any good cheap fillister screws around ?

[copperheadroads]

i have made a few humbuckers using stew mac fillister screws . i got guys wanting me to make some humbuckers for them, nothing vintage, more heavier sounding pickup JBish & alnico 8 stuff , i was wondering if anybody found some good sounding fillister screws .maybe i just have to order some & test .i found these
http://www.microfasteners.com/catalo...cts/MSCMSF.cfm
McMaster-Carr
microfasteners do have nickel plated

[Bill M]

Mojo, all parts, and pretty much every supplier has the screws you're looking for. they all pretty much sound different. Thats the reason I have my own screws made, also my own slugs and keeper bars. Its nice to have a friend who is a machinest. This way I know they will be consistant because I buy the steel that is used to manufacture them. I'm sure someone else will chime in with some more screw suppliers for you.

[copperheadroads]

stew mac screws are around .42 cents each mojo's are out of stock rite now but there around .33 cents each . i was looking for a hundred or two,im just trying to save some money and still make a nice sounding humbucker

[the great waldo]

i have made a few humbuckers using stew mac fillister screws . i got guys wanting me to make some humbuckers for them, nothing vintage, more heavier sounding pickup JBish & alnico 8 stuff , i was wondering if anybody found some good sounding fillister screws .maybe i just have to order some & test .i found these
http://www.microfasteners.com/catalo...cts/MSCMSF.cfm
McMaster-Carr
microfasteners do have nickel plated

Hi

The Mcmasters ones won´t be much good as they are stainless steel.

Cheers

Andrew

[copperheadroads]

i noticed that just after i posted the link they only have 5-40 in stainless

[Dave Kerr]

I bought a small batch of the microfastener screws a couple years ago, they sounded good to me. Who knows who they sourced them from back then vs. now, but they're certainly cheap enough to give a shot.

[copperheadroads]

thanks..... im gonna to order some and try them

[belwar]

I've got a big ass bag of the mojo vintage ones I dont want. I'll sell them below what mojo would charge. I think I have something like 100 sets and I want to offload them.

[Ward]

I've got a big ass bag of the mojo vintage ones I dont want. I'll sell them below what mojo would charge. I think I have something like 100 sets and I want to offload them.

I bet you do.

[belwar]

What does THAT mean?

[Ward]

Just an abbreviated way of saying I don't like them either.

[belwar]

Ahhhhh! I thought you were saying something negative about me! Now that makes sense :> My apology for mis-interpreting that.

They arent the best screw thats for sure. They sure do teach you alot about using different alloys though. I think I checked them and they were 1022 or something like that. Quite dark sounding. You know they might actually work well with ceramic... I didnt think about that.

[Ward]

Yeah 1022, you sure about that, mine are so bright/brittle I just hate em. I'm stuck with about 100 of em and I'll never use them.

[copperheadroads]

are you talking about the vintage screws from mojo ?they sell them for $4.00 a set dont they ? maybe they get them from microfasteners ......haha
thanks for the offer belwar, i will just order the stew mac screws that i have been using and i will get some cheap screws from microfasteners to test
thanks

[EFK]

Those microfasteners screws aren't all that bad; I got a bunch of them about a year ago and they are literally interchangeable with 60s T top screws. Look identical, sound identical. Read pretty identical on the LCR meter too. Don't know if they're all like that, but the batch I rec'd is. I know t tops aren't pafs, but they're pretty cool in their own right especially if you're going for that early 70s vibe.