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Swapping out the pickups on a Hallmark 60's Custom.
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:06 pm
by vjf1968
Has anybody here swapped the stock pick ups for other Mosrite type pick ups and if you have, why? How was the sound after the swap? Did you do any custom wiring (in phase, out of phase, parallel, in series, caffeinated, decaffeinated?)
I have no intention of doing this in the near future since I am pretty satisfied but just wondering.
Re: Swapping out the pickups on a Hallmark 60's Custom.
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:12 pm
by dubtrub
I have used both Hallmark and Elliott Mosrite pickups (which are the same as the original) in my custom build guitars. They are so close in every detail, it is a waste of money to change them. However, I do prefer Elliott pickups because the construction is identical to the original Mosrite. Sound wise they are too close to worry about. When I first starting building my custom build guitars I was noticing a big difference in sound. turned out it was the mis-wiring them out of phase. JMTCW.
Re: Swapping out the pickups on a Hallmark 60's Custom.
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:13 pm
by Veenture
Re: Swapping out the pickups on a Hallmark 60's Custom.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:50 pm
by MWaldorf
Before swapping out pickups, consider changes to the volume/tone circuit - there's some subtle to more dramatic changes you can make. I recently posted about some changes I made:
http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2659
Re: Swapping out the pickups on a Hallmark 60's Custom.
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:42 pm
by LOSTVENTURE
Wait untill you can get hold of a vintage Mosrite, so that you can enjoy the TOTAL MOSRITE experience and not just the pick-ups.
Good luck !!!
Don