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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 11, 2012 at 7:47am

Weaker magnets

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 11, 2012 at 7:49am

Or a big plate of steel under the woun string side like a telecaster pup

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 11, 2012 at 7:47pm

Interesting about the tele-style plate. I read that adding one to a coil can make it feedback like a banshee though.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 11, 2012 at 8:58pm

that certainly may be so, depends i think there might be many variables.  Ive done it a few times and experimented, pulling em off again etc..  I guess the question is does a telecaster bridge pickup feedback like a banshee.. depends dont it, ive been in situations where they do before for sure :D

i think my first answer is the better one regardless, buy a cheap asian strat pup, bust the bar magnet off the bottom (they come off real easy) and replace with individual rare earth discs, using smaller ones for the unwound strings..  you could also experiment with little spacers between the magnets and the pole pieces, maybe small washers or something, even folded paper or card.  if you start with that you might only need to buy one size of magnets.  you can get a dozen or so 7-10mm rare earth discs on ebay for around $10

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 12, 2012 at 9:06am

Yeah, it sounds like if the plate isn't secured to the bobbin the thing becomes microphonic and causes feedback. 

Modifying the magnet sounds good, maybe my next Gitty order will include a cheap single-coil to dissect. Thanks for the description!

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