"Direct to wood" humbucker mount
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Turns out Gibson use my baseplate method on some guitars, apparently. Interesting.
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I bought a piece of 1.2mm aluminium sheet. It's definitely rigid enough! I'm going to try the baseplate method, the beauty of it being that I haven't lost anything if it doesn't work out.
You know you could just use some pickguard material, make a small hole and thread in the hum screws.Jumble Jumble said:
Very easy.
I had the hum mount screws, just sliding right though on a Dimbucker, so I used that on the bottom of it.
Works now ......
On a similar note, I'm wood mounting 2 strat pups (SD's) on a Tele.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=19397.msg289168#msg289168
Just worked out that I don't need to drill out the holes in the pups, for the wood mount screws to fit though.
As these screws (#3358) fit though the SD's without any drilling. :icon_thumright:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Screws_springs/Pickup_Height_Screws.html
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Not a bad idea. I wonder where I can get some pickguard material in the UK.
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So this turned out to be a huge non-issue. On a hunch, I grabbed a scrap of wood and drilled a 2mm hole in it, then just gave it a tiny entry funnel with an awl. Turns out a standard 3-48 humbucker height adjustment screw will screw into there tightly and hold fast (so firmly I couldn't pull it out with pliers, even). I did the same thing with a 2.5mm hole for single coil screws. Again, holds great.
So I ground out a bit of thread near the top of all the pickups screws I was going to use, and did a practice mount.
There's surgical tubing on the screws for height adjustment, working just as it should.
I can't believe it was so simple. I was a bit worried that the threads on those screws wouldn't be any good in wood, but they're absolutely solid. And it's not like there's ever any force trying to pull the pickups out of the body.
So I ground out a bit of thread near the top of all the pickups screws I was going to use, and did a practice mount.
There's surgical tubing on the screws for height adjustment, working just as it should.
I can't believe it was so simple. I was a bit worried that the threads on those screws wouldn't be any good in wood, but they're absolutely solid. And it's not like there's ever any force trying to pull the pickups out of the body.
I would test them, by screwing in and out a few times thou.
Also is that (test wood) the same wood the body will be ?
You know .... I reckon those pickups will work much better if you line them up correctly :icon_jokercolor:
Or
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You making ..... 18 string guitar. :icon_biggrin:
Also is that (test wood) the same wood the body will be ?
You know .... I reckon those pickups will work much better if you line them up correctly :icon_jokercolor:
Or
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You making ..... 18 string guitar. :icon_biggrin:
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Jumble Jumble said:
Those are machine screws, so the threads don't cut as deep as wood screws. I'm sure they're tight now, but as Updown said - run 'em in and out a couple times. You'll find they'll have no grip at all. Of course, the same thing will happen with wood screws if you exercise 'em too much - it just takes longer. With something you may want to assemble/disassemble/adjust from time to time, you probably want some threaded inserts. But, if you're never going to mess with it, you'll probably be fine.
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The wood I used was pine and it's quite soft. I did go in and out a few times, yes.
The good thing is, nothing bad can come of this*. If the screws won't hold in the body, all I've done is drill holes that are smaller than any wood screw or threaded insert I might want to put in instead.
* the devil just looked up, laughed, and started rubbing his hands together
The good thing is, nothing bad can come of this*. If the screws won't hold in the body, all I've done is drill holes that are smaller than any wood screw or threaded insert I might want to put in instead.
* the devil just looked up, laughed, and started rubbing his hands together
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You know what, if this doesn't work, or fails later, I'm just gonna get three mounting rings. I don't like how every way of mounting pups direct is a hack. I was only doing it for the looks anyway, and it's not like rings look bad. Just different.
