All Parts stuff, any good?

[madialex]

Hi everyone, a question about all parts stuff. Are their P90 bobbins any better than before, I got some a while back and couldn't even use them. They had molding slag everywhere, 25 to 20 mins just cutting that extra plastic off then sanding, looks like crap. Then the pole pieces would not go in, they were so tight the screw heads would round off and had to use a pair of vise grips to remove them. Thats after using soap and anything else I could think of to lube the holes. Tried drilling but either I had the drill bit off kilter causing the screws to thread crooked or the hole was just too big.

Also what do their humbucker bobbins look like, are the cream ones that funny yellow pinkish color? Thanks for any comments on this.

[J S Moore]

I didn't like their P-90 bobbins either but the ones from GJ aren't as stiff and tend to distort if your not careful. I ended up making a faceplate for either side and clamping them in.

I have not seen the humbucker bobbins personally but I have heard from Zhang that they are a nice cream colour.

[madialex]

Thanks for the reply Jon.

[Zhangliqun]

I think in general the Allparts stuff is good.

The GJ cream color is very good on humbucker bobbins and P90 covers, as is the Allparts cream on their humbucker bobbins (haven't seen their P90 covers). Allparts is just a shade darker.

Have not had problems with bowing on the GJ P90 bobbin but it could be that I don't use as much tension on the wind as most do.

[WolfeMacleod]

It's what I use. Good luck on getting any parts. I just bought up most of the shipment they just got. EVERY single baseplate they got in, and about 95% of the bobbins they got in.

[WolfeMacleod]

Oh..and the P-90 bobbins do suck. I don't use those.

[madialex]

It's what I use. Good luck on getting any parts. I just bought up most of the shipment they just got. EVERY single baseplate they got in, and about 95% of the bobbins they got in.

Thanks for the heads up Wolfe. Seems to me they should order more if they run out all the time. I went through this with them a good while back, did an order, paid and then get an email saying out of stock, backorder yada yada.... ANy idea when they will get more stuff in?

Thanks for all who posted.

[jason lollar]

damn if wolf bought 95% of the bobbins and I assume I bought the rest that means he bough app. 150,000 bobbins! If I didnt buy the rest he bought even more

[NightWinder]

ahhahahahahahahahahaha YEah!!

[madialex]

damn if wolf bought 95% of the bobbins and I assume I bought the rest that means he bough app. 150,000 bobbins! If I didnt buy the rest he bought even more

Thats a lot of damn pickups no matter how you slice it. GEEEZ LOUISE

[jason lollar]

Well I am not picking on wolfe- its pointing out none of us really knows whats going on with suppliers. I dont know and dont care as long as I remember to order a shitload everytime I think I dont need anymore. It is the biggest pain in the ass about the whole thing- getting supplies with any consistancy and has always been.

[NightWinder]

Well, shit man. 150,000 bobbins? Thats overkill. I guess he forgot most here were waiting on stuff too. One for all, eh. I 'm wondering= he surely must have spend 20 grand? At that quantity, you'd think the supplyer would just forward him to the manifacturer? And at that amout of money spent, maybe it would have been wiser to get a Factory Injector or something......No worries down the road for bobbins. WTF Who care's. I've lost more hair than I like to admit in the last 5 yrs over this shit.

[madialex]

sent them an email

Well, shit man. 150,000 bobbins? Thats overkill. I guess he forgot most here were waiting on stuff too. One for all, eh. I 'm wondering= he surely must have spend 20 grand? At that quantity, you'd think the supplyer would just forward him to the manifacturer? And at that amout of money spent, maybe it would have been wiser to get a Factory Injector or something......No worries down the road for bobbins. WTF Who care's. I've lost more hair than I like to admit in the last 5 yrs over this shit.

I sent them not a nasty email but not pleasant either about all the smaller winders in the world who would buy their parts as well as Wolfe and Jason etc...
Still waiting on a response.... Will post if and when I get a reply.

[jason lollar]

nightwinder -dude- if allparts bought that many bobbins at once none of us would have to worry about supply
If wolfe really needed that many he would just go to goto.

[ken]

I dunno...

Look at a HB bobbin. Now imagine how much room 150,000 or so would take up.
AFAIK 150,000 bobbins would fill up at least one of those big semi truck sized Chinese cargo ship containers, maybe two or three. Not to mention all the bases.

If Wolfe feels the need to buy 75,000 pickups worth of bobbins, it's up to him.
It's his $$$. IMHO at that kind of money he could have saved a sheetload of money simply by buying a used molder, hiring an operator, and buying the granulated plastic. With that kind of economies of scale, he would never have had to worry about running out of parts ever again.

Ken