Is there some kind of taboo on Low output pickups w/ a Floyd?

[swarfrat]

Someone should do a guitar (or a bass actually) with only 7 frets. Actually I'm surprised I couldn't find a pic just now because I figured surely some bass player had done it either as a joke (no money above the fifth fret) or in order to have one bass for fretted and fretless. You could play fretless solos higher up, and still play fretted root/fifth the rest of the night.

 

[drewfx]

The hybrid fretted/fretless basses I've seen have partial frets with some strings being fretless rather than fretless above a certain fret. Maybe there would be action issues if it was fretless above a certain fret?

 

[mayfly]

I thought back in the '50's Gibson did a Super 400 for some country star that only had 5 frets on it.  The rest of the neck was inlay (for his name 'natch).

I forget who that was now.... or if it's just an urban legend 

 

[guitarstv]

Uli is disappointed with all you fret haters.

 

[Chad11491]

I use low(er) output humbuckers in all of mine. I really like Dimarzio PAF 36ths in my favorite floyd guitar. i don’t play anything higher gain than 80’s hair metal though.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Someone should do a guitar (or a bass actually) with only 7 frets...

 

[BroccoliRob]

yo the floyd is all about tuning stability, dont feel weird putting low 'put (output) pick ups combined with it. it sure doesnt care! trust me, i was valet Victorian at summer camp.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

That said, the Fred and Humbucker from hell, and a few others come to mind.

I've had this combination on a couple of guitars, as wells as variations of it with the PAF Pro, and they were stellar.  Especially back during the Fridge-Rack days.  The clarity cut through nicely with these.