AddictionFX vintage baseplate & keepers .Any good ?

[copperheadroads]

Just wondering what verdict is on these parts for a Paf kind of pickup
Just getting ready to order some to test & I wondered if there any thing I should be concerned about
How do they sound ?
I know the keeper is threaded as well as the baseplate which can be a pain when assembling

[big_teee]

Just wondering what verdict is on these parts for a Paf kind of pickup
Just getting ready to order some to test & I wondered if there any thing I should be concerned about
How do they sound ?
I know the keeper is threaded as well as the baseplate which can be a pain when assembling

The corners are not correct on the ADFX Plates, as Vintage PAFs Go.
The corners are cut too big, and way too round.
I know that is knit picking, but that is what PAF buyers do!
Will not effect the pickup, but I had rather the corners be correct, and leave the pole screws unthreaded.
I've heard the Allparts Base Plates are the most vintage correct, but expensive.
It Looks Like Tom got the problems fixed at Mojo, the price is good also.
I will try the Mojo Base Plates, on next order.
T

[ReWind]

I like the Addiction baseplates and keepers but I'm very close to using my own now. The keepers are not threaded, btw. They do fit tightly, however.

Here's some photos, hope this helps:



I find that the baseplates "green" very easily compared to others when aging them. Here's a photo showing the greening when I took it too far:

[copperheadroads]

I like the Addiction baseplates and keepers but I'm very close to using my own now. The keepers are not threaded, btw. They do fit tightly, however.

Here's some photos, hope this helps:



I find that the baseplates "green" very easily compared to others when aging them. Here's a photo showing the greening when I took it too far:

Thanks James
Just curious If you ever compared them to the Mojo bases "tonewise" that is `

[ReWind]

Thanks James
Just curious If you ever compared them to the Mojo bases "tonewise" that is `

I have, actually. I've found the Addiction plates to be ever so slightly brighter than the Mojo plates and the Stewmac plates. I couldn't tell you the science of "why" though. Another winder, Kevin/Fuelie, whom I talk with regularly, came to the same conclusion, independently. I prefer the way the Mojo/SM plates age though. They get more dull and less green, if that makes sense. Again, I couldn't tell you why. .

I've fond a few in my batches that were put in the stamper upside down so the hookup lead hole is on the wrong side (wrong for a PAF, at least). I jokingly refer to these at "left handed PAFs" when that happens.

[Jim Shine]

I like their baseplates and keepers. The other day I was rewinding a very old Duncan JB. Easily from the first couple years when they had no embossing on the bottom. It was identical to the Addiction FX plate in every way. Threaded pole screws, corner radii, etc. So I wonder if a very early Duncan was used as a template.

PS- I have yet to have any problem with the threaded base plate. I don't notice any difference in assembly and I have assembled at least a dozen.

[ReWind]

I've heard others complain about the threaded baseplates in assembly too. I do it like this -

Thread my poll screws into the screw bobbin with about 1/8" sticking out on the bottom
Press a keeper onto the exposed screw tips
Hold the bobbin/screws/keeper assembly over the baseplate and screw in the E & E screws with a screw gun, making sure the baseplate and keeper are pressed tight and flat to each other
Thread in the remaining screws, making sure no gaps form between the keeper and baseplate

I'll agree that it takes a little more thought but, once one gets the routine down, it doesn't take any more time and the sonic and visual result are very nice.

[copperheadroads]

I've heard others complain about the threaded baseplates in assembly too. I do it like this -

Thread my poll screws into the screw bobbin with about 1/8" sticking out on the bottom
Press a keeper onto the exposed screw tips
Hold the bobbin/screws/keeper assembly over the baseplate and screw in the E & E screws with a screw gun, making sure the baseplate and keeper are pressed tight and flat to each other
Thread in the remaining screws, making sure no gaps form between the keeper and baseplate

I'll agree that it takes a little more thought but, once one gets the routine down, it doesn't take any more time and the sonic and visual result are very nice.

I'm always considered myself a no nonsense kind of guy & I think I would just drill the holes out just enough for the screw to fit without threading

[big_teee]

I'm always considered myself a no nonsense kind of guy & I think I would just drill the holes out just enough for the screw to fit without threading

That's what I did, I drilled them out.
It's really unhandy if you are doing R&D taking them apart often.
The Threads are a pain, and I could not hear any difference.
For a while I tested one with the threads, and one without.
They sounded the same to me.
I thought the base plates Tonally didn't sound as good as others I have used.
I liked the StewMac Base Plates better.
Just whatever you like.
T