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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Davey on July 30, 2006, 04:06:50 PM

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on July 30, 2006, 04:06:50 PM

do they all have that triangular baseplate?

i recently ordered a trilogy (did you go through with the order yet tim?)

and since my guitar has a non-triangular cavity, i'd need to file it off somehow, and would like to know if that is possible to go around with a diferent baseplate (if you guys offer any) or something else..



i'm real fast, innit? >_<

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Muttley on July 30, 2006, 04:35:57 PM

This your Charvel?  Jonathon at Feline had to make a small V-shaped cut to my Charvel to allow the Trilogy Suite pickups to fit.  IIRC, the V-shaped base on SCs is pretty much standard and the Charvel's original straight base SCs went against the norm a bit.

Jonathan recommended doing the cut (instead of getting Tim to make some special straight bass ones for me) as if I want to swap out other SCs in the future I should be able to just drop them in.  With the neat job Jonathan did and the black shielding paint he put in the hole, you'd never know it wasn't like that at build time.  :)

Muttley

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on July 30, 2006, 05:09:26 PM

well, i cant do that ;)


cos there is no one in a 3h drive radius that i would trust with such a thing, the alternative is shipping it out and that is realy not an option.


i also realy dislike the triangle routs.


for mr. law i had something diferent in mind, that i'd like him to do, but we'll discuss that at a later point hehe

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Searcher on July 30, 2006, 05:32:10 PM

Filing the base out of that triangular shape would not be an option, AFAIK.  There are wires there and that kinda thing.  I mean, I suppose you could do it and then re-attach the wires, but there's a good chance you'd stuff it.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: HJM on July 30, 2006, 07:25:27 PM

You'll have to ask BKP very nicely to make a custom narrow single coil!

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Peter Antal on July 30, 2006, 07:27:37 PM

You could also have the stock single coil rewound.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 30, 2006, 07:32:12 PM

Quote from: HJM

You'll have to ask BKP very nicely to make a custom narrow single coil!

LOL

That's what I did; I got an EMG baseplate for my Trilogy Suite, which doesn't have that triangular shape.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on July 30, 2006, 07:38:52 PM

Quote from: Peter Antal

You could also have the stock single coil rewound.

i dont have one ;)



i'm gonna try and get ahold of tim tomorrow.. unless he sees this thread before tomorrow =P

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: blue on July 30, 2006, 09:06:11 PM

let us know how you get on, i've been wondering exactly the same thing for a couple of weeks.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: PhilKing on July 30, 2006, 10:36:40 PM

You can request an EMG profile base.  I have it on one of my slowhands.  It might mean a little more delay before you get the pickup, because it will have to have the base modified to put the connections on each end.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 30, 2006, 10:39:52 PM

Quote from: PhilKing

You can request an EMG profile base.  

Didn't I just say that?!!!

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: gingataff on July 31, 2006, 02:14:49 AM

You know you can get an EMG base....
Only kidding. Actually I have two of them. Just be careful if you're direct mounting them into the body on a Charvel, the pick up cover will press on the lead out wires so don't go crazy with the screwdriver.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on July 31, 2006, 04:08:19 PM

Quote from: gingataff

You know you can get an EMG base....
Only kidding. Actually I have two of them. Just be careful if you're direct mounting them into the body on a Charvel, the pick up cover will press on the lead out wires so don't go crazy with the screwdriver.

the cavity has some leeway left in it.. and i'm thinking of puting a rosewood shim underneath, so it's not sitting on a spring, but on wood. gonna see how it fares

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: gingataff on August 01, 2006, 02:37:06 AM

The wooden shim idea sounds good. I used pieces of foam from the BK box under mine.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on August 01, 2006, 02:38:45 PM

well, the pickup is here (wow that was fast!!!)


i'm waiting so i can go to the post office and pick it up, which should be in like 20 minutes :D


pics to follow!!







picked it up, wont touch the base cos i know that, if i will, i will $%&# up the whole pickup and that is something i do not want to do, so it goes back and tim said he'll send me one with the narrow base.



thanks dude, i know it's my fault, but you're dragin me out of the mud :D much apretiated.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Tim on August 01, 2006, 07:24:48 PM

Doing an 'emg' style baseplate isn't a problem, it just means moving the eyelets to either end of the coil near the mounting screws.It does however make fitting a cover on very tricky so they're better off tape wrapped.

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Davey on August 01, 2006, 07:50:23 PM

i think this was the fastest turn around in pickup history.. i dont know if i had the pup for 10 minutes heh =/


it should be @ BKP around friday or monday

i kept the purchase docs, but sent the box as i recieved it. the note you said i should add with the pickup is under the pup itself.



thanks for the help guys!!

Title: single coil pickups
Post by: Johnny Mac on August 01, 2006, 09:13:47 PM

My two Trilogys in my Charvel were the special thinner type fit.