Musicman bass humbucker specs?

[Jure]

Thanks Mkat. That is very helpful!!

[mkat]

No problem, but all thanks to David. If you read the Ampage thread you'll see it was like an amazing event for us LOL when he said he had an early Stingray on hand and was going to take measurements. We went from nothing in terms of detailed specs to quite a lot of info in conjunction with Gavin's amazing site.

[David Schwab]

Thank goodness someone around here is paying attention. I'd forgotten all about actually posting that stuff. So 6mm coil height wins the day.

I remembered it, but couldn't find it!

(Also the owner was standing over me and he seemed excitable.)

This reminds me of the time when the guy that runs the My Les Paul forum came over to have me work on some ridiculously expensive (he paid $10,000) "Stinger" Les Paul. It needed a setup, and one of the tail piece studs had lifted. He insisted on sitting there while I worked. I hate that!

I knew how to reseat the stud, and knew he wasn't going to like it! So I nonchalantly reached over to a block of wood and a hammer I had waiting, and sat the wood on the stud and raised the hammer, and as I struck the wood the guy jumped out of his seat! Then I turned to him and calmly said "all done!" lol

[big_teee]

I remembered it, but couldn't find it!



This reminds me of the time when the guy that runs the My Les Paul forum came over to have me work on some ridiculously expensive (he paid $10,000) "Stinger" Les Paul. It needed a setup, and one of the tail piece studs had lifted. He insisted on sitting there while I worked. I hate that!

I knew how to reseat the stud, and knew he wasn't going to like it! So I nonchalantly reached over to a block of wood and a hammer I had waiting, and sat the wood on the stud and raised the hammer, and as I struck the wood the guy jumped out of his seat! Then I turned to him and calmly said "all done!" lol

Those same kindof guys get excited when you drill a different hole for a pickguard that doesn't match up.
That is what they make drills and tooth picks for! lol

[flyingdutchman]

Then I turned to him and calmly said "all done!"

That'll be $50, specified as follows:
Bang with a hammer $0.25
On a very expensive guitar $49.75

[the great waldo]

Correction
Bang with vintage correct hammer + $100

Cheers

Andrew

That'll be $50, specified as follows:
Bang with a hammer $0.25
On a very expensive guitar $49.75

[David Schwab]

I'm not sure that I even charged him for reseating the stud, just for the setup. The look on his face was worth it though.

I also had to explain to him not to lower the stop tail piece all the way to the body. It does not "increase sustain" (where do people get these dumb ideas?), and it can cause the T-O-M to collapse or the tailpiece to pull up. I've seen both happen more than once, especially with heavier gauge strings (i.e. not the kind Jimmy Page used lol).