Stock Probucker 2/3

[rbraad68]

No the Gibson quick connecters are smaller than the epiphone ones...

 

[Drewn]

I'm starting to see an opportunity now. if someone starts putting a little package together of a bunch of connectors with an easy to use crimp for the leads, that would let everyone standardize their own guitars to allow easy swaps of pickups. I think Gibson and Epiphone and anyone else not standardizing is a mistake. they go to all the trouble to put a proprietary connector on their products only to have the end users realize they can't get pickups with those connections on them, snip off they go and that's where someone selling a standardizing kit could sell some product. and I'll be honest, those little two or four pin connectors bought in bulk are pennies, it's not like they have to be space compliant or anything, they go in consumer electronics.

 

[syco]

These are what I have been using . Top pic ...... Push/pull 500k ...... Second pic ...... push/pull , 250 / 500k selectable , Treble bleed option if used as volume , 7 different cap values if used as tone pot ( .010 , .015, .022 ,.025 , .032 ,0.37, .047 ) . Third pic ...... standard 500k ( 250k also available ) pot .... no push /pull .

Push/pull pots still need ground soldered to body of pot , but otherwise solderless . Loosen screw , insert wire , tighten screw .... Done !

 

[noodlingguitars]

Are Gibson and Epiphone quick connect compatible ?

If you're referring to the quick connect from Gibby pcbs, then no. But quick connects from Gibby pickups installed in various Epiphone models from the last few years are compatible with other Epiphones.

 

[noodlingguitars]

I'm starting to see an opportunity now. if someone starts putting a little package together of a bunch of connectors with an easy to use crimp for the leads, that would let everyone standardize their own guitars to allow easy swaps of pickups. I think Gibson and Epiphone and anyone else not standardizing is a mistake. they go to all the trouble to put a proprietary connector on their products only to have the end users realize they can't get pickups with those connections on them, snip off they go and that's where someone selling a standardizing kit could sell some product. and I'll be honest, those little two or four pin connectors bought in bulk are pennies, it's not like they have to be space compliant or anything, they go in consumer electronics.

There were a couple sellers on reverb that had those molex connectors. I suppose they could probably be sourced but given that a good segment of the modding population immediately point to the pots and caps as the problem, it might not be really worth the while.

 

[Jay4321]

Had they released the Probuckers under the Gibson name I have no doubt in my mind folks would be talking about them the same way as other G pickups. I think they're very good and agree with whoever said they sound like '57s or at least closely related.

Also agree that they need to standardize connectors. I learned soldering as a kid many years ago but it's kind of barbaric and time-consuming. I can connect my clothes dryer to my wi-fi network and have a message on my phone telling me my clothes are dry, but I have to melt fucking metal with a $50 thing just to connect pickups like it's 70 years ago.

 

[Jay4321]

And nothing against the casual folks building amps and that as a hobby, I get it, but just saying for the average Joe there's not really much call for soldering otherwise, given the way most electronics are made anymore.

 

[noodlingguitars]

And nothing against the casual folks building amps and that as a hobby, I get it, but just saying for the average Joe there's not really much call for soldering otherwise, given the way most electronics are made anymore.

Yeah, in 2023, there really shouldn't be any excuse not to at least have one or two standards of plug and play connectors (and converter connectors too). But alas, this market is saturated with antiquated concepts and someone is going to come up with some weird nonsensical argument against it all in the name of tone. Without getting into vintage, consumers are even willing to pay more for new stuff just because it's made the same way it was 70 years ago... Go figure...

 

[DrBGood]

And nothing against the casual folks building amps and that as a hobby, I get it, but just saying for the average Joe there's not really much call for soldering otherwise, given the way most electronics are made anymore.

There's not really much call for changing pickups most of the time either. I'm pretty sure that the majority of improvements new pickups "should" bring to your tone, a simple screwdriver will do as good or better.

 

[rbraad68]

I like them infact if this deal goes thru I will have a 59 with them installed. I will prob take the covers off and play it that way. I am not a big fan of the BBs to harsh for me i only have 2 of the 4 59's with them still in there....