I do, but I don't change pickups that often. But it sucks to use new strings and then for some reason wanting to change pickups and then having to spend a new pack just for that.
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Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
I do, but I don't change pickups that often. But it sucks to use new strings and then for some reason wanting to change pickups and then having to spend a new pack just for that.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
If I can avoid it I don't change the strings. Otherwise it's a good 2 days or so before I'll get the real sound of the pickups..
Originally Posted by BigAlTheBird
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
I've been swapping alot of pickups into my PRS McCarty lately trying to find the right combination of pup-guitar and no, I haven't put new strings on it......When I find the sound I'm looking for I'll freshen up the strings with a new set and hopefully it'll be that much better!
Only you can decide what "good" sounds like!
"I learned a long time ago that one note can go a long way if it's the right one, and it will whip the guy with twenty quick notes." ~Les Paul
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
I don't change pickups enough to re-use strings when I change pups, so yeah I always put on new ones.
MIM Fender Strat > Crybaby > TweakFuzz > MIM Fender Blues jr.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
No. Never had a problem.
That reminds me that I want a guitar that is not only rear-routed by rear-loaded. Put in the humbuckers from behind, with some kind of bayonet arresting mechanism and a plug. Should be quick enough to get them exchanged between two songs. Or have some kind of revolver mechanism that has a drum of pickups that you can turn towards the strings.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
I just think it's a drag because if what you put in doesn't sound right then it's the same thing all over again...
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
ftw? could you explain a little bit?
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
No. On some guitars I've changed the PU's and/or magnets several times, and kept the same strings. Why change them if they have plenty of life left in them?
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
No, I usually don't. Just because I'm lazy.
But ask anybody else and they'll tell you it's so I can more accurately compare the sound of the new pickup vs. the old. Because I'm a genius.
Don't tell anyone.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
I'm joking
I think the holes you'd had to make to load pickups from the rear are too big, they would affect sound.
What you can do is take a Strat pickguard guitar and extend the pickup cavities towards the poti area so that you can remove the pickguard without loosening the strings. Costs you some wood but might come out OK.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
frank gamble had an ibanez like that back when he had hair
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I'd actually like something like that.
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No, because I want to listen to the before-and-after and I don't want to change two variables in there.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
Absolutely not. My strings last forever, so it would be foolish for me to change them for no reason.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
Some people are a lot bigger on changing strings than I am. I tend to leave them on too long. I've even kept strings when swapping Tele necks.
When I have a new box of strings, I'll loosen them, snip them with wire cutters, and toss them in the trash. Get them out of the way. But my box-o-strings is running low right now! So when I upgraded the pickup in my Esquire build (BTW, the Antiquity 11024-22 is real nice!) I had to reuse the strings. I'd really only managed to play it a couple times with the first pickup because it was like fingernails on a chalkboard. So the strings were real fresh!
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I think in the 70's or possibly 80's (1970-1980) some one made a guitar like this, only they loaded from the front, but were a "quick-change" pickup system. I can't remember who did it.
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
Dan Armstrong, that clear plastic guitar.
I've had the neck off of my strat probably 5 times while keeping the same set of strings on it. I guess I don't see the necessity in changing strings all the time if they're not worn out.
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The latest iteration of the "easily-swappable-pickups" guitar was made by Mecurio Guitars which is AFAIK out of business. Here's a places that still has some guitars and pickup modules to move. Given the prices, it's no surprise they didn't last!
http://www.bostonguitar.com/Merchant...y_Code=EG-MERC
-Austin
Re: Do you guys use new strings every time you change pickups?
Only if they were due for a change anyway, otherwise I just loosen then enough for the pickup swap and then re-tune
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^^ DUH!!! stupid me!! I'm glad I learn new stuff everyday here, because, guess what? I would take them off completely!! Talk about not using my head huh? haha lol thanks for the tip
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