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Good afternoon!

Recently I just purchased a vintage 1965 Gibson Melody Maker. While the guitar is fun to play, the pick-up lacks balls, tone and feedsback like a mic next to a P.A. speaker. The body is ultra-thin cherry (aka SG style), and the pick-up size is very similar to a Strat. I don't want to alter the body or pickgaurd in anyway but do want to place a new pick-up and potentiometers into her.

The style of music I play ranges from blues, Texas-swang, classic rock and fusion. Although I am looking at using this guitar more for the blues-classic rock (Keith Richards tone) than anything else.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks!

The guitarist I work with has a mid-late 60s Melodymaker but it has been modified so that the bridge single is in the middle and it has a CC in the bridge position now. It's a very cool sounding guitar to be sure.

Those old Gibson singles are an odd size and I don't know that anyone is making them after-market but the original pickups can be rewound to almost any spec at the SD factory.

Robert's correct. Give MJ a ring/email at the SD factory and she can hook you up.

Also, having it rewound rather than replacing it will be better for its resale value if you care about that.

I recall SD mentions in the faq on the site that he loves the melodymaker pickups stock.

just weird... no one seems to like em
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