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Stuart Gort

Post subject: Re: Pics of #4 and #5

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:29 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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LC100 wrote:

Zlurgh wrote:

I'm half thinking about creating some of these pickup rings for a Strat type setup and offer that as an option.

I've been trying to come up with a sane method for doing a single coil method like yours for a while now. Sort of torn between two options. I think this one is the best so far:

The other is maybe a plate underneath the pickup mounted to the body. It would be tapped for the screws. Only thing I don't like about that idea is the springs might be problematic to get in place. Anyway, I like how clean yours are and it's nice to know that it can be done. Guitars are pretty nice, too.

The plastic flanged base on a normal Strat pickup is a problem. On some models that frontal area is used to anchor the wiring. On others, the wiring pokes straight out of the bottom of the pickup. To make these rings I need the later. I'll grind off the plastic flanged base and design the mounting and height adjustment capability into the new ring...like I did with the humbuckers.

The idea is to have a form fitted cavity in the body in which to mount the ring.

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LC100

Post subject: Re: Pics of #4 and #5

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:50 pm

Walnut

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Zlurgh wrote:

The idea is to have a form fitted cavity in the body in which to mount the ring.

Yep. That image above is probably tough to interpret but I was thinking of ditching the plastic ring altogether and either leaving the bobbin exposed or maybe get the new wood ring thin enough on top to let the mags peek out. The base plates screw holes would be enlarged just enough to let the screw slip through. I have some crappy Squier pickups here that might get used as crash test dummy's when I get around to it.

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Chameleon

Post subject: Re: Pics of #4 and #5

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:18 pm

Koa

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If you use lace sensors you don't have to worry about that unneccesary protrusion. You also don't have to worry about noisy pickups.

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Stuart Gort

Post subject: Re: Pics of #4 and #5

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:23 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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First name: Stuart
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Chameleon wrote:

If you use lace sensors you don't have to worry about that unneccesary protrusion. You also don't have to worry about noisy pickups.

HEY! Thanks!

That exactly what I was looking for. Those tabs will be simple to remove.

Custom Strat rings....here I come.

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