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Topic: TrueTone Pickup Installation Question |
Allan Jirik
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Wichita Falls TX
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Posted 20 Aug 2012 4:54 am |
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I'm putting a Wallace TrueTone pickup into my project guitar. Jerry Wallace sent me a plastic mounting piece and if I remember correctly, told me to glue the pickup to it. My question is this: There are two countersunk mounting screws on the plastic piece and they will come into contact with the pickup's magnets (on the bottom); should I put a thin piece of rubber between screws and magnets or is it okay as is? I've included a photo for clarification. Thanks!
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Allan Jirik
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Wichita Falls TX
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 5:08 pm
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| Anyone? I tend to think a little rubber between the metal won't hurt. |
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John Palumbo
From:
Lansdale, PA.
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 6:46 pm
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| Good question Allan, I'd be curious on thoughts here.Perhaps Jerry Wallace would know. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 9:40 pm
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Interesting. First JW has " Gone Home"
Second, I could see the flux pattern of that magnet being altered. I would use nylon bolts, with a jam nut up under the plate. I have built and rewound many pickups and being anal, altering just a couple of magnets different from the norn, would just bug me. Ron
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 3:53 am
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Jerry died? I knew Herby did.
I spoke to Jerry about 6 weeks ago, and there's nothing in the "Gone Home" forum, but I've talked to others who have Jerry and Herby confused
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Ron Pruter
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 3:20 pm
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I'm very sorry. Big mistake. I apoligize. I meant Herby. R P
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 6:32 pm
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Looks to me like a little double-stick tape would serve both to hold the pickup down and insulate it from the screws.
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Brent Torgrimson
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2012 8:12 am Wallace TT Question
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| Through magnetic induction, the mounting screws are magnetically coupled to the magnet in the pickup, and I doubt very much that insulation (a spacer) would make any noticeable difference. |
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