Kay Speedbump Pickups

[lonnieboy]

Hi folks; I bought an old guitar on ebay has no electronics at all I need three Kay speed bump pickups to stick in the guitar any help you can provide will be deeply appreciated.Thanks Lonnieboy

[salvarsan]

Clint Searcy of Searcy String Works in Nashville understands Kay Speedbumps and might help you.

Searcy String Works

[Possum]

Go back to Ebay, its probably the only place you're going to find them. They use a huge alnico bar magnet with a coil wrapped around the lower part, heavily embedded in wax of some sort.

[big_teee]

I told Lonnieboy on another thread, to buy some off ebay, even if they are defective.
He can get them rewound if he can find some cheap enough.
Lots of Us on here have repaired them before.
They are a pain in the A$$, but rewindable!
T

[Possum]

Yeah the one I have the flatwork on them is paper and they fall apart when you take pickup apart. The wax is difficult to melt for some reason, messy to work with. Doesn't fit regular guitars so I never repaired it.....

[big_teee]

Yeah the one I have the flatwork on them is paper and they fall apart when you take pickup apart. The wax is difficult to melt for some reason, messy to work with. Doesn't fit regular guitars so I never repaired it.....

It wouldn't be vintage, but I would be tempted to put firebird type Mini Buckers in it.
Might have to do some shimming, and use a pickup ring.
You would have better hum canceling Pickups at the end of the day.
T

[lonnieboy]

Hi Possum; Thanks for your reply I will try to get them wherever I can.Big T told me to try and avoid ebay cause their too expensive. But face it they are really old and to find them anywhere will require lots of luck...Lonnieboy

[jason lollar]

I have been thinking the wax is the same thing they use to seal toilet bowls to the floor- i call those kay toilet bowl pickups for that reason. The top plate does tend to come off when you pull them apart

[lonnieboy]

Hey Possum;do you still have that old speedbump pickup?Lonnieboy

[Possum]

Yeah I still have it but I have a pickup "museum" so I keep stuff like that in case I need to look things over down the road. So do I have to "flush" the pickup, LOL ;-) That wax is real nasty stuff, takes high heat and a plunger to get it out ;-)

[lonnieboy]

Yeah I still have it but I have a pickup "museum" so I keep stuff like that in case I need to look things over down the road. So do I have to "flush" the pickup, LOL ;-) That wax is real nasty stuff, takes high heat and a plunger to get it out ;-)

Thanks for your reply