Pick Ups on Ibanez SA460

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mastenmasten Frets: 0
Hi there,

I'm looking at getting an Ibanez SA 460 in Sapphire Blue. I currently play a Yamaha Pacifica 112v nstural. I want the Ibanez cos I just want something new and I want a HSS guitar that's not too expensive, looks great and is easy to play, and has locking tuners.

Tried one out in the shop and the only thing is is that the single coils and humbuckers are very similar volumes, which I know is what most people want, but I would like them how they are on my Pacifica where the humbucker is way louder and beefier than the single coils. This is basically so I can just switch between lead and rhythm on the guitar. I dont want to use a pedal to do it as I'm already singing and operating a beat buddy pedal as well.

So is there a way easily and cheaply get the pickups to have a much bigger differential in sound. Is it just a case of lowering the single coil and raising the humbucker or both, or it is something way more difficult than that?

Thanks :)
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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    edited October 2019
    Aye, you’ve answered your own question there, lowering the single coils should make enough of a difference.  Assuming of course they can be lowered enough.
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  • mastenmasten Frets: 0
    Ok thanks. How would I find out if they can be lowered enough? Any Ibanez specialists on here?
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  • masten said:
    Ok thanks. How would I find out if they can be lowered enough? Any Ibanez specialists on here?
    I know these guitars. 
    The bridge pickup is mounted on a ring, so the only risk is if you lower the pickup too much and it will pop off the screws. 

    The middle and neck pickups are mounted directly to the body so you can just screw them down, don’t use too much force though, there probably will be a bit of foam under each pickup to stop them rattling around, so if they won’t go low enough you can try a slimmer bit of foam, but I’m confident that raising the bridge and lowering the neck/middle should get you where you want to be. 

    Alternatively you can look at a beefier bridge pickup but try the height adjustment trick first.

     
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  • mastenmasten Frets: 0
    edited October 2019
    Ok great stuff thanks a lot. Wonder if they'd do that in the shop for me before I take it away? Would prob go to PMT. Thanks again
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  • mastenmasten Frets: 0
    Can anybody confirm whether the SA460 has a push/pull coil split on one of the knobs to split the humbucker so you get a bridge single coil. Thought it did but cant find mention of it anywhere. The old SA160 and 360 did. Thanks. M
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  • masten said:
    Can anybody confirm whether the SA460 has a push/pull coil split on one of the knobs to split the humbucker so you get a bridge single coil. Thought it did but cant find mention of it anywhere. The old SA160 and 360 did. Thanks. M
    According to the Ibanez website, it does not. 
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  • Ok thanks. Yeah I thought not.
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