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Topic: Sho-Bud pickup |
mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2006 8:37 pm |
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| looking for an early 70's vintage Sho~Bud pickup.... What do you have? |
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Jonathan Shacklock
From:
London, UK
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 3:16 pm
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Hi Mike,
What I have is: a slightly folorn looking old feller I pulled from my '74 MSA Classic. My reason for thinking it's a Sho~Bud is because I heard a good few people replaced the original pickups in these guitars with S~B pups (and it looks like one to my untrained eye).
Cosmeticallly, it's seen better days - there are a few spots of rust on the pole pieces and the corners have been lopped off the bottom plate, presumably to make it fit the MSA.
I swapped it for a Truetone because I suspected it of giving some weird harmonic overtones - turns out it wasn't the culprit, so I don't think there's anything wong with it sound wise. It has to be said, the Truetone is rather dapper with it's smart white trim and it's big fat midrange, so it's staying put.
Now that sad ol' 'S~B' is homeless, sitting on a shelf waiting for some pretty little fingertip to walk by and make it sing again...
Well, if you didn't get a lump in your throat at least you got a bump to the top^^^.
Jon |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 6:51 pm
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Thanks, Jonathan
I think that I'll keep looking.... |
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Fred Bova
From:
Connecticut, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 5:25 pm
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| Johnathan, I am collecting as many "Orphan" PSG parts that I can afford. I want to get these parts out of the garage junk boxes and back to making music. I am interested in all parts, even pickups that need to be rewound. If it is within my price range, it will have a good home someday soon. Email me. Thank, Fred |
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Duane Reese
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Posted 1 Nov 2006 10:14 am
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| I might possibly be replacing the stock pickups in my '73 Pro-II in a while. I'll save a shortcut to this thread and check back with you if I do. |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2006 3:00 pm
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Hey... thanks guys, I found one...
Duane, I might want another....so keep me in mind |
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