than other parts.
A lot of Croats live in Australia because many of them were forced to leave the country,either because of political (communist regime) or economical(huge economy crisis during and after the world war II) reasons.

I also have family down there in Australia - they live in Sydney.

LonePhantom · #13 02-13-2007, 05:42 PM

I knew a Jerkovic growing up here too.

JimmyJ · #14 02-13-2007, 06:41 PM

wow....i thought we might have been the only ones around....

how are they pronounced?

Jerk-o-vic? or jerkovich? my surname is supposed to be pronounced Yerkovich but yea,,,,

chopvai · #15 02-13-2007, 09:57 PM

alot of greeks in australia as well!

ching ching

) heh

yia sou, ti kanies? kala!!

my parents also moved to australia from greece when they were bout 18-20. Must've been abit hard back then. Still is abit hard for people nowdays.

oh, and you know what 'wog' stands for?....

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