Gibson Les Paul with Stratocaster Pickups - Q&A

In this video I answer questions about swapping the humbucker pickups in my Gibson Les Paul to single coil Stratocaster pickups with a custom designed set of pickup rings.

I’ve been playing electric guitar for about 20 years and most of that time has been spent using humbuckers. Recently I’ve been in the mood for a different sound but not a different guitar, so when I had a day off I decided to see if I could fit some single coil Strat pickups into my 2005 Gibson Les Paul Standard. I looked online for guitar pickup rings that converted a humbucker to a single coil, but I found that the screw spacing was different to what I had, and the pickup rings themselves were very short. This wouldn’t allow me to get the pickups as close to the strings as they would need to be.

I decided to design my own pickup rings and have them resin 3d printed. The idea was to have an easy drop in replacement for the Burstbucker Pro humbuckers so whenever I was in the mood for a Stratocaster sound. After a couple of prototype runs, I have something that works perfectly. The last thing I need to figure out is matching the color of the pickup rings to the cream hardware on the rest of my Les Paul.

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