Supersonic pawn pickups

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:44 am

Picked up a 2012 super sonic. I noticed the pickups are super loud, and not the clearest... I took it to a tech. He did a coil tap push/pull and tone mod. He said the pickups are super hot. The coil tap sounds cool but the humb buckets are still loud and dirty. Anybody?

Anybody swapped out?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:43 am

Check what pots they've got in it. They're probably mismatched.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:01 pm

I swapped the original pot for a bourns 500k push pull, and I left the original pot. Which is a weird pot. But 500k. Solid shaft...

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:27 pm

Maybe a ground wire is messed up?

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:45 pm

anybody else with the fender super sonic think the pickups are super loud and over the top?

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:54 pm

nobody has anything to say about super sonic pickups? the both measure at 15k.

and the problem to replace is that fender used the 3 bolt humbucker, which nobody makes...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:01 pm

You could use another Fender 3-hole style pickup (sourced from Amazon, eBay, independent sites) with a more moderate output such as the Diamondback, Twin Head "vintage", Tex-Mex, etc... stay away from the Enforcers and Atomic Humbucker (one of which you likely already have in the guitar).
Alternatively you could drill an extra hole in the pickguard between the existing two on the bass side. Those Fender pickups actually have 3 mounting holes on both sides so you can use them in any orientation or with any pickguard; the two bass-side screws aid angling of the pickup relative to pitched strings and also stop it moving when struck or rested on.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:52 am

paul_ wrote:You could use another Fender 3-hole style pickup (sourced from Amazon, eBay, independent sites) with a more moderate output such as the Diamondback, Twin Head "vintage", Tex-Mex, etc... stay away from the Enforcers and Atomic Humbucker (one of which you likely already have in the guitar).
Alternatively you could drill an extra hole in the pickguard between the existing two on the bass side. Those Fender pickups actually have 3 mounting holes on both sides so you can use them in any orientation or with any pickguard; the two bass-side screws aid angling of the pickup relative to pitched strings and also stop it moving when struck or rested on.

I was thinking about other fender pickups. Does anybody know of other 3 bolt humb pickups? I'm looking for that warm vintage sound

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:58 am

Schaller pickups can be set up that way, they have three holes on each side. I don't know if the spacing matches though, but they have detailed diagrams on their site, you can measure.
http://guitar-pickups.biz/hp12743/Humbucker.htm?ITServ=CY3fea284X1507a2cc4f9XY5d39

Also Fender Vista pickups, but you might not be happy with those either.

I keep reading the thread title "Supersonic prawn pickups".