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Three Three

Posted by Uncle John on May 4, 2014 at 10:12am
Kind of the third go around and rebuild with this one. I replaced the box top with a piece of plywood. The Dan Sleep Pickup sits atop the box due to a miscalculation on my part. My Indian name is Screws Up Plenty. The pickup looks cool to me this way, and works great. But it is vulnerable to bangs and knocks.
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  • Uncle John May 7, 2014 at 11:55am

    Will look for the photos.

  • Dave Lynas May 7, 2014 at 11:04am
    Ya, JUJU's a fellow that i met on CBN. He does great pickups. You could use those spools to make pickups i suppose. Good for guards too. I just got my slides out of the kiln last night. They came out good and seem to work slick. I'll post some photos today later (after gardening).
  • Uncle John May 7, 2014 at 7:00am

    Thanks, Jabes.  Did my driving a lot of backroads jobs and yesterday and saw 25 species of birds.

    OK, Dave.   That's why you call it a Juju pickup.   I picked up some old wooden thread spools yesterday and considered using them for pickup guards.   Not sure yet....

  • Dave Lynas May 7, 2014 at 6:35am
    John, would that i could make a pickup. No, JUJU from England made the pickup. After i whacked it, i sent it back and he rewound it. :^)
  • jabes May 7, 2014 at 5:33am

    oh, i like that John, 

  • Uncle John May 6, 2014 at 10:10pm

    Yup, Jb.  Many of us have lost sleep thinking about what was next and how we were going to do it.   I've done some rubber band guns too.  Thanks!

    Dave I re-read your comments,  good on you for making a pickup.

  • Jb Wo May 6, 2014 at 7:46pm

    Nice looking. Like the background also. Just started making them myself. Got two almost finished and another three in my head and some of the materials. Made walking canes for a while, then rubber band guns, now its cigar box guitars. Love them, every one is unique.

  • Uncle John May 5, 2014 at 2:52pm

    Thanks, Dave.   I will consider some kind of protection.   Have not come up with anything yet.

  • Dave Lynas May 5, 2014 at 1:51pm

    I managed to "knock out" a nice hand wound JUJU pickup on a diddly due to my exposed neck pickup situated just like yours Uncle John. Good luck.... Of course i was using a stick to play the diddly. I revised mine with two wood "chin guards" to protect my rewound JUJU from further attacks. This one is another beauty Uncle. You're on a run.....

  • Uncle John May 5, 2014 at 8:14am

    Thanks, Jim.  The plan was to use an f hole cover from Gitty over the hole I cut.   But the cut f hole passes the eye test well enough for me.

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