Johnny Eleca PGH Stainless Steel Humbuckers pickup swap in Ibanez GAX50

Johnny Eleca PGH Stainless Steel Humbuckers pickup swap in Ibanez GAX50

In the third stage of restoration of this 2001 Ibanex GAX50 the pickups are replaced with a set of stainless steel block Alnico V Johnny Eleca PGH Humbuckers. Check them out side by side in comparison with the stock pickups (which were quite decent for what they are).

00:00
01:40 Rebuild recap
03:17 Tuner Replacement
04:40 Unboxing the Johnny Eleca Pickups
06:30 Background communication with company
08:50 Testing the new pickups output resistance
09:15 My pickup configuration philosophy
11:02 Tonal differences between neck and bridge positions
13:37 Install Completed
15:34 First tones out of the new pickups
18:08 Side by side comparisons
20:10 Sitar sound and how to address it

[WillRed]

Looking and sounding sharp! Love the extra bark from the Johnny's! 🤘🎶🙏🎶🤘

[CDNelson]

Very nice! I was looking forward to seeing how those looked/sounded. I'll have to consider those for future projects. I like that you did it "your way" too...that's what modding (especially on affordable guitars) is all about.

[birdman]

koool swap brother!
any trimmin involved to bet them to properly sit in place?
nice tunez as well!