Hamer Eclipse pickup replacement

[mctofuburger]

Does anyone know if the SD Antiquity mini humbuckers (not the FB style) will fit directly in the pickup mounting rings on a Korean Eclipse?  I picked up this Eclipse for $150 on Reverb and I like the neck so much I want to treat it to some nice pickups.  The stock ones are OK, but i figured since I got it for such a steal, I might as well upgrade.

[Jakeboy]

I have a set of Rumpelstiltskin Firebird pickups arriving any day now....wound to vintage 60s specs. They are going in place of the P90s in my USA Peavey Soapbar Firenza. I'll send you a review if you want. I have a feeling they may very well be cheaper that Antiquities.

[Jakeboy]

I see now you wrote NOT FB style.....you want minis, but not not birds. I bet they fit fine.

[mctofuburger]

I am going back and forth between the Antiquity mini hum non-firebirds and the Dimarzio dp240/241 set.  The Dimarzio are ceramic and firebird style, but apparently sound somewhere in between a single coil and a mini hum. 

A little background, so way back when, a guitar player in an old band of mine had a 73 Les Paul Deluxe.  That was my favorite guitar to play back then.  So I figured I would try to pick up a guitar with mini hums.  I realize the Eclipse will not sound like the Les Paul, but I'm just looking to get somewhere in the ballpark.  I play in a funk band through an 83 Acoustic G100t (kind of a Mesa Boogie Mark III sound).  The amp has a lot of high end sparkle... it goes over to ice pick zone with my Strat.  So I was looking for a guitar with a little more mid presence to tame those highs.  The Dimarzio get really good praise and have a slight mid spike and cost almost half what the Antiquities cost.

[Carl.B]

They should drop in there with no problems.  I picked up a set of Lollar mini humbuckers off CL for $90 and dropped them in with no problems. I have a USA Eclipse too with the SD pickups. I prefer the Lollar's over the SD's they seem to have better over all balanced sound.  

I actually really like the neck on the MIK  Eclipse I have 2 of them. 

[mctofuburger]

Yes, the neck almost feels like they measured my hand before they carved it.  I wish I could find some Lollars for $90!! Good score.

 

[JohnnyB]

Rio Grande pickups have great tone, great build quality, and a wide range of minibuckers.