Pickup mounting holes - threads

[Mike Sulzer]

I just wanted to point out that 3/48 is a perfectly normal thread in the "National Coarse" pantheon/ It's not Seth Lover's fault that Home Despot and Lowes killed most of the real hardware stores in the country.
The bizarre thread choice was the metric thread used for height adjustment on Asian HBs.. M2.5x.4

"Normal" or not, the odd sizes have always been kind of rare.

We should have gone metric half a century ago. The need to do so now is not so great with computers handling most things; so we probably never will.

[RedHouse]

...We should have gone metric half a century ago...

Yeah whatever happened to that?

I was a kid when they talked about changing over (I'm 51 now), then, we half-way changed and stopped mid stride.

Coke comes in 2-Litre bottles, Gas (petrol) and Milk come in gallons.

When you drive it's in miles, when you run it's in Kilometers.

Not to mention those mid 80's Fords that had both standard and metric automatic transmissions (AOD's) and it was such a weird thing they had to stamp "Metric" on the transmission's oil pan.

Sheesh!

[David Schwab]

We should have gone metric half a century ago.

We did.. we now have liter bottles of Coke. (along with useless kph marking on speedometers)

The need to do so now is not so great with computers handling most things; so we probably never will.

You see a mix of metric and imperial on a lot of equipment, so I guess it no longer matters. I like to use mm for some stuff and other times I just want 3/4"...

And 90° F sounds a lot hotter than 32° C.

[Mike Sulzer]

Yeah whatever happened to that?

I was a kid when they talked about changing over (I'm 51 now), then, we half-way changed and stopped mid stride.

Coke comes in 2-Litre bottles, Gas (petrol) and Milk come in gallons.

When you drive it's in miles, when you run it's in Kilometers.

Not to mention those mid 80's Fords that had both standard and metric automatic transmissions (AOD's) and it was such a weird thing they had to stamp "Metric" on the transmission's oil pan.

Sheesh!

Here in Puerto Rico highway distances are in km, but speed limits are in miles per hour. No one has any idea how long it takes to get anywhere, but that is mostly from the traffic.

Gasoline is sold by the litre, but milk by the gallon.

I was on the Eastern shore of Maryland a few months ago, and encountered a speed limit of 22 mph. This was on a private road, and so I am assuming the place was foreign-designed, since this corresponds to about 35 kph.

[RedHouse]

...along with useless kph marking on speedometers...

Whuup hold the phone there David, those useless markings come in handy when I go up to Canada.

[copperheadroads]

yes don't come cruising across the border & speed up when you the sign 100 0r 110 the RCMP might shake you down

[Rick Turner]

If you're going to put opinions out on the Internet, it is wise to be able to back them up with facts rather than just dropping them as backhanded insults. If you're going to compare the construction of one guitar to another, it would help to actually know how each guitar is made and of what it is made. If you're going to ascribe certain tonal deficiencies you hear to a particular wood or scale length or method of construction; you'd be best off getting the details right. And I'm very forthcoming about information. All you have do to is ask, "Rick, how would you describe the differences between Lindsey's Les Paul and his Model 1?" And you'd find out that Lindsey very specifically told me in 1978 that he'd love to have a guitar that had the clarity of his Strat with the warmth and sustain of his Les Paul. The first time he played my guitar in rehearsals before the Tusk tour, his instructions to Ray, his guitar tech were, and I quote, "Hey, Ray, you can leave the Les Paul, the Strat, and the Ovation at home; this is all I'll need." And 20 minutes later Mick Fleetwood came up to me and said, "Rick, how fast can we get a backup guitar?"

And that is quite simply what I'm in the business for...serving my musician clients with tools that work for them.

[JGundry]

Fair enough Rick. Thank you for being nice and for being forthcoming with information. My one contact with your Model One was obviously not enough for me to have an accurate idea of the construction details. I think we are all in business for the same reason as you. Basically you confirmed the premise of my post that the Model One gives Bucking a noticeably different tone than the Les Paul. Buckingham likes it which is what matters to him and to you. Nobody is in business for any length of time without satisfied customers.

By the way is your metal acid stain ferric chloride?

[Ronsonic]

We did.. we now have liter bottles of Coke. (along with useless kph marking on speedometers)



You see a mix of metric and imperial on a lot of equipment, so I guess it no longer matters. I like to use mm for some stuff and other times I just want 3/4"...

And 90° F sounds a lot hotter than 32° C.

I like using each where it's most appropriate. No problem with using Celsius in a lab, but for talking about the weather, Fahrenheit is perfectly calibrated, 100 is too damn hot and 0 is too damn cold.

In the world of cycling there are some weird hybrid measurements like axles with a metric diameter and TPI threads.

[belwar]

You might be surprised how many qualified luthiers there are on the pickup makers forum.

I wish I could be a Luthier, but im Roman Catholic.

I really hate that term "luthier". I think it's German word meaning "you need a neck reset"

[LtKojak]

I wish I could be a Luthier, but im Roman Catholic.

I really hate that term "luthier". I think it's German word meaning "you need a neck reset"

You should blame the one who invented the Lute.

[RedHouse]

I wish I could be a Luthier, but im Roman Catholic.

I really hate that term "luthier". I think it's German word meaning "you need a neck reset"

yeah, we don't play Lute's, we should be called Guitar'iers.

Even Guitar is a munge of a "Tar" which is a mid-eastern stringed intrument.

[David Schwab]

I wish I could be a Luthier, but im Roman Catholic.

My mom once saw a copy of American Lutherie and thought it was about the Lutherans.

I really hate that term "luthier". I think it's German word meaning "you need a neck reset"

Sorry, but it's a French word (luth=lute). Hey, aren't you Canadian? You should know that, right?

[David Schwab]

yeah, we don't play Lute's, we should be called Guitar'iers.

Violin makers are luthiers as well.

Even Guitar is a munge of a "Tar" which is a mid-eastern stringed intrument.

And the word lute is derived from the Arabic "al 'ud" or the oud.

[JGundry]

I wish I could be a Luthier, but im Roman Catholic.

I really hate that term "luthier". I think it's German word meaning "you need a neck reset"

I'm not surprised. The last time I talked to you on the phone you reffered to your recent colonosopy as the old poop chute photo session. I think that is a French term.