Need some Mojo copper baseplates for Tele bridges

[achase4u]

Mojo is out and so am I. Anyone can spare a few for some $$$?

[big_teee]

Mojo is out and so am I. Anyone can spare a few for some $$$?

STEWMAC.COM : Tele Bridge Pickup Flatwork
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[achase4u]

Their footprint is off from the flatwork I use. And I cant use that flatwork because I use .187" magnets. Thanks though.

[David Schwab]

Why not use the zinc plated ones?

[achase4u]

Thats probably what I will do, but my customers like "period correct" type stuff...

[David Schwab]

Thats probably what I will do, but my customers like "period correct" type stuff...

Does it sound different? Can they see it after it's in the guitar? Just smack them in the head a few times with a wiffle bat! They will get over it.

[achase4u]

lol :-)

[copperheadroads]

Does it sound different? Can they see it after it's in the guitar? Just smack them in the head a few times with a wiffle bat! They will get over it.

I will take your advise as well..................haha

[David Schwab]

[big_teee]

Not sure what years, but the Zinc plated Baseplates were also used by fender.
The sound would have to be close being they both use the same steel baseplate.
Just a thin plating of Zinc or Copper over the steel is the only difference.

[David Schwab]

Not sure what years, but the Zinc plated Baseplates were also used by fender.
The sound would have to be close being they both use the same steel baseplate.
Just a thin plating of Zinc or Copper over the steel is the only difference.

The plating is just to stop the steel from rusting. It has no affect on the tone.

[ScottA]

I'm in the middle of prototyping Tele bridge pickups, and I'm pretty sure I'm seeing a difference between copper and nickel plated low carbon steel baseplates.

I haven't done enough to absolutely confirm it isn't just baseplate-to-baseplate differences, but at this point I think it is more likely it is the plating. Negligible differences in AC electrical measures, but a measurable difference in the frequency response. Not huge, and probably not significant to any reasonable ear, but it is different by a hundred Hz or so.

Please don't hit me in the head with a whiffle bat......

btw, achase4u, my plates are very non-standard so they wouldn't work for you.

[big_teee]

The plating is just to stop the steel from rusting. It has no affect on the tone.

That also Deception and Placebo!
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[Possum]

Zinc plating is what the first Broadcaster pickups used, they quickly changed to copper plating because its easier to solder to. I buy Mojo's raw steel ones and plate them with zinc myself, its super easy to do, but when you solder its a good idea to use a bur/Foredom to clean off where you're soldering to. Tom said 3 weeks before the out of stock supplies come in, though they may express mail some of the more needed stuff, best to go ahead and place and pay for the plates to get in line for when they come in.