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Topic: Pickup rewind for Fender Stringmaster |
Robert Zaporzan
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Honolulu, HI
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 2:24 am |
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| Need pickup rewound for '53 Stringmaster. Is there a consensus as to who does the best work? |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 4:24 am
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| I'd start by trying Jason Lollar or Lindy Fralin |
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Loyal McAvoy
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California, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 8:49 am
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| It is my understanding that Lollar no longer rewinds, he has a stringmaster pickup that calls itself a "sonic upgrade" but there are no sound samples. The question for me is do you want a sound as close as possible to the original or a different and usually better sound in a stringmaster bobbin. Look up Vintage Vibe pickups, Pete is great to work with. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 8:52 am
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| I've had Jerry Wallace with TruTone do some rewinding of Stringmaster pickups for me. |
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Michael Lester
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 9:03 am Stringmaster Pickups
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Facing the same problem, I settled on replacing both pickups with Seymour Duncan Antiquity replacements...they fit perfectly and sound just like they're supposed to...
$130 dollars via Guitar Center...5 days delivery... 10 minutes to install...
Michael |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Robert Zaporzan
From:
Honolulu, HI
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 3:16 pm
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| Pick up will be shipped to Lindy Fralin. Thanks for the input everyone. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 19 Jan 2014 1:18 am
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| Are you sure your guitar is a Stringmaster? They weren't made in 1953. |
Are you sure about that, Stephen - I've seen a few Stringasters online that were supposedly '53s (including a couple sold on this forum) and there's a guy on the British Steelies Society who says he has a Stringmaster that is dated October 1953 (it's definitely one of the early ones, no blend wheel, chrome pickup covers, lollipop tuners, 26" scale).
I know you are one of the most knowledgeable people on here (I always enjoy your posts) so please don't be offended, but I am just curious, as we all are, about the history of these great instruments and, given that information from Fender is "sparse" to say the least, I wondered what you based this on? |
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2014 6:51 pm
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| Jeff Mead wrote: |
| Stephen Cowell wrote: |
| Are you sure your guitar is a Stringmaster? They weren't made in 1953. |
Are you sure about that, Stephen - I've seen a few Stringasters online that were supposedly '53s (snip)
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Yes... I was mistaken! They did come out in '53... I've been a year behind all this time. My pushbutton D8 is a '55... I've read that pushbuttons came out in '54, I'd thought '55. I tried to find a catalog online, no luck there. Most Fender books are sparse on the steels, but there was one on Google that did cite '53 for the first long-scale SM's.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2014 9:22 am
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2014 2:45 am
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Thanks for that post, Erv... looks like '54 was no blend wheel, long scale... unless pushbutton shorter SM's came out in late '54.
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Harry McIlwain
From:
Mississippi, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2014 8:14 am
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| Are pickups still being rewound at Jerry Wallaces' shop since his death? Thanks. |
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