Posted by Southern Ray on February 28, 2020 at 12:50pm
Two flat 3/8 (appox) square quarter inch thick ceramic magnets wrapped in wallwart wire. Magnets are the poles. Not loud, but nice low mellow sound with large strings. walnut neck. Old copper pipe was source of tailpiece.
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Thank you Uncle John. I love building the pickups. I get almost as much satisfaction out of them as I do the guitars themselves. I really love your work, Uncle John. BTW, I have a real Uncle John in Arkansas. Like yourself, a cool guy.
I made four or five of the tailpieces out of a length of very corroded copper pipe. Probably about fifty years old. I cut them out with tin-snips and filed to final shape. The only power tools I use in building are a hand drill motor and sometimes rechargeable sander to get the worst of things. I have most hand power tools, but after using them during about twenty years of machine-shop work, I prefer the quiet.
As far as the wheelbarrow goes, it's my mother-in-law's and I got dibs. (Grin)
Nice Partagas, Ray and I sure like your ho-made pickups. Looks like a nice ho-made tail piece too. I make my own out of scrap metal. That copper looks great. Same for the jack housing.
Please send that wheelbarrow to me, I think I want to make a bass out of it.
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Thank you Uncle John. I love building the pickups. I get almost as much satisfaction out of them as I do the guitars themselves. I really love your work, Uncle John. BTW, I have a real Uncle John in Arkansas. Like yourself, a cool guy.
I made four or five of the tailpieces out of a length of very corroded copper pipe. Probably about fifty years old. I cut them out with tin-snips and filed to final shape. The only power tools I use in building are a hand drill motor and sometimes rechargeable sander to get the worst of things. I have most hand power tools, but after using them during about twenty years of machine-shop work, I prefer the quiet.
As far as the wheelbarrow goes, it's my mother-in-law's and I got dibs. (Grin)
Nice Partagas, Ray and I sure like your ho-made pickups. Looks like a nice ho-made tail piece too. I make my own out of scrap metal. That copper looks great. Same for the jack housing.
Please send that wheelbarrow to me, I think I want to make a bass out of it.