quick installation and test rig

[Durrant Pickups]

Hi i am new to this forum and am loving it so far not sure if this has been covered but i am interested
if any of you guys have made quick test guitars with rear access or sliding contacts etc to quickly insert
and test new or upgraded pickups if so what do you think the best way to quickly test pickups is

[RedHouse]

Hi i am new to this forum and am loving it so far not sure if this has been covered but i am interested
if any of you guys have made quick test guitars with rear access or sliding contacts etc to quickly insert
and test new or upgraded pickups if so what do you think the best way to quickly test pickups is

I don't have a link off-hand but do a search (here) it's been discussed before.

[SonnyW]

Sometimes the search function is not that productive unless you remember something else about the posts, so here is one link

http://music-electronics-forum.com/t27192/

But also test guitars has been discussed in one of the daily rundown threads. That thread is kind of huge. You would have to search inside that thread to find it: Look inside this thread in and around post #570 or so for some photos of some folks test mules as part of another discussion.

http://music-electronics-forum.com/t...13/#post272020

[dor baruch]

hi "Durrant Pickup"
My advice is if you really want to hear the sound of the pickups, (not just to see if they work)
dont use this type guitars because of the difference in the acoustics of the guitar would be great,
If the problem is the solder you can use fast connections like Seymour Duncan EMG and other
Liberator - change your guitar pickups using only a screwdriver

[RedHouse]

hi "Durrant Pickup"
My advice is if you really want to hear the sound of the pickups, (not just to see if they work)
dont use this type guitars because of the difference in the acoustics of the guitar would be great,
If the problem is the solder you can use fast connections like Seymour Duncan EMG and other
Liberator - change your guitar pickups using only a screwdriver

The need for a test rig is because using a real guitar for testing gets it beat up fast, specialy doing humbuckers.
(screws holes stripped, mounting rings break, scratches etc)

Anyway, watch this video, you can see the one Leo Fender used back in the day:

Leo's Lab II - The Pickup Palace - YouTube


Also Durrant, the ampeg guitar had a cool slide-out tray system that might give you some ideas

[Durrant Pickups]

Thanks for all the info i have gone through the suggested posts and have gathered some good ideas

I really like the look of that ampeg guitar very clean and would work a treat