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fretman_2 · May 7th, 2012, 06:04 PM

I don't always order the pups before I build a guitar. So, I need to make a dummy pickup so I can fit the bridge, neck and pickguard together before I get the real pups. Does anyone have a pickup template I could use to make the dummy pups?

Tnx,

crazydave911 · May 8th, 2012, 02:04 PM

If you had all the ones I trashed trying to rewind/repair them in the old days, you could use them for templates

. Not to be completely useless, check around good, full service music stores, and ask the tech to keep you a few back (that he's going to trash or recycle). If your careful, you can take them apart easily, then there's your templates

Dave

fretman_2 · May 8th, 2012, 04:03 PM

Good idea. But just about the only music store left around here is Guitar Center. The best independent music stores slowly went out of business after they arrived. Do they work on guitars??

I did find a drawing off of the Semour Duncan site and adjusted it until it matched the measurements on the drawing.

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Originally Posted by crazydave911

If you had all the ones I trashed trying to rewind/repair them in the old days, you could use them for templates

. Not to be completely useless, check around good, full service music stores, and ask the tech to keep you a few back (that he's going to trash or recycle). If your careful, you can take them apart easily, then there's your templates

Dave

fretman_2 · May 8th, 2012, 04:08 PM

Made a couple of phone calls...no trashed pickups in the area. Will have to try another route.

Tnx,

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Originally Posted by crazydave911

If you had all the ones I trashed trying to rewind/repair them in the old days, you could use them for templates

. Not to be completely useless, check around good, full service music stores, and ask the tech to keep you a few back (that he's going to trash or recycle). If your careful, you can take them apart easily, then there's your templates

Dave

Mike Simpson · May 9th, 2012, 01:02 AM

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron..._Flatwork.html

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron..._Flatwork.html

glen smith · May 9th, 2012, 01:35 AM

Someone just posted a file last night.

Westerly Sunn · May 9th, 2012, 05:03 AM

WARNING

I'm at work. Forefront installation just detected a Trojan in the file above.

fretman_2 · May 9th, 2012, 11:25 AM

Thanks for the drawing Glen, but I was after something that would print to scale. I want to glue it to a piece of garolite and cut out the flatwork and make a dummy pup.

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Originally Posted by glen smith

Someone just posted this last night. I hope it helps.

fretman_2 · May 9th, 2012, 11:26 AM

Those flatwork pieces are pretty cheap. I'll get some the next time I place an order with Stewmac.

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by Mike Simpson

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron..._Flatwork.html

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron..._Flatwork.html

fretman_2 · May 14th, 2012, 08:48 AM

Found a diagram and made a dummy pup out of garolite. Works just great for fine adjustment of the bridge.

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mojoatomic · May 14th, 2012, 09:56 AM

Can you post that file? I'd like to cut some for myself -

fretman_2 · May 14th, 2012, 01:09 PM

Here you go Mojo. As close to scale as I could get it.

bridge_pickup_flatwork_template.pdf

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Can you post that file? I'd like to cut some for myself -

mojoatomic · May 14th, 2012, 01:32 PM

Thanks!

fretman_2 · May 14th, 2012, 01:36 PM

YW!!

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Thanks!

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