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Topic: Flat magnetic pickup for 8 string? |
Greg Gefell
From:
Upstate NY
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Posted 15 Jun 2019 11:19 am |
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Any manufacturers (or custom small shops) making a flat 8 string magnetic pickup that would fit here?
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Joe Major
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Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2019 11:40 am Flat magnetic pickup.
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National Resophonic makes one but it's about $200. Lace makes one, but it's thicker than than the National. You'll have to check your clearance.
Joe
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Joe Major
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Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2019 11:44 am Flat pickup.
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I may be blowing smoke. The National & Lace are both for 6 strings.Sorry.
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2019 12:59 pm
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Check with Jerry Sentell in Sacramento. He makes many different pickups and has no problem with custom orders. He'll likely be willing to make one to your specs:
https://www.sentellpickups.net/Steel.html |
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Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Greg Gefell
From:
Upstate NY
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Posted 24 Jun 2019 10:37 am
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Thanks for the info! I think I would definitely need a custom build to get the right string spacing and thickness.
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 25 Jun 2019 7:15 am
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Greg, Krivo make pickups around 1/4" thickness for Gypsy Jazz guitars. They may have something suitable for your needs.
Keith. |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2019 12:02 pm
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Magnetic pickups are not as good with bronze strings... if you don’t like the sound it would be improved with steel or nickel strings. I prefer the sound of bronze for acoustic so I’d be more inclined toward an acoustic pickup.
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Ed Pettersen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2019 11:31 pm
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Pete Biltoff of Vintage Vibe in FL will make you one. A killer one too. I've contacted him about the same exact thing and he's made them for me before for a Weissy. Highly recommended.
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 27 Jun 2019 6:33 am
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The hardest thing about making a pickup for that guitar is that fact that the hole screen covers go under the strings, where the pickup needs to be.
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