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Topic: Replacement pickup for a Rondo SX |
Chris Tweed
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Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 9:45 am |
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I bought a cheap Rondo SX with a view to modding it and the first task I'm considering is replacing the rather thin-sounding pickup.
I would like to get something like the sound heard on early country/swing recordings. Any suggestions for a modern pickup would be very useful.
Pickups that could fit into the existing hole in body would be a bonus.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 10:05 am
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How much do you want to spend? I bought a GFS rail pickup from Guitarfetish.com but managed to screw up the volume pot while installing it. It fit the existing hole well, but I can't tell if it sounds good or not yet.
For far less than the price of the guitar, you have a lot of choices. These Guitar Fetish pickups seem to do the job.
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Chris Tweed
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Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 10:13 am
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Thanks for the info, Brad. How did you manage to screw up the volume pot? Mechanically or electrically? Is there a lesson for me to learn here?
I wouldn't mind spending up to £80 ($100?) because I consider the basic guitar as a cheap platform for building a much better guitar.
Last edited by Chris Tweed on 24 Jul 2009 1:12 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brad Bechtel
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 12:54 pm
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I'm not sure how I managed to do it, but the volume pot just runs around in a circle now, with no change to the volume. I'll get around to fixing it when I get less busy than I am now. I've got plenty of other things to do that are higher on my list... 
(like actually playing one of the other lap steels I have, changing strings, etc.)
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Dave Bader
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 5:09 pm
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GFS Rail pickup in mine too. Sounds nice but the single coil really wasn't a bad pickup. Have you tryed adjusting it's hight?
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