Pickup Upgrade for 1974 Gib. SG III

Hey, i was wondering what pickups i could toss in my 1974 sg iii without any heavy modifications. It has 2 single coil pickups that are the physical size of humbuckers, but i do not know much about pickup replacements and i wanted to know if anyone knew the restrictions on the pickups i could get that wouldn't decrease the value if i decided to keep the org. pickups in a box under my bed incase someone wanted to use them instead for its vintage value. THX

HI! JUST TO EXPRESS MY OPINION I WOULD SUGGEST A SET OF EMG PICK-UPS. PREFERRABLY MODEL #81. USE THIS ONE PICK-UP FOR THE BRIDGE AND THE NECK POSITION. THESE PARTICULAR PICK-UPS SOUND AWESOME AND ARE EASY INSTALL. THIS TYPE PICK-UP CAN BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF MUSICAL INTERESTS. NOW, THESE ARE HUMBUCKING TYPE AND ARE ACTIVE, WHICH MEANS THEY USE A 9-VOLT BATTERY TO WORK. HOPE THIS MAYBE GIVES YOU A IDEA TO LOOK AT!

Hey there Bleed, you'll need to look for a P-90 replacement, one of the guy's on this site (Benoit) awhile back had problems with a SG of his that someone had put a full size humbucker in, the problem was that the body cavity wasn't deep enough, so a full size humbucker is probably out of the question, Dimarzio has a new P-90 Super Distortion , Seymour Duncan has a P-90 Stack, both are P-90 replacement humbuckers, you may want to check out Rio Grande, I think they might have some type of P-90 size humbucker, if you are trying to keep everything as original and unscarred as possible this is probably your best bet............................

Guys, thanks alot. I had an idea that active pickups wern't the way to go, and personally i don't want to mess with them. Thanks anyways. I will have to check that out. I am still kinda new to the realm of guitars, and even newer to guitar pickups, thanks. Now I know what to look for.

[Edited by BleedBLSSDMF on 09-15-2003 at 05:08 PM]