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Topic: Broken Supro Pickup Help |
Charlie Vegas
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Tampa Bay, FLA, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2006 6:19 am |
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I got a 60's Supro Console-6 not too long ago but hadn't the chance to do much with it until recently. I had just put on a set of SIT C6 strings and noticed that the string balance was off. So I pulled the cover to adjust the poles. I also pulled the metal plate to get better access to the pole heads. I then noticed that one of the previous owners had broken the heads off several. I took the strings back off and pulled the bridge plate only to find that there wasn’t much screw protruding thru the bottom.
What should I do now? Should I attempt to replace the broken/frozen pole screws myself or just send the whole bridge plate/pickup assembly out for repair?
I thinking I could pull the cover off the pickup which is held on to the back of the bridge plate by 4 tabs. I’m hoping that the coil will just lift off so I can get at the screws. I’m thinking that once the coil is removed I can soak the plate with penetrating oil and get at the screws with vice grips. Then I’d have to find some place to buy new pole screws. |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 7 Nov 2006 6:40 am
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| Two words: Jason Lollar (lollarguitars.com). He knows these pickups inside and out. |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2006 6:58 am
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| If you are mechanical, they can be drilled out and retapped. |
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Charlie Vegas
From:
Tampa Bay, FLA, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 6:09 am
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Drilling and re-tapping wasn't necessary, but I did have to disassemble the pickup to get one screw removed. All the rest came out the back with a good pair of vice grips and a can of tuner cleaner/lubricant. Now I just need to find 1/2", 6-32, flat head, set screws that are magnetic.
Jason’s backlog is about 3 months and I didn’t want to lose the steel for that long. |
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Larry Phleger
From:
DuBois, PA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 12:03 pm
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| Do the screws themselves need to be magnetic, or are they tapped into a magnetic base. If the base is magnetic, the screws may have become magnetized as a result of being in contact with the magnetic base for all those years. |
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Charlie Vegas
From:
Tampa Bay, FLA, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 5:28 pm
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| I think we’re talking semantics. The screws don’t need to be magnets, but need to be magnetic materials like iron or steel. |
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