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Post by yannick on Mar 2, 2010 16:57:05 GMT -5
Hey guys I am gonna buy a cheap Yamaha pacifica 302s and i wanna change the pickups with fender nocaster pickups. Is this a hard job? Anyone any experience?   kc |
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Post by 469roadking on Mar 2, 2010 20:50:27 GMT -5
not that hard at all. minor soldering skills needed, and a little patience. most pup companies send instructions with their products so it takes the guess work out. looks like the yamaha is similar to a standard tele setup. mstr vol, mstr tone, and a three way selector switch. although it appears that access to your pots is from the back of the body and a standard tele is from the top.
go for it man!!!
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Post by Happy Jack on Mar 3, 2010 3:02:12 GMT -5
That looks really sweet Yannick.
The Yamaha 302 has a good reputation for wood, playablity and tone from what I have seen and read (as with most Yamahas) but a poor reputation for electronics.
I would replace everything pots. pickups, switch. As Roadking says it isn't partcularly hard just need to be able to solder and follow a wiring diagram. Most will come with a wiring diagram - I know Seymour Duncan have loads of stuff on their site
I would also have look at all the different makes of pick ups available. In the UK we have a company called Bareknuckle that have a fantastic reputation
You can also buy prewired sets with pots and switch from some suppliers not sure if you can get Fender like this
Be a really nice guitar for not a lot of money
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Post by yannick on Mar 3, 2010 15:09:31 GMT -5
Just got the guitar, now only need to find the pickups... Can't find the pots from fender on any belgian store site, will have to go to the store then. Have to say the body and neck are really nice. thanks for the advice guys!
Kc
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Post by gasman on Mar 3, 2010 15:28:37 GMT -5
That's nice one Yannick! You're a braver man than I am! I know my Tele needs at least a capacitor change and a better neck pickup wouldn't hurt either, but I'm to chicken to open the thing up myself and mess it up more. I'm not good at soldering at all, so either I have to practice or wait until I come into some money and have someone do this stuff for me (yeah, I know, it's like throwing money away, but I am REALLY NOT mechanically or electronically inclined!).
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Post by yannick on Mar 3, 2010 15:30:42 GMT -5
Lol same here, i suck at electronics, so I guess I am gonna buy the pickups etc and go to someone who puts it in for lik 40 euro (46 something dollar) then I am sure I don't mess it up  |
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Post by 469roadking on Mar 3, 2010 22:38:59 GMT -5
Happy Jack is spot on about the Bare Knuckles. I'm running a set of Mother's Milk from Bare Knuckles in my Strat. I'm very pleased with them. I also installed a Fat O Caster switch that allows for more pickup combination options and some series and parallel options also. HJ, the last cut I sent you was done with that Strat.
Yannick...Good luck with your project, I agree with HJ also in that you should go ahead and replace the rest of the guts too. Again, not really hard at all, pretty cheap pieces and makes quite a difference in the tone.
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