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Topic: can this pickup be cleaned |
Roger Adkins
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 11:37 am |
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Hi guys, new member here, Roger.
I searched but seen so many pages so I'll ask. Not getting the same amount of volume on every string so I think maybe the pickup on my Harlin bros 6 string needs cleaning. How would you go about it?
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 1:23 pm
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| It looks like the pole pieces are adjustable, I’d try that first. |
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 2:24 pm
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| Yup, that's what the screws under each string are for. A bit of schmutz should have no effect on the pickup's function. |
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Roger Adkins
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Kentucky, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 4:33 pm
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| Cartwright Thompson wrote: |
| It looks like the pole pieces are adjustable, I’d try that first. |
I adjusted the screws to 3/16 in below the strings yesterday and a bit better on string 4, no effect string 1. Just a few sound flat or dead and adjusting does nothing. They are new GHS strings. I was kinda thinking does the screws come out to where I can blow a little air and spray a bit of cleaner in the coils but don't know for sure what's in there, and I can see some rust around the screws. I haven't played this guy 5 hours in the last 50 years.
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Roger Adkins
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 5:01 pm
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| Noah Miller wrote: |
| Yup, that's what the screws under each string are for. A bit of schmutz should have no effect on the pickup's function. |
After sitting in the case for about 50 years, might have more than just a schmutz. Probably have to take the whole control out cause the volume fries and cuts out when turned all the way up. Just concerned about what's inside the pickup under the screws.
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Jeff Highland
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 18 Aug 2024 10:15 pm
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Trying to clean it with any form of solvent is not a good idea, it may affect the coating on the wire. dirt will not affect the electrical performance.
Are the strings lined up over the polepieces? dos not look like it on the picture.
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Noah Miller
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Posted 19 Aug 2024 2:19 am
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| Roger Adkins wrote: |
| Noah Miller wrote: |
| Yup, that's what the screws under each string are for. A bit of schmutz should have no effect on the pickup's function. |
After sitting in the case for about 50 years, might have more than just a schmutz. Probably have to take the whole control out cause the volume fries and cuts out when turned all the way up. Just concerned about what's inside the pickup under the screws. |
That's a bad idea. Most likely, the pickup is fine now, and you're more likely to damage it than help it by taking it apart. |
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