If the package came with BOTH the single and humbucker, thent that's because the humbucker is only a cover to place over the single coil for use in neck humbucker config guitars. Just fills the gap.
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My guitar is a modded RG570 - basewood
Neck - FSK Driver Humbucker
Middle - HS2
Bridge - Steve's Special
I only have Volume & 1 tone setup.
I personally think the guitar sounds great for the $150 investment, but I did it myself.
DRIVER OFF, I have a sweet neck tone which seems close to my Evo Neck DP158, its just has slightly cleaner over tone.
With DRIVER ON, works across my all my positions, which just creates sustain, you can site there for days on a note.
So I have the Driver on with my bridge to get more of the bright lead sound & sustain, or you can just switch to bridge, and you have the creamy overtones of the neck sounds.
It's great to play around with the single notes sliding up and down the guitar or especial using the whammy, because it seems the note & tone never dies out; the auto Harmonic is cool also.
My neighbor came over and never heard of it before and thought I had some effect sample running, until I told him it was the pickup that just keeps the string vibrating.
I do feel the vibrations more on the lower wound strings.
I just think the routing is what I would be more worried about, and especially to a JEM. If you have no experience with using a router, I would suggest bring it to a shop, unless you will install this under your pickguard somewhere. (personally I think it will be in the way of other electronices or how you play external, under the pickguard.)
You can see here the toggle swiches on the board. (Board is about 2 1/2 x 3 inches)
http://www.bluealien.net/guitars/nat/pages/DSCF0344.htm
Neck - FSK Driver Humbucker
Middle - HS2
Bridge - Steve's Special
I only have Volume & 1 tone setup.
I personally think the guitar sounds great for the $150 investment, but I did it myself.
DRIVER OFF, I have a sweet neck tone which seems close to my Evo Neck DP158, its just has slightly cleaner over tone.
With DRIVER ON, works across my all my positions, which just creates sustain, you can site there for days on a note.
So I have the Driver on with my bridge to get more of the bright lead sound & sustain, or you can just switch to bridge, and you have the creamy overtones of the neck sounds.
It's great to play around with the single notes sliding up and down the guitar or especial using the whammy, because it seems the note & tone never dies out; the auto Harmonic is cool also.
My neighbor came over and never heard of it before and thought I had some effect sample running, until I told him it was the pickup that just keeps the string vibrating.
I do feel the vibrations more on the lower wound strings.
I just think the routing is what I would be more worried about, and especially to a JEM. If you have no experience with using a router, I would suggest bring it to a shop, unless you will install this under your pickguard somewhere. (personally I think it will be in the way of other electronices or how you play external, under the pickguard.)
You can see here the toggle swiches on the board. (Board is about 2 1/2 x 3 inches)
http://www.bluealien.net/guitars/nat/pages/DSCF0344.htm
Not sure... I never asked the deal near me what it would cost... maybe $60 - $100 for routing and $50 for wiring? You will also have to get a or make a custome cover for the hole if you do this from the back. I have see one version they did it from under the pick guard, but I think its very tight. (meaning contols ontop of each other)
FYI: When you route you also have to tape up the area or the paint will chip.
Its a big decision, to make and you do not want to wrek the guitar, unless its a better and then you can get another body, but a lot of your tone is in the body of the guitar, which is very important.
FYI: When you route you also have to tape up the area or the paint will chip.
Its a big decision, to make and you do not want to wrek the guitar, unless its a better and then you can get another body, but a lot of your tone is in the body of the guitar, which is very important.
I uses a Plactic Enamel spay paint, I tested it before I did this to see if it would cause any issues, so far its holding up. when it dries it feels like plastic. Just a not, its a very runny paint, so you have to paint lightly with 1 coat at a time, wait about 15- 1 hr between coats, depends on your climate, (I only have abot 20-30% humidity here) for it to dry.
I actally started to paint it upside down to get the slight plastic ridges, on the sides, and did this several time to build up the layers, then was able to spray the top and get a nice finishing coat.
I would suggest painting something else first before you do this, so see how it paints. also note, if you wreck the pickup or if is a defect, I do not know if fernandez will take it back because it was a painted. I already had it in my guitar as is, then painted plastic wrap and placed it over the pickup, so see if the added thinkness changed the effects, or the driver, based on how it played I didnt notice anything difference. So I went for it...
Have fun
I actally started to paint it upside down to get the slight plastic ridges, on the sides, and did this several time to build up the layers, then was able to spray the top and get a nice finishing coat.
I would suggest painting something else first before you do this, so see how it paints. also note, if you wreck the pickup or if is a defect, I do not know if fernandez will take it back because it was a painted. I already had it in my guitar as is, then painted plastic wrap and placed it over the pickup, so see if the added thinkness changed the effects, or the driver, based on how it played I didnt notice anything difference. So I went for it...
Have fun
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