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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Sept 28, 2018 8:13:19 GMT -6
All - I've been working on a "string though" pickup for playing slide for a while. I finally installed one on a guy's Strat last week, and he was pretty happy with it. You can't buy "kits" for these pickups - I had to find fabricators for each piece and had to find a magnet manufacturer willing to do short runs. Logistically it was really tough and frustrating. The result is pretty cool -- lots of work and we'll see how many this guy actually wants! John  |
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Post by antares on Sept 28, 2018 10:49:24 GMT -6
This is really excellent John. Any plans to extend the scope of production to any degree and of course the likely price? I do appreciate that there would be economies of scale. Marketed in the right areas and with sounds matching expectations, you could have a niche market winner with this one.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 12:28:34 GMT -6
Can we get a sound video of it? Interesting...
EB
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Post by dnic on Sept 28, 2018 18:12:16 GMT -6
Looks a lot like that Supro you rewound for me. But I bet it's got a lot more output. Cool, too, that it adds a place to rest your picking hand.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Oct 3, 2018 19:22:01 GMT -6
I'm going to do a video. I have been so busy lately I can't find the time to make videos!
Dane, the pickup has more output because I had some custom magnets made for it. It is a great sounding pickup and really sounds like an old lap steel pickup. I recently got a set of original magnets and mine are about as close as you'll find. As far as selling them far and wide, I am probably going to use them for custom installs for the near future. I want to make sure my "supply chain" is dependable before I start making promises!
John
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Post by chezvoz on Oct 3, 2018 20:15:54 GMT -6
I missed this thread until now. Looks cool. I look forward to seeing and hearing it in action.
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Post by antares on Oct 4, 2018 0:32:08 GMT -6
I feel a Coodercaster project or conversion coming on!
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Oct 5, 2018 6:27:23 GMT -6
I feel a Coodercaster project or conversion coming on! e&oe...I believe you are correct. I have a tired MIM Strat that could use an update. I do need to get my slide chops up! John |
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Post by antares on Oct 5, 2018 7:44:37 GMT -6
You'll open the floodgates John. There's a fair few folk that would also be open to the idea of a frying pan horseshoe type pup. In fact you could argue that it would be a travesty to rob a Rickenbacher of its pickup so it's open season in that example.
I ~think~ Lollar do a string through pup, but I'm not aware of any others although I guess some are out there?
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Oct 6, 2018 8:59:43 GMT -6
You'll open the floodgates John. There's a fair few folk that would also be open to the idea of a frying pan horseshoe type pup. In fact you could argue that it would be a travesty to rob a Rickenbacher of its pickup so it's open season in that example. I ~think~ Lollar do a string through pup, but I'm not aware of any others although I guess some are out there? e&oe...I've worked on a number of those old Rics with the horsehoe pickup, and they do sound great. Yes, it would be a travesty. The reason I went through the trouble of building my own "string thru" is that the few commercial ones I tried did not sound like an old one. They sounded like a Strat pickup jammed in a chrome-plated case. The screws were wrong, the bobbin cover was wrong, the specs were wrong, and I particularly hated the wiring. Under the heading of "I couldn't leave well-enough alone", I set out to build something that actually sounded like what would have been on Ry Cooder's original Strat. More to follow on this...trying to do a short video this weekend. John |
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Post by antares on Oct 6, 2018 10:30:10 GMT -6
This is the grail, but of course it's more than just the pickup. I love this clip! youtu.be/xdTa9MzgF6s e&oe... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 14:39:06 GMT -6
This is the grail, but of course it's more than just the pickup. I love this clip! youtu.be/xdTa9MzgF6s e&oe... I love the music too! Always has been one of my favorites! Thanks for the link! EB |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Oct 10, 2018 6:27:36 GMT -6
I finally got the right screws for the pickup and I'm building two new ones right now. They are taking longer to build that I would like.
And Eddie -- watch out for the hurricane.
John
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Post by dnic on Nov 29, 2018 20:42:11 GMT -6
I just looked this again and I think I should build a couple of lap steels. These pups would be perfect. I have access to the old Airline or Supro style ones so getting measurements would be easy. Although with a slightly Tele vibe would be very cool.
Anyway this would down the road a fair piece.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Dec 3, 2018 7:00:01 GMT -6
I think I'm going to make a lap steel, too. I found an old late-50s Airline lap steel on Reverb that featured this exact pickup.
I started playing lap steel a couple of years ago when I joined my current band. I thought it would be easy, and it turned out to be much harder than I ever imagined!
Alas, yet another project!
John
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