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TG · August 6th, 2008, 01:22 PM

Anyone know where you can get replacement pickups for old Melody Makers? Any pickup makers who make 'hotter' versions of them?

A fella I know has an early 60s one and he wants a set for it...preferably more powerful than the stock ones...and he obviously doesn't want to damage the original pickguard.

Tim Armstrong · August 6th, 2008, 01:25 PM

Man, that's a tough one! I haven't seen any aftermarket pickups for them yet.

Back when I was in high school in the mid-70s, pretty much every Melody Maker I came across had been modded to take humbuckers or P-90s...

Seems to me one might be able to get a set of the reissue pickups and have them rewound hotter...

Cheers, Tim

rdchapman · August 6th, 2008, 08:53 PM

I saw a listing for Melody Maker pickups on the Seymour Duncan in years past, but I cannot find anything on it now. I would write to them. Also, the new Melody Maker pickups are pretty hot compared to the original as I have a 62 and the newest reissue. perhaps Gibson would sell a set. They look the same size, but I have not tried to mount the new one in the old guitar.

pleb · August 6th, 2008, 09:04 PM

This is PERFECT!

http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/mm-90.shtml

Highly recommended pickup!

JimiBryant · August 6th, 2008, 10:16 PM

send the originals out for a custom rewind, perhaps?

just a thought.

jakob251 · August 11th, 2008, 03:03 PM

Here is another one

http://www.norcalguitars.com/mm90.html

Deadduck · September 30th, 2008, 05:24 PM

SD lists them about halfway down this page, but I don't know anything about them.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...x.php?page=all

Anyone know if a JB Jr. or other strat type pickup can be used in these guitars?

scooperman · July 2nd, 2009, 12:03 PM

Seen all of those, also the ones at BGPups http://www.bg-pups.com/mm90.html

I grabbed a cheap Kalamazoo KG-2 project, it was missing pickups. I would like to restore it, but people keep taking old Kalamazoo hardware, like the Maestro trems and the pickups, and Ebaying the stuff as "Melody Maker" hardware so they can get big bucks for it. You can't find Kalamazoo parts cheap now. I may give up on restoration and just make it a player. Maybe I will get an undrilled pickguard, and route it out to put Strat pickups in it.

August 6th, 2008, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
TG Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 48 Posts: 6,340 9 Photos	Melody Maker replacement pickups Anyone know where you can get replacement pickups for old Melody Makers? Any pickup makers who make 'hotter' versions of them? A fella I know has an early 60s one and he wants a set for it...preferably more powerful than the stock ones...and he obviously doesn't want to damage the original pickguard.

August 6th, 2008, 01:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA Age: 50 Posts: 13,151	Man, that's a tough one! I haven't seen any aftermarket pickups for them yet. Back when I was in high school in the mid-70s, pretty much every Melody Maker I came across had been modded to take humbuckers or P-90s... Seems to me one might be able to get a set of the reissue pickups and have them rewound hotter... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

August 6th, 2008, 10:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 47 Posts: 1,842	send the originals out for a custom rewind, perhaps? just a thought. __________________ *we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.*

August 11th, 2008, 03:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
jakob251 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 1	Melody maker replacement Here is another one http://www.norcalguitars.com/mm90.html

September 30th, 2008, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Deadduck TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Louisiana Age: 38 Posts: 36	SD lists them about halfway down this page, but I don't know anything about them. http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...x.php?page=all Anyone know if a JB Jr. or other strat type pickup can be used in these guitars? __________________ Keith

August 6th, 2008, 08:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
rdchapman Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Saratoga, NY Age: 55 Posts: 505	I saw a listing for Melody Maker pickups on the Seymour Duncan in years past, but I cannot find anything on it now. I would write to them. Also, the new Melody Maker pickups are pretty hot compared to the original as I have a 62 and the newest reissue. perhaps Gibson would sell a set. They look the same size, but I have not tried to mount the new one in the old guitar.

August 6th, 2008, 09:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
pleb TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 Posts: 69	This is PERFECT! http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/mm-90.shtml Highly recommended pickup!

July 2nd, 2009, 12:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
scooperman NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jupiter, FL Age: 56 Posts: 8	Seen all of those, also the ones at BGPups http://www.bg-pups.com/mm90.html I grabbed a cheap Kalamazoo KG-2 project, it was missing pickups. I would like to restore it, but people keep taking old Kalamazoo hardware, like the Maestro trems and the pickups, and Ebaying the stuff as "Melody Maker" hardware so they can get big bucks for it. You can't find Kalamazoo parts cheap now. I may give up on restoration and just make it a player. Maybe I will get an undrilled pickguard, and route it out to put Strat pickups in it.

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