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Topic: Bought a metal body Ric Naked |
Bob Thomason
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 9:03 am |
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Need advice on pickup . Can't afford the Lollar horseshoe. Thanks
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 9:11 am
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What type of sound are you looking for? What's your budget? Just about any pickup will fit in the cavity with some modification (probably a plate to hold it in place).
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 10:30 am
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Todd Clinesmith had a few horseshoes for sale a while back, he may still have one that would work
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 12:37 pm
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I really have never heard a horeshoe Pup before just read the hype. I play mostly country and hawiian. Any allowances for the metal body soundwise?
Thanks
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 12:46 pm
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Do you always go shopping with no clothes on?  |
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Mike Spieth
From:
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 1:58 pm
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Now, I see! 
BTW: I liked that movie! |
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 3:54 pm
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Never mind
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 5:43 pm
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If it were me...I would try to find a nice old "gold foil" or maybe a lipstick tube pickup. If I was going to go new I'd check out some of the pickups available through Guitar Fetish, their Surf 90's look interesting.
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2015 4:17 am
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Thanks Frank . Will do.
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Matt Berg
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 7:29 pm
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| Make sure you consider string spacing when you try to drop a guitar pick up into a steel. That's why a lipstick style pick up might be a good choice. I have surf 90's in a 12 string electric and did not find them too live up to the hype although I like other GFS products better. |
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 10:12 pm
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Thanks,
I scored a horseshoe pu assembly minus bobbin.sent it to Sentell for restore. Stoked,man.
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2015 6:09 am
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Yay! I'm pretty sure you're gonna be happy. You said initially that she's naked, before you get her dressed, it might be a good idea to see if she's stuffed with old newspaper. If not, you might want to consider it. Lot's of folks prefer the stuffed sound over the hollow sound on metal Rickenbachers.
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2015 6:45 am
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LA Citizen 1946. Put it back in when I found the date
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 2:44 pm
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Anybody have the "ears " that hold the pickup in the hole ? like these on the left ? I have the bolts and springs . A good pic of these would be appreciated . I could make some ears.
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 4:26 pm
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Hi Bob,
Sorry Bob, but I don't have any extra ears. The dimensions are 1 3/8" long, 1/2" wide, and 1 3/16" center to center body mounting holes. The pickup mounting hole is centered front to back, and side to side. |
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 7:51 am
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Thanks for all your help Ron
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 8:41 am
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Bob ... if you get stuck, I've got a couple of the black fiberboard versions that Lollar supplies with their horseshoes. I've been making my own for my P6 / P8 builds and have not been using the supplied fiberboard ones.
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 10:55 am
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Thanks Tom,
Made a couple from some ebony scraps I had . Hope they will hold up.
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