GOOD golden bobbin screws and slugs

[LtKojak]

I don't know how many customers you've got asking for golden p'ups, but in my case never... until now!

I don't make p'ups for a living, I just fix'em where possible, so this guy (a friend of a friend) is asking me to change the pole screws AND the slugs into his Les Paul Custom's p'ups, so... where do you get GOOD golden bobbin screws... and GOOD golden SLUGS. So far the only maker offering golden slugs into his p'ups is Häussel Pickups in Germany, but he's not selling his parts.

So can some of you point me to the right direction...? Pretty please...?

[Possum]

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You can buy the pen plater from Caswell Plating and do them yourself, I have done it with pretty good results. The plating is 24kt gold so its deep yellow, not like the pale crap you see on guitars....

[J S Moore]

So far the best I have found, short of doing them myself, is Mojotone. The screws are 5-40 and have the correct shaped head, unlike Allparts. The ones from Allparts a kind of conical and you can see the bobbin when the heads are flush.

But I'm starting to like Possum's idea.

[LtKojak]

So far the best I have found, short of doing them myself, is Mojotone. The screws are 5-40 and have the correct shaped head, unlike Allparts. The ones from Allparts a kind of conical and you can see the bobbin when the heads are flush.

But I'm starting to like Possum's idea.

So Mojo it is! To get the gold-plating device is definately overkill for me.

[Possum]

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One problem with plating is the screws are a much richer gold than any gold covers you can buy. But on the positive side you can plate a shit load of screws and slugs with one small bottle and just save them for later. You could even only plate the slug tops too. For screws you just dip them into the solution....

[StarryNight]

You can buy the pen plater from Caswell Plating and do them yourself, I have done it with pretty good results. The plating is 24kt gold so its deep yellow, not like the pale crap you see on guitars....

that plating system is very cool! perfect for guitar parts. the 24k kit is pricey but I bet it looks good. they also had 18k. Gold fretwire anyone?

[Chadheckler1]

that plating system is very cool! perfect for guitar parts. the 24k kit is pricey but I bet it looks good. they also had 18k. Gold fretwire anyone?

http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdpro...ader=+Fretwire

LMII sells gold fretwire already...I have not tried it but I have heard that it is harder that std nickel silver wire. The nice thing is that it is gold all the way through. If you plated std wire you would probably wear through the plating rather quickly.

[Mike Sulzer]

Second Caswell, at least the nickel kit. I have not tried the gold. About getting the chemicals into Italy?

[Seth Leigh]

http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdpro...ader=+Fretwire

LMII sells gold fretwire already...I have not tried it but I have heard that it is harder that std nickel silver wire. The nice thing is that it is gold all the way through. If you plated std wire you would probably wear through the plating rather quickly.

The gold fretwire sold by LMII is actually a copper alloy, not real gold.

[David Schwab]

That evo gold wire is supposed to be very good. I plan on trying some out soon. I don't care for stainless steel wire.

[the great waldo]

This is for Mike Sulzer

Hi Mike if you´re in Italy you can probably get this from conrad electronics

http://shop.conrad.at/ce/de/product/...HOP_AREA_14742

I don´t know if there is a branch in Italy but you can probably get it from Austria where I am or Germany by mail. You can just buy the refills and hang the items to be plated in the solution with one wire in the solution and the other connected to the item that needs plating and connect them to a 1.5 v battery or a small power adapter. You can experiment with voltages. I have been using this with the rod/wand for a few years and it works great for endpin jacksockets that need to match up with other gold plated parts or just to get you out of trouble if you mark a gold part. Good luck.

Andrew Mazurkiewicz

[Mike Sulzer]

Thanks. I assume that the good Lt. has noticed.

This is for Mike Sulzer

Hi Mike if you´re in Italy you can probably get this from conrad electronics

http://shop.conrad.at/ce/de/product/...HOP_AREA_14742

I don´t know if there is a branch in Italy but you can probably get it from Austria where I am or Germany by mail. You can just buy the refills and hang the items to be plated in the solution with one wire in the solution and the other connected to the item that needs plating and connect them to a 1.5 v battery or a small power adapter. You can experiment with voltages. I have been using this with the rod/wand for a few years and it works great for endpin jacksockets that need to match up with other gold plated parts or just to get you out of trouble if you mark a gold part. Good luck.

Andrew Mazurkiewicz

[LtKojak]

Thanks. I assume that the good Lt. has noticed.

Yes, I have.

It's just I don't see myself getting into gold-plating things... at least for the time being.

[RedHouse]

Yes, I have.

It's just I don't see myself getting into gold-plating things... at least for the time being.

Dude, it's too easy with the Caswell kits, you should try it on something and see. I have the Copy Chrome and Nickel kits they work like a charm.

http://www.caswellplating.com

The "pen plater" Possum refered to is called the Plug-n-Plate kit, found here: http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm I have used them on a lot of things and other than guitar things, you can even pour the liquid into a small cup and submerse-plate just like a big full scale plater does.

I've used the nickel kits to re-plate bridges and thumbwheels, and have recently been thinking of getting some unplated nickel silver covers and plating them myself.