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Topic: Epiphone Electar Zephyr pickup |
Dave Manion
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Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2007 9:24 pm |
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Greetings all, new member here. I have a '42 8 string Zephyr lap steel, and the pickup is pretty rough. It looks bad, and has VERY low output with alot of extra noise. Maybe a broken/damaged winding or demag etc.
I have not seen what the pickup is supposed to look like, and would post a picture if I was that far along the learning curve, but suffice to say, I need to get this one repaired or replaced. Any ideas? I was thinking Fralin, and that's about all I came up with. I'm not even sure how to get it out, or if you can without it falling apart.
I'll try to get some pics of the pickup up(whoa that's a mouthful), and a pic for my avatar. That's what it's called, right?
Also, does anyone know where to get a pickup cover for this, or for a six string National New Yorker? Thanks from a newcomer, but someone who has already learned alot from this forum.
Dave Manion |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 12:15 am
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| Pickup experts (and builders) who post here often (and who specialize in steel pickups) are Jason Lollar and Rick Aiello. Look them up on the member list or search for their posts. Anyone else, chime in with any other names I might be missing. |
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Randy Reeves
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LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 3:54 am
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hey mate. I also own an Epiphone Zephyr. it is a 1940. as well. the pickup was weak when I purchased it. when I finally took a look at it I was shocked. never had i sen pickup looking like this. it was not damaged looking, just the strangest build ever.
I contacted Lindy Fralin and they told me how to remove it. I shipped it off and for 80 USD it came back a roaring lion. what a great sounding guitar I now have.
I like the personalized response in every way from them. |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 4:19 am
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| Also, does anyone know where to get a pickup cover for this, or for a six string National New Yorker? |
Hi Dave! What year is the National New Yorker? I have three New Yorkers (1937, 1941 and 1947) and they all have different pickup covers - both material-wise (metal, wood and plexiglass, respectively) and design-wise.
It's generally hard to find original spare parts for these, but you never know.
Cheers,
Fred
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Mike Black
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 7:42 am
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 7:54 am
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the pickup in my 1940 Zephyr is quite similar to the one pictured. the difference is mine has squarish magnets on the side.
Lindy said it was a bit more difficult or time consuming to rewind. I sent him an extra ten bucks for a grand total of 80 dollars , as he wanted.
the pickup came back super charged. nice output.
it is easy to remove and reinstall. no tricky bits falling off or short wires.
as for finding knobs...good luck. the Epiphone Shereton from the fifties has them as stock.
actually, they were stock on many models.\to find them now is hard. |
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Mike Black
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 9:14 am
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Marty Smith
From:
California
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 9:55 am
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Dave Manion
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 11:07 am
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Mike, that's the one! But 8 string, of course. I wasn't seeing the assembly as a whole when I looked at mine. That makes more sense.
Fred, I'm not sure on the year of my New Yorker, but it has the plexiglass cover, and the pickup is not the super long one. I actually don't really miss the cover on that one as much as I do the Epi, but that kind of depends on the tuning. If the New Yorker is just tuned to open "E" then sometimes a palm mute is nice to be able to do with the low range for tic tac parts or whatever, but if it's tuned high to E6 or something, there's no reason to tempt fate and accidently squish the string on the pickup. I bet you all know that sound!
Also, I wanted to "quote" Mike's picture of the pickup and add my own pics. Where would I go to learn about that, or is it easy enough to explain in a short post?
Thanks again guys, this has been just the info I was looking for.
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