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Colonel,
Any old humbucker should do, its just up to you and your tastes and
how much of a pickup you want to put into a cheap guitar.
I suspect the pickups are squealing because they are el-cheapos;
shielding would just eliminate humming or buzzing.
I'm not up on humbuckers, but there are many companies that make
replacements. Seymour Duncan comes to mind. You can also buy pickups
from Fender and other guitar manufacturers.
Good luck!
BN
-- In , "colonelmustache"
<daspider7@h...> wrote:
> Hello
> Ok first of all I know nothing about pickups really. Anyways I
just
> bought a cheap guitar off of a friend for 25$ just to fix it up
and
> play around with. It's called an El Degas. So I rewired all the
> pickups (I looked at my other guitar to see how it was done) and
> fixed it up a bit and it turns out I like it better then my crappy
> Samick guitar. The guitar has three pups, 2 singles and a double
by
> the bridge. The problem is that the bridge pup seems to be dead. I
> would like to order a half decent but not too expensive pup off
the
> internet for the guitar but I don't know what I need. Firstly, I
> don't know what pup would have a good clean sound and secondly
I've
> heard some stuff about the pups cancelling out magnetic fields and
> stuff so I'm wondering if I have to get a certain one to go with
the
> other two already in there or will any humbucker work? Anyone have
> any suggestions on what to buy? where to buy? etc? I live in
Canada.
>
> Also I've noticed that the two pups in there really start to
scream
> when I crank the volume, it's not just like they distort but let
out
> a piercing squeal. There doesnt seem to be any shielding in the
body
> cavity. Could it be that or just cheap pickups, or both? What can
I
> use for shielding? Tinfoil?
>
> thanks
