Humbucker neck Tele

moparmutt · January 23rd, 2008, 10:17 PM

Is there a co. that sells a pickguard that fits a humbucker with ring?
Thanks

boris bubbanov · January 23rd, 2008, 11:32 PM

Normally the ring that comes with a humbucker is set aside, not used on a Tele neck application. The PG is cut to fit nicely 'round the pup.

Actually, if you actually have room for a ring on top of the pickguard you may have you action pretty high + your neck 'bucker much higher than normal. I've never found room for one, which is too bad cuz had I found room, I could've used one of two or three botched pickguards I had laying around, the ring would've hidden the defect.

Bubbanov

yegbert · January 24th, 2008, 12:33 AM

I agree with boris, but if you do have room then I think you wouldn't need a pickguard any different than one made for the humbucker. You could screw the ring to the pickguard like you would screw it to a body, you'd just need to make those screw holes. The two pickup mounting/adjustment screws would pass through the holes in the ring and in the pickguard. In fact you could mount just the ring to the guard using those screws with a couple of nuts, just to hold it in place while you mark the positions where you'll want those 4 screw holes.

I prefer the leaner and cleaner look of just the pickguard with no ring. A humbucker looks big already on a Tele, the ring adds a border that takes up more space and additional screws that add clutter. For traditional Tele single coil neck pickups as well, I like the cleaner look of a body mounted neck pickup because a pickguard mounted one exposes two more screws.

moparmutt · January 24th, 2008, 01:15 AM

I'm going for the Ed Bickert look......maybe

January 23rd, 2008, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
moparmutt Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: honolulu Posts: 574	Humbucker neck Tele Is there a co. that sells a pickguard that fits a humbucker with ring? Thanks

January 23rd, 2008, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 8,555	Normally the ring that comes with a humbucker is set aside, not used on a Tele neck application. The PG is cut to fit nicely 'round the pup. Actually, if you actually have room for a ring on top of the pickguard you may have you action pretty high + your neck 'bucker much higher than normal. I've never found room for one, which is too bad cuz had I found room, I could've used one of two or three botched pickguards I had laying around, the ring would've hidden the defect. Bubbanov

January 24th, 2008, 12:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
yegbert Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland (US) Age: 54 Posts: 4,852 85 Photos	I agree with boris, but if you do have room then I think you wouldn't need a pickguard any different than one made for the humbucker. You could screw the ring to the pickguard like you would screw it to a body, you'd just need to make those screw holes. The two pickup mounting/adjustment screws would pass through the holes in the ring and in the pickguard. In fact you could mount just the ring to the guard using those screws with a couple of nuts, just to hold it in place while you mark the positions where you'll want those 4 screw holes. I prefer the leaner and cleaner look of just the pickguard with no ring. A humbucker looks big already on a Tele, the ring adds a border that takes up more space and additional screws that add clutter. For traditional Tele single coil neck pickups as well, I like the cleaner look of a body mounted neck pickup because a pickguard mounted one exposes two more screws.

January 24th, 2008, 01:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
moparmutt Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: honolulu Posts: 574	I'm going for the Ed Bickert look......maybe