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Anyone want to sell me a home-made pickup?

Posted by J-Hob on May 19, 2010 at 6:45pm in For Sale: Cigar Box Guitars, other instruments, cd
I thinking I might use a real pickup for my first three string CBG build, anyone who makes them in the UK fancy selling me one?

I don't know much at all about pickups so happy to take advice on what might be suitable!

Alternatively if there's something on ebay that I could use please point in the right direction there too!

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  • drew June 29, 2010 at 6:05pm
    i am currently selling some very nice cigar box guitar pick ups. please check them out on ebay. just look under cigar box guitar pick ups. mine are label the best cigar box guiatr pick up.or email me at cbg.coleman73@gmail. i can send pictures.

    only 25 dollars.
  • JUJU May 20, 2010 at 5:39am
    Thanks for the Big Up CBJ
    yes sure thing if you want a pickup i can make you one i make 1 ,2 ,3 , & 6 string pickups - i use Alnico V magnets throughout - supplied with hookup wires height Adjustment screws and Conical springs
    heres a link to some i have made in the past
    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/pickups-2
    if your intrested just let me know

    juju :-)
  • ChickenboneJohn May 20, 2010 at 5:12am
    JuJu is your man for handmade pickups...without question -they are fantastic. I use regular 4 pole Precision pickups on a lot of my builds, which work fine, but JuJu's pickups are in another league...you won't regret getting one.
  • Julian Perry May 20, 2010 at 4:24am
    Hi J, although I haven't used them myself yet, I know several members of the nation use standard pickups from six-stringers set at steep angle below the 3 or 4 strings. Others have used bass pickups which apparently work well. I have a set of these I'm going to use on a future 4 string build, which cost £8.99 from www.blackdogmusic.co.uk who I get several parts from. The best thing is, you get two pickups linked together, so I reckon I could either use both on one build or split them and use separately. Hope that helps a bit....
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