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Hi Everyone!
I am new to this forum (I just discovered it) and have been making pickups for about two or three years. I've been making guitars, on and off, since the 'sixties. So far, I have only wound pickups by hand and eyeball with very primitive equipment and will probably continue to do so, though I'll keep my mind open
My question concerns magnets for firebird pickups. I've made myself a 12-string electric using a couple of old pickups from a '70s SG, of the kind that had a LP-shaped pickguard and front-mounted control plate with two pots and two slide switches. Maybe SG-200 or ???? Black plastic covers with no holes. The standard clear plastic bobbins with ceramic magnets in rectangular slots. Sound OK but not very... musical? I need to get some alnico magnets for them. I'll need maybe a dozen or so.
Anybody know where I can score a few magnets of the correct size? I have not been happy with ones I have cut to size.
And is there a really good supplier for p/u parts? I only know about AllParts, StewMac and Guitar Parts USA in Amarillo. Perhaps you could direct me to a good links list?
Thanks a million,
Dave
I am new to this forum (I just discovered it) and have been making pickups for about two or three years. I've been making guitars, on and off, since the 'sixties. So far, I have only wound pickups by hand and eyeball with very primitive equipment and will probably continue to do so, though I'll keep my mind open
My question concerns magnets for firebird pickups. I've made myself a 12-string electric using a couple of old pickups from a '70s SG, of the kind that had a LP-shaped pickguard and front-mounted control plate with two pots and two slide switches. Maybe SG-200 or ???? Black plastic covers with no holes. The standard clear plastic bobbins with ceramic magnets in rectangular slots. Sound OK but not very... musical? I need to get some alnico magnets for them. I'll need maybe a dozen or so.
Anybody know where I can score a few magnets of the correct size? I have not been happy with ones I have cut to size.
And is there a really good supplier for p/u parts? I only know about AllParts, StewMac and Guitar Parts USA in Amarillo. Perhaps you could direct me to a good links list?
Thanks a million,
Dave
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