Whats up with mojotone ?

[JGundry]

Hi David

Well the parts finally arrived 20 days after putting in the order which was with express post. The competition gets my orders to me in three days ! Please try and get DHL on board, their delivery from the USA to Europe is first class. The 30 humbucker baseplates were in a plastic bag together so you can imagine what they look like. This is a bit of a moan as I have to sand and finish the plates to make them presentable, if I work out the time involved it probably works out cheaper to get them elsewhere. Mojotone really should work out some way of protecting the baseplates. I'll be glad to hear your opinion on this.

All the best

Andrew

Just a reality check for baseplates. I have baseplates stamped with my own tooling. When they are stamped they are covered with oil and go directly in a bin then in a box and shipped. If you want them degreaser they go in a mesh bin and into a degrease bath, then into a box and shipped and you pay extra for degreasing. The only way to get a pristine baseplate is to clean each one individually off the press and then individually wrapped them on the spot. This brings the cost way, way, way up which is why nobody does it for baseplates. Most stamped parts that are to have a final metal finish for display are ground or ground and buffed or roto finished after they are stamped.

[David King]

Has anyone tried vibratory deburring on these? You can get a little deburrer from Harbor Freight:
5 Lb. Metal Vibrator / Tumbler
They also have a larger one:
18 Lb. Vibratory Bowl w/ Liquid Drain Hose
You just let these things run for a day or two and your parts come out looking like someone slaved over every square millimeter with a polishing cloth.

[the great waldo]

Hi Jgundry

Regarding your comments I must add that stewmac although a bit more expensive manage to deliver the plates in a reasonable condition for whatever reason that may be. So it seems to be possible.

Cheers

Andrew

Just a reality check for baseplates. I have baseplates stamped with my own tooling. When they are stamped they are covered with oil and go directly in a bin then in a box and shipped. If you want them degreaser they go in a mesh bin and into a degrease bath, then into a box and shipped and you pay extra for degreasing. The only way to get a pristine baseplate is to clean each one individually off the press and then individually wrapped them on the spot. This brings the cost way, way, way up which is why nobody does it for baseplates. Most stamped parts that are to have a final metal finish for display are ground or ground and buffed or roto finished after they are stamped.

[David Schwab]

Real shiny and slick like a lacquer, but solder sticks so it looks like I won't have to sand an area to ground to.

Still - why the funky look???
David???

It's the bottom of the pickup. Who's going to see it when it's in the guitar? I doubt anyone would care.

[jack briggs]

It's the bottom of the pickup. Who's going to see it when it's in the guitar? I doubt anyone would care.

I care - that's all that matters.....

[David Schwab]

I care - that's all that matters.....

OK, but I think there's better things to worry about than if your pickup looks like a faithful copy of someone else's pickup. I'm sure you don't do that with your guitars, right?

[David King]

What's wrong with having a nice looking baseplate on a nice looking guitar? I probably spend as much time perfecting areas on my instruments that will never see the light of day as I do on the visible. I don't give a rat's ass what anyone else thinks is important or not. To me it's all important, just don't ask me to explain it.

[the great waldo]

Hi David

I think the point is that if a customer buys a new pickup from me I expect it to look new and not scratched up (unless they want some kind of relicing job done on it) I'm sure you would not let one of the instruments that you make go out to a customer with half finished sanding marks or dents in the finish. In the same way I would expect Mojotone to be able to supply me with parts that are unmarked or at least protected in some way. Their humbucker covers are supplied with protection foil and in individual plastic bags, why not the same for the baseplates ? Stewmac manage it ! Chucking 30 metal baseplates with sharp edges into a plastic bag is not my idea of good shipping, might as well put them into a paper envelope and see what arrives at my end after a transatlantic crossing !!

Cheers

Andrew

OK, but I think there's better things to worry about than if your pickup looks like a faithful copy of someone else's pickup. I'm sure you don't do that with your guitars, right?

[David Schwab]

I wasn't talking about scratched up.

Jack said:

Just got some dogear P90 frames, and they seem to be coated with something that acetone and MEK won't touch. Real shiny and slick like a lacquer, but solder sticks so it looks like I won't have to sand an area to ground to.

So they are obviously plated with something. It's not scratched, but it doesn't look like the dull baseplate on an old P-90. I don't see where that's a problem.

Now on the other hand I have gotten scratched plastic covers from Mojo, and tarnished nickel covers from WD Music. That's a problem.

[David King]

Ferric Chloride will instantly dull most platings. It works a treat with bright nickel and comes in family sized bottles at Radio shack.

[David Schwab]

Ferric Chloride will instantly dull most platings. It works a treat with bright nickel and comes in family sized bottles at Radio shack.

It will also dye small white furry animals orange. If you want to get fancy, you can etch your logo in the cover.

[rhoads]

aarrgghhhh!!!

When are you going to have BOTH sides of the seven string humbucker bobbins in stock. Must have been well over six months now...

[timmay]

Rhoads, who was your post directed at?

[big_teee]

Rhoads, who was your post directed at?

Being the Thread Is about Mojo material issues?
I'm sure he was directing it to Mojo?
It takes a slug , and screw bobbin.
The Screw bobbin is sold out.
7 String Humbucker Bobbin Slug Side Black
7 String Humbucker Bobbin Screw Side Black
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[the great waldo]

Wow

I started this thread to have a bit of a moan about slow delivery and scratched up baseplates from mojotone and it's turned into a bit of a free for all. Maybe a new thread should be started with general gripes.

Cheers

Andrew