Chopper in neck humbucker mounting ring

[dark_void86]

I was wondering if anyone had taken a guitar with a mounting ring installed humbucker and replaced it with a chopper? But also came up with a decent solution for the huge fat hole that would be left where another coil ought to be?

Sorry if there has already been another thread about this, i couldn't think of the right phrase to search for in the forums......

I also wanted to know if there are many people out there who might have put two single coil sized pickups into a humbucker cavity? E.g. a chopper and a blue velvet into the neck cavity? If they did, how did they do this and what wiring did they end up with?

I hope my query makes sense! This is something i have been thinking about for a while. I just find my neck tones too muddy and my favourite ones tend to be something like Malmsteen, Kiko Louirero, Ron Thal etc.

[RSVampire]

you could put one of those plastic covers, ala EMG style, over the pickup hole

[dark_void86]

Hmmmmm, i was considering the idea of glueing a single coil emg style pickup cover to the side of the chopper as a "dummy coil"..............

Still if anyone has done anything like this i would love to hear! Also i was wondering about the idea of feedback, if i do what i just mentioned would it be essential to fill the hole with something else? Just like how guys plug up sound holes and joe satriani fills in the space around his pickups to lessen feedback as much as possible?

[LuredMaul]

try'd the Humbucker from Hell in the neck ? Also try it flipped around. Great single coil-ish sound.

Also the Evolution neck has the same eq as the HS-3(Yngwie's original neck tone) only louder.

[dark_void86]

For me when it comes to putting a neck pickup under distortion for sweeping and soloing there hasn't been a humbucker that really does my needs justice. There has to be a "bell" like quality, bounce and articulation that i have only experienced when the signal is captured from the same area/space that a single coil sized pickup does. From what my ears tell me the chopper is my best bet. Even if the HFH or Evo neck pickups sound clearer and more articulate than a normal humbucker in the neck. I am sure I would still want to go for the chopper........

[dark_void86]

So no one on jemsite has put a dimarzio chopper in as the neck pickup for one of their guitars where a humbucker used to be in a mounting ring?!?

[RSVampire]

like I already suggested... cover it with a plastic EMG style cover and nobody will know what's under it

you can just make one out of some random plastic and just cut it to fit if you don't want to but anything

[moebius]

I think you should use a starwars action figure preferably Han Solo and glue him next to you single coil. That way the pickup is your "Solo" pickup.

[nsabino]

Originally Posted by dark_void86

For me when it comes to putting a neck pickup under distortion for sweeping and soloing there hasn't been a humbucker that really does my needs justice. There has to be a "bell" like quality, bounce and articulation that i have only experienced when the signal is captured from the same area/space that a single coil sized pickup does. From what my ears tell me the chopper is my best bet. Even if the HFH or Evo neck pickups sound clearer and more articulate than a normal humbucker in the neck. I am sure I would still want to go for the chopper........

Hi, try a SD Jazz

Regards,
Nelson