Comments on: Eastwood Custom Guitar Mods: The Hummingbird

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:06:29 +0000

‘Coil Splits’ not ‘Taps’
‘Coil Split’ Coils are separated into two single coils. Easily done with 4 wire humbuckers. Just separate the wiring on the two single coils.
‘Coil Tap’ Coil is ‘tapped’ midway through the coil windings to increase the output of the pickup. You are basically reducing the resistance by eliminating some of the windings.
I’ve never seen a home coil split that was successful without butchering the pickup or the casing. A coil tap is usually done at manufacturing. Coil taps can really change the sound of a guitar. Especially if you start with a single coil and tap it. Taping a humbucker is like walking around on one leg. It just doesn’t work well. You end up with a thin sound that just won’t blend with the rest of the guitar. (unless that’s what you want) :: )

By: dieter

dieter — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:00:06 +0000

Great mod, i’m also a hummingbird player, an indigo one, now its loaded with a dimarzio fred, dual sound wiring, no need for a neck pickup, i also own a full stand of guitars, such as fenders, vox, hagstroms, reverend, but the eastwood is and will always be my favorite guitar

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:50:36 +0000

Awesome guitar!! I’ve gotta get me one of those!

By: kent bancroft

kent bancroft — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 05:49:30 +0000

Excellent work. I agree, post a demo!

By: jason

jason — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:52:53 +0000

awesome project! I’m working on a hummingbird build right now myself. a question for you tho: do you know what the body length of your guitar is from the nut end of the bridge pocket to the strap button is? I’ve looked a couple of 60s hummingbirds and the body shapes and overall dimensions seem to very over the years. just wondering the dimensions of the eastwood reissue.
anyway, thanks! rad guitar!

By: Shtew

Shtew — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:07:21 +0000

Coil “Taps” or Coil “Cuts”…?

By: j.prov

j.prov — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:43:00 +0000

dude why did you guys stop making this and the ICHIBAN in lefty!!!!
i didnt have a job for a while and slobbered over both of those guitars for some time! by the time i saved they weren’t available!!!

your hummingbird looks awesome. its fittingly retro with all those switches!
you should post some vids!

By: Greg Nichols

Greg Nichols — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:49:44 +0000

This guitar is right up my alley! I have done a similar crazy switch build with my triple pickup explorer (it came to me with ZERO original parts, so I did not feel bad putting crazy stuff on it.) It had 5 extra holes and a enlarged cavity, so I used the same dream pickups and put a p90 style one in the middle. I went with 3 switches for pickup on-off, and 2 cut coil switches. I need to re work the tone circuit as it is currently a dummy knob, but I like your active circuit idea as I usually dislike passive tone knobs.

Thanks for sharing!

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:32:15 +0000

This is awesome, you should post a demo video where you give some brief explanations and show off its tones and capabilities!