destroying a Firebird .............

mini hum this bird or stuff it ?

  • DO IT LIFES SHORT!

    Votes: 8 38.1%

  • leave it alone and have some oatmeal, your old no one cares

    Votes: 9 42.9%

  • Dave owes me a beer.......

    Votes: 4 19.0%
  • Total voters
    21
IT is an ongoing mental conundrum ---

I want to make the switch to try it -- I can always switch back.
I can even remove neck and use bridge P90....only.... maybe even get a REALLY HOT ONE -- and as you say dummy coil
I could put the minihum in the beck position.......... hhmmm.......

so many options --- so very little desire to solder ---- and thats the rub right there really
or I could flip that and do this
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eclecticsynergy said:
Yep, it'd still have its cover, even pole screws and the coil inside. Just no magnets to pull on the strings.


I simply prefer P90 tone to mini hums myself. I did say "that's just me."

If the guitar were often going to be exposed to bad power and noisy dimmers, it could be a reasonable compromise even for me.
But I'd consider it a compromise.

Still think using the neck P90 as a dummy coil might be a viable concept.
Anyway, there are decent sounding noise-cancelling P90 types (though trying the P100 has soured many on the whole idea).
Lindy Fralin makes a good one. Even the relatively cheap Kent Armstrongs are quite decent.

For me no mini hum has ever quite measured up to a great P90.
That's my personal taste.
Not saying I'd replace them if I had a vintage Deluxe.
Just that I've never really managed to love them.
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I'm constantly being paid to get rid of them...personally, I just won't tolerate buzz, hum or sensitivity to lighting, because my work revolves around recording, but for some it's probably not a deal breaker.

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Ebidis said:
You know that Gibson mini hums and actual Firebird pickups are not the same right?
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Yeah. But, it could be argued that the Firebird minis ARE actual Gibson mini-humbuckers! What we generally think of as Gibson mini-humbuckers (the smaller PAF-ish design) are actually an Epiphone invention. Gibson acquired the rights and design when they bought Epiphone.

Incidentally, I really like the Gibson minis (not referring to the Firebird pickups). I have them on my ‘74 SG.
 
eSGEe said:
IT is an ongoing mental conundrum ---

I want to make the switch to try it -- I can always switch back.
I can even remove neck and use bridge P90....only.... maybe even get a REALLY HOT ONE -- and as you say dummy coil
I could put the minihum in the beck position.......... hhmmm.......

so many options --- so very little desire to solder ---- and thats the rub right there really
or I could flip that and do this
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C'mon, do it. Cut the wires and use some crimp on push connectors. You don't need to solder. Really, it will be okay.
 
I broke out the soldering iron today --
and -- tackled..................................... the output jack on the Peavey Predator..... and well after that ---- I couldnt take any more I had to unplug the iron the pups will need to wait for another day in the Firebird -- 1 soldering chore a month is all I can handle
 
eSGEe said:
I broke out the soldering iron today --
and -- tackled..................................... the output jack on the Peavey Predator..... and well after that ---- I couldnt take any more I had to unplug the iron the pups will need to wait for another day in the Firebird -- 1 soldering chore a month is all I can handle
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Fixed?
 
Needs more heat shield. Plus, you would think at that size it would have an automatic solder dispenser built into the tip.
 
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