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Topic: install lace p/u's in a Sho-Bud? |
Charlie Hase
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Canada
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Posted 4 May 2010 10:20 am |
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Can someone tell me what modification (if any) is needed to install a Lace Alumitone p/u in a Sho-Bud Pro II. It looks like I'd likely need a custom plate???
Also... any opinions from someone who's tried these compared to original Sho-Bud p/u's, George L's (E66,10-1), BL-705...
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 May 2010 12:02 pm
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| Charlie, I bought an Alumitone that I never installed and have since sold. I intended to put it in my Pro 1. IT looked to me, once i had the strings off, that all it needed to install were two new screw holes (on the side of the Bud pickup with only one screw). |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 4 May 2010 1:59 pm
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| I've been wondering if the opening is wide enough to accept the Alumitone. The opening on my Pro I is 1-3/8" wide. I thought I read somewhere that the Alumitone pickup was 1-1/2" wide. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 4 May 2010 5:37 pm
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The Alumitone is 1 1/2" wide.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 May 2010 6:26 pm
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Like some other pickups, the top plate, or top dimension in this case, is wider than the base. The one I have is 1.5 at the very top, first 1/8". The legs are little less than 3/4" tall from there down and are 1.25 wide. The mounting holes are about 1.2 apart.
With the mounting screws, you would need app. 1 3/8" clearance down inside the mounting cavity. The topmost 1.5 width wouldn't interfere as it rises above the pick-up cut out.
Don't hold me to it, but it appears it would fit in a 1 3/8" pickup slot, as long as the cavity is not more than 11/16" or so deep. Maybe someone who's done it will look in on this thread.
[The steel guitar 10 st. neck takes the 4" unit]. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 5 May 2010 2:42 am
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I have done it on a Sho~bud Professional Rack & Barrel guitar.
The narrow legs of the pick up dropped right into the hole.
All I needed was to get 4 thin extra long screws.
I had to make 4 new holes in the body.
I used stiff sponge rubber under the legs to function as adjustment springs.
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
Dynalap 8string; Harbor Lights 8string; Aiersi Tri-Cone; Fender Stringmaster |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 5 May 2010 5:49 am
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| Thanks for that info. I think I might give it a try. |
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