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Posted by Tommy on May 5, 2010 at 12:41pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion
A guy at work has given me his old project. He gave up on it as the tremolo split the wood.

I plan on removing both humbucker pickups and using them on my next CBG.

I have no idea how im going get this done, so looking for some good advice and tips from anyone who has done this before.

There are a couple pics here so you see what im starting with.

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  • Tommy May 7, 2010 at 2:50pm
    Thanx Josh

    Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:
    The distance matters but it is not set. It's based on your scale length. What you're aiming to do is place your pickups where they are least likely to be under a nodal point on the guitar string. For a more detailed discussion on nodal points, see the following:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28physics%29
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_harmonics

    So on a guitar string, the nodal point is a point where the string vibrates the absolute least when plucked. If you end up placing your pup under one of these points, there will be a minimum of signal transmitted and your guitar will sound dead and muted. You want your pup under the anti-node, where you get the maximum movement.

    Tommy said:
    If i can get hold of a big enough box im going to go for two humbuckers !

    Is there a set distance that they need to be placed apart so they wont interfere with one another?
  • Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) May 7, 2010 at 1:10pm
    The distance matters but it is not set. It's based on your scale length. What you're aiming to do is place your pickups where they are least likely to be under a nodal point on the guitar string. For a more detailed discussion on nodal points, see the following:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28physics%29
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_harmonics

    So on a guitar string, the nodal point is a point where the string vibrates the absolute least when plucked. If you end up placing your pup under one of these points, there will be a minimum of signal transmitted and your guitar will sound dead and muted. You want your pup under the anti-node, where you get the maximum movement.

    Tommy said:
    If i can get hold of a big enough box im going to go for two humbuckers !

    Is there a set distance that they need to be placed apart so they wont interfere with one another?
  • Tommy May 7, 2010 at 12:50pm
    If i can get hold of a big enough box im going to go for two humbuckers !

    Is there a set distance that they need to be placed apart so they wont interfere with one another?
  • Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) May 7, 2010 at 9:15am
    There's a lot more to a multiple pickup configuration than just having it look cool. On a clean rig with no effects, a bridge mount pickup sounds completely different than a neck mount pickup. A bridge pickup will sound bright and lively and a neck pickup sounds warmer and mellow. Blended together they give the guitar an extremely full and vibrant sound. The reason for this is because of the mechanics of string vibration, especially how a string naturally divides itself up into nodal points when plucked. I have a fantastic book at home that explains the physics of this in detail and if I remember to do so when I get home tonight, I'll lift the info from that book and repost here (if I forget and you're really interested, message me to get me moving).

    Now, if you want to do two pups in your guitar, you can drop that 5-way in the picture and get a simple 3-way. Wire it up so that you can select either pickup or both at the same time. There's tons of information on the web for doing this. I recommend using a Gibson/Switchcraft style switch as they are rock solid and have oversize lugs that are really easy to solder.

    Warren said:
    I agree with Gary. You don't really need 2 humbuckers in a CBG, although it looks cool!


    gary martin said:
    Last week i put 2 hummbuckers ,1 volume anmd 2 tones into a cigar box ,looks fantastic but im still dickin around with the tone pots, im seeking help today]but when i put 1 hummbucker in ,without vol/tone ,they allways sound great .......id make two cbgs out of your project .
  • Shawn May 7, 2010 at 1:41am
    If there is room in the box go for it I just built a two humbucker CBG 6 string and it turned out great. And with a 3 way switch you get lots of options. Take a look at my pictures it's the one in black. But it's your build do what your heart tells you too do, mine said go big!
  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars May 6, 2010 at 7:27pm
    2 in the hand is worth one in the bush, or is that one in the hand oh well you get what I mean, make 2 better than one confusion says.
  • Tracy Kennedy May 6, 2010 at 7:20pm
    Good choice. Why have one piece of pie when you can have two!!!
  • Tommy May 6, 2010 at 1:48pm
    I think ill just slap one humbucker in and build a couple of guitars. xD

    Thanx for the advice guys.
    Cant wait to finish work tomorrow and get cracking on my first build. Although i hanvnt got all my materials...
  • Roger Martin May 6, 2010 at 12:54pm
    I 3rd the motion. Tho it DOES look cool, I dont think I'd beat my head against the wall all that much , just to get 2 crammed in.
    I'd just load up 1 and plug 'er in and have fun.
    But then wife used to say ( until I got bit by the CBG bug" that I tended to be on the lazy side anyway,,,,,
  • Warren May 6, 2010 at 12:39pm
    I agree with Gary. You don't really need 2 humbuckers in a CBG, although it looks cool!


    gary martin said:
    Last week i put 2 hummbuckers ,1 volume anmd 2 tones into a cigar box ,looks fantastic but im still dickin around with the tone pots, im seeking help today]but when i put 1 hummbucker in ,without vol/tone ,they allways sound great .......id make two cbgs out of your project .
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