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Topic: incorrect pickup setup? |
Francisco Castillo
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Easter Island, Chile
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 1:07 pm |
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| You are indeed correct, Francisco. Looks like the pickup is screwed down tight so the strings pass above the magnets instead of through them. Definitely not the preferred setup to get the most out of a Bakelite. Would be interesting to hear how it sounds set up that way. |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 8:31 pm
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Message the seller and tell him to look at pictures on the internet.
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1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 10:18 pm
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This should be in the Funny & Fun section |
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Garry Vanderlinde
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CA
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 10:40 pm
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Loren Tilley
From:
Maui, Hawaii
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Posted 15 Apr 2018 8:51 am Pickup issue
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Before seeing this, I had already messaged the seller about the pickup setup. Seems like a nice guy, but his response also talked about how his luthier had leveled and polished the frets for optimal playability.
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 15 Apr 2018 10:01 am Re: Pickup issue
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| Before seeing this, I had already messaged the seller about the pickup setup. Seems like a nice guy, but his response also talked about how his luthier had leveled and polished the frets for optimal playability. |
I think his Luthier took a mail order course and didn't pay all the postage! 
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 8:46 am
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Did you hear the one about the luthier who set up the strings on the outside of the magnetic field?
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 12:25 pm
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I hope nothing got hurt by running the pickup down so low.
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 12:49 pm
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That is a really funny picture !  Kinda shortened the scale a bit ! |
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 12:49 pm
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Now I'm wondering...if he really had a luthier dress the frets, he would have noticed how high the nut is and filed that down to?
To make it a playable action?
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 5:30 pm
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| The so-called luthier who doesn't know a lap steel from a fence post, shouldn't be working on guitars... |
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Allan Haley
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 5:36 pm
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| You'd have to have some set of hands to play this square neck like a guitar. |
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