parker_knoll
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I put these in tonight. A perfect fit in the original rings. They sound boss and I think they look pretty good too.
New pickups for a Duane
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parker_knoll
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Yes, exactly
ClaytonS15
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I like it! I bet that sounds excellent.
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Black covers make baby Duane cry. 
Rich Cohen
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The black covers really make the look.
parker_knoll
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This is a spruce top, and I've always found it to be very midrange prominent in sound. The T-Armonds really work with this guitar, as well as being more sonically appropriate to Duane's sound, and to the original Guild models.
Rich Cohen
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But the original DE's didn't have black covers, right? Plus they weren't DeArmonds, right?
parker_knoll
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They did initially come with DeArmonds, but those models are hard to find and expensive. Duane himself always used DeArmonds.
http://www.reallygreatguitars.com/p...2-guild-duane-eddy-jr-sunburst-original-case/
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Rich Cohen
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Then why did Guild install humbuckers?
dhdfoster
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Mini-hums were so wrong for that model, IMO.
I seem to recall Duane's wife mentioning on another forum a while back that Guild switched the pickups in his model without telling/asking him.
I seem to recall Duane's wife mentioning on another forum a while back that Guild switched the pickups in his model without telling/asking him.
Rich Cohen
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OMG, that's quite a disrespectful move on Guild's part. In what year did they switch?
'63-ish, IIRC from Hans' book. The DeArmonds were pretty short-lived (only a year or two). More of a stopgap b/w the Franz pickups they started out with in the early fifties and the minihums that came after. Really, for most of the company's run, they used only one pickup model across the board in all of their top/pro tier models (really anything Starfire-or-nicer), so I'm sure the thinking was that the minihums replaced the DeArmonds in everything else, so, of course they'd go in the Duanes, too. And, yes, I'm aware there are exceptions here and there, among them the later Starfires that got the DeArmonds with conversion rings. And, honestly, that seems to suggest they had some left over and could've at least continued putting them in the Duanes, if nothing else.
parker_knoll
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I could order some regular TArmonds with white tops and install them with conversion rings but these are a lot easier
Walter Broes
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Hey, that's a really clever way to get a Duane Eddy sound from a 'bucker Duane without invasive modifications! I bet it sounds great!
Good to know that TV jones pickups fit those rings.
Good to know that TV jones pickups fit those rings.
parker_knoll
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Well exactly. will work on NS Starfires as well.
ClaytonS15
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What version are the T-Armonds you installed in the Duane?
parker_knoll
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These are English Mount. Same size as a Filtertron
matsickma
Senior Member
The vintage DeArmonds also fit the mini humbucker cutouts and the mounting holes are close enough that if you install the screws at an angle they fit in close without and modifications.
Made the pickup swap on a late 60's DE400.
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Made the pickup swap on a late 60's DE400.
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parker_knoll
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I've actually tried that before but it didn't fully cover the holes. Also, the pickguard is then wrong
Can we see yours?