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Tubescreamer wrote:Go ahead, flame away.

Not flaming... but was that photo digitally 'edited'? If not, I do have a question - how does it sound with all four pickups engaged?

jingle_jangle wrote:

Clint wrote:Add a few more cresting waves, name it "The Tunami!" and I believe you've got yourself a winner there.

"Tunami" is good...

"Tu-many" is better!

All fixed. Now, get to work on that prototype!

jingle_jangle wrote:If four is "cool", howwabout this?

This definitely needs more cowbell

Tubescreamer wrote:I think it looks kinda cool.

this looks like four pickups with a guitar, rather than as a guitar with four pickups.
I'm not convinced of it's beauty

badeggs wrote:

Tubescreamer wrote:Four looks better than three, definitely.

Absolutely disagree. Three are spaced so much better, the four are too crowded...and three pickups are plenty anyway.

+1 to this.

My thoughts are.. great photoshop job

bartyclue wrote:My thoughts are.. great photoshop job

My thoughts too!

Tubescreamer, how would you be thinking to wire those four pickups with the three-way p/u selector switch ?

Do you think it might be a little crowded on a small guitar body like a 660-12 ?
I've seen one three pick-up 600 series, that Gary (Doctorwho) has in his collection. He has posted pictures of it here on the RRF before.

stsang wrote:

Tubescreamer wrote:Go ahead, flame away.

Not flaming... but was that photo digitally 'edited'? If not, I do have a question - how does it sound with all four pickups engaged?

It's edited.

Fortunately...

I remember a bass (a tuna boat?!) with five pick ups, seen here. I think this was not edited, unfortunately...

Well, there's this one:


But it's not quite real... yet...

Hotzenplotz wrote:Fortunately...

I remember a bass (a tuna boat?!) with five pick ups, seen here. I think this was not edited, unfortunately...

Who would put five pickups on one

jps wrote:

Hotzenplotz wrote:Fortunately...

I remember a bass (a tuna boat?!) with five pick ups, seen here. I think this was not edited, unfortunately...

Who would put five pickups on one

Sadly this image is not as expertly photoshop'd - its seams and overlaps are showing.

I never claimed to be a PS expert.

8mileshigher wrote:Tubescreamer, how would you be thinking to wire those four pickups with the three-way p/u selector switch ?

Do you think it might be a little crowded on a small guitar body like a 660-12 ?
I've seen one three pick-up 600 series, that Gary (Doctorwho) has in his collection. He has posted pictures of it here on the RRF before.

The pickups on the first pic aren't really much more crowded than on a 325, there are just more of them. I know nothing about wiring a guitar, but if it were possible I'd have a volume knob for each pickup with the fader doing it's usual duty. The selector would be bottom two pickups, all pickups, top two pickups.

That bass with five pickups is a little much, got some kind of Clark Griswold thing goin' there.