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P90s are a little shorter in height, and wider than a humbucker. You’d have to either rout the body for a traditional p90, or you could get a humbucker sized p90.



had a couple of them in an Epiphone Sg special and they sounded great. Paid about 35 bucks on amazon.



I also love the fallout, it’s on my short list of guitars I want to get next.



https://www.amazon.com/TFW-Replacement-Pickup-Set-Humbucker/dp/B01LY5Y6AJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536628889&sr=8-1&keywords=humbucker+sized+p90&dpID=413RZhTny4L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch



There’s a set of them for 30 bucks.

This paint from Home Depot

These pickups

Shielding. It's fairly normal in most instruments that don't have the cavities shielded. You can buy copper tape and apply it yourself, and it should kill the amp "buzz" you have.

I bought them on amazon and then engraved them myself. They fit pretty good, a little tight but in a good way!

Hum buckers go Seymour Duncan for value. Not only are they a good price but they also sound really good.

Option 1: SH-4 and SH-2

That's the cheaper option but will sound absolutely tank.

Option 2: Slash Sig

A little bit more and different. Probably better for some higher gain stuff.

I used these in my 7 string tuned to F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Gb, F, Bb.

Seymour Duncan 11108-96-B7 7 String Nazgul Sentient Black Pickup Set w/ 2 Sets of Strings https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N7WGKRI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_r9ULAb9G59AJG

They sound fantastic. I have a coil split tone knob too for jangle sounds.

If you looking for really something cheap you may find a good deal on a used pickup like this . Or you could get a basic one for amazon like these the Amazon ones sound pretty good in a cheap epiphone I have but they seem to be more fairly low output

I bought the fender vintage noiseless off of amazon for my squier strat. It made a pretty big difference. They cost around 100 USD. It comes with everything you need under the pick guard except an output jack and 5 way switch, which are pretty cheap and worth the upgrade if you're rewiring everything. They sound great and are pretty noiseless but it was a tight fit with the larger pots that come with it. A bit of sanding and drilling and it fits nice and makes it sound a lot clearer.

amazon

You can get single coil sized humbuckers if you don't fancy cutting up your pick guard or if your guitar's not routed for a 'bucker, I put an artec dual rail in my Squier, amongst other mods. Artec are also significantly cheaper than SD if you're not 100% on whether you'll like the sound.

Thanks. Apparently they're alnico 5 i got these ones. FLEOR Alnico 5 Guitar Pickups Set... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0744MTPSK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I had a strat that was really bad about this. I opened it up and applied some shielding tape in the pickup cavity and aluminum foil to the back side of the entire pickguard. Between that and removing the ground loops between the potentiometers, it's now the quietest guitar I own. Not bad for a few hours work. As a bonus, I was able to tie the bridge ground to the pickup cavity, so now I only have to unsolder the jack to remove the pickguard.

I assume your reason for wanting to replace the bridge is so that you have a floating bridge tremolo system (wammy bar). Otherwise, I can't really think of a good reason to replace a fixed bridge, other than just for cosmetics. If that is the case, you can't really replace a Tune o Matic with a Floyd Rose, unless you're willing to pay someone with a CNC router to cut out the area around the bridge and on the back of the guitar to install it. Suffice to say, it's not worth it for that particular guitar in my honest opinion. If you feel like you need a Floyd Rose down the line, buy a guitar that comes with one.

As for humbuckers, you sound like you need versatility, so I would pick up these Seymour Duncan Hotrodded Pups.

There are plenty of resources regarding what gain in audio is, but put simply, it's a measure of distortion. The higher the gain, the more distorted the audio is, which is what gives you that heavy metal sound.

EDIT: I forgot to ask, but what kind of amplifier are you using? You didn't mention it in your post. I ask because amplifiers are pretty critical for your sound. It doesn't make much sense to drop $130 on new pickups that cost almost half as much as your guitar if you probably won't even notice the sound difference due to playing on a cheap, 15-watt beginner amp.

You're looking at the wrong thing:

Duncan Custom:

http://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-Custom-Humbucker-Pickup/dp/B0002D05UA

JB:

http://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-Model-Humbucker-Pickup/dp/B0002D05T6

nothing fancy just these https://www.amazon.com/FOXNOVO-Professional-Humbucker-Pickups-Epiphone/dp/B00RJIE944/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=1160HL7HQQ1WM&keywords=foxnovo+pickups&qid=1554825424&s=gateway&sprefix=fox+novo+pick%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1-fkmrnull but i plan on upgrading to seymor duncan invaders or active EMGs i figure if imma spend 160 bucks on passive pickups i might as well just switch to actives, but i do want to add some coil splitting eventualy

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Take a look at the Seymour Duncan Vintage Blues Humbucker Pickup Set with SH1 59 Bridge and Neck.

Use the middle and neck pickups out of a set of Fender Fat 50s, and either a Dimarzio Evolution or Seymour Duncan Nazgul in the bridge

Hi so pretty new to playing the guitar, its been about 3 months. I currently have a Epiphone LP Special II and a Peavy Vypyr 15w amp.

But basically was kinda looking through amazon and came across these 14$ Humbuckers, they seem to have pretty good reviews as do these 24$ humbuckers and was wondering if they are worth the upgrade?

I have basic experience with electronics and soldering but actually would like to make some effect pedals once I get some more time under my belt.

The only thing that would be close is something like these: https://www.amazon.com/Humbucker-Pickup-Surroundings-Bottom-Thickness/dp/B01CVHQKL2

Here are some pickups available on amazon:

Single Coil

Humbucker

I didn't have any luck with any fretless necks aside from a 5 string bass, but that came with pickups.

So it sounds like this one would not work? If not can anyone recommend something close that would fit?
https://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-SH-4-Humbucker-Pickup/dp/B0002EKNQ0/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1518290958&sr=1-3-fkmr0&keywords=SH4+JB+chrome

Thanks a lot for your response! :) I genuinely thought this guitar would fit my genres though.. I thought it was the right sound especially for pop and skate punk. I also thought about putting humbuckers on it (but I guess that doesn't make any sense cause there doesn't seem to be enough space for a humbucker). I'll have a look at your suggested guitar, I guess I could stretch it cause birthday and Christmas are around the corner. I've been interested in this humbucker ..

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From what I've heard, this pickup sounds great. You can actually coil split it too if you want, to switch it between single coil and humbucking.

Thinking of mixing the neck and middle positions to:
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails: https://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-11205-02-SHR-1b-Guitar/dp/B0002D0B8G/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1520456723&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=seymour+duncan+hot+rails&psc=1&smid=A252JZGF55BU5P

Cool Rails:
https://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-SCR-1n-Rails-Pickup/dp/B0002F57EC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520456767&sr=8-2&keywords=seymour+duncan+cool+rails

Dimarzio Super distortion: https://www.amazon.com/DiMarzio-DP189-Strat-Humbucker-Pickup/dp/B001DF65XM/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1520456988&sr=1-1&keywords=dimarzio+strat+tone+zone


https://www.amazon.com/DiMarzio-DP218-Distortion-Humbucker-Pickup/dp/B001AN2O6E/ref=sr_1_7?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1520457001&sr=1-7&keywords=dimarzio+super+distortion

I can use three pedals. But for some reason each position in chain has different pedals available. And noise gate uses the same position that is used by pedals I enlisted above. Playing with volume helps a bit, but not much.. Anyway thank you for you help, it's clear. I found that there are noiseless single coil pickups are exist. Like these ones https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Vintage-Noiseless-Stratocaster-Pickups/dp/B0002E3D44 Do you know any pros/cons about it?

Humbuckers are one option, but there are noiseless single-coil pickups which might alleviate your problem. Fender makes a set, that one is for Stratocasters.

you can get a SH-4 /sh-2 set from amazon for 120€ sh-4 is imo, a very good pickup and sounds great on any guitar, from superstrats to lespauls. It splits wonderfully too. https://www.amazon.es/Seymour-Duncan-SH-4-SH-2-Pastillas/dp/B0007TYPYQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519601734&sr=8-1&keywords=sh-4

if you like more bluesy tones https://www.amazon.es/Seymour-Duncan-SH-1-Pastillas-eléctrica/dp/B0007TYPZA/ref=pd_sbs_267_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=R362E52CEQWEPSFJWKDV

i have not tried the sh-2, but I've tried a sh1 (59') and it was good, tho ill rather keep the burst bucker pro (neck position in a les paul).

For the price, and as those are in amazon i would buy the set and if you like them both, you are done, if you don't like the sh-2 resell it and buy a 59 with the price difference, and if you don't like neither, just return them (use as little wire as possible, so you just cut like 2 cm of the cable and it will be new looking).

you can also buy the sh4 for the bridge and the 59 for the neck:
https://www.amazon.es/Pastilla-Seymour-Duncan-SH-1N-humbucker/dp/B0002D05ZA/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519601854&sr=1-1&keywords=seymour+duncan+59
https://www.amazon.es/Seymour-Duncan-Niquel-Pastillas-guitarra/dp/B0002EKNQ0/ref=sr_1_5?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519601839&sr=1-5&keywords=seymour+duncan+jb

without cover the 59 is like 20€ cheaper, available in zebra/white too.

After doing a bit of research, these pickups seem like a good fit for what I'm describing:

https://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-Nazgul-Output-Humbucker/dp/B00L4KT3RQ

I want something that lets me have clean attack. I love aggressive riffs that cut cleanly..


Ideally trying to achieve this tone in the Human Abstract song "Complex Terms":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZcioAQ9o0

i was looking at the
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Lace-Sensor-Blue-Silver-Red-3-Pack-S-S-S-Set-102793544-i1168087.gc

blue silver red pack?

or i was considering cause possibly i might want to keep a vintage sounding tone, to throw a red lace sensor in the bridge

and
these in the neck and middle http://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-Vintage-Staggered-California/dp/B0007TYPY6

would that be completely retarded or doable?

Oh, and these Seymour Duncan SSL1

I’ve had two intermediate-level guitars with this setup in them and I think you’d be quite happy with it for what you’re looking to achieve. It’s also an appropriate amount to spend on an instrument of that value; it’ll give you a great tone and spending much more would be a diminishing return.

My band's other guitarist uses these in his blacktop jag:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007TYPYQ/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
along with
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AKONB0/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Those mounting rings took some work to install without destroying the original pickguard, but now that he has them in there, he really goes to town dialing in some wide varying tones.

You can get Behringer pedals for 25 bucks — less money than it’d cost you to source the parts yourself. Mooer, Caline, and Donner pedals are priced similarly.

You can get a generic loaded, prewired Strat pickguard for 17 bucks or a set of generic humbuckers for 14 bucks on Amazon.

There is a shitload of gear to fit any budget. You want handmade in the first world by the original designer? Pony up. You want inexpensive factory stuff that’ll get you in the ballpark? There ya go.