Screws supplied with bare knucles

[Chris]

I've managed to lose some pickup screws for a warpig, and the screws from another pickup that were lying around don't fit.  Are they a standard size that I could quote at B&Q or something and get the right ones?  Or do I have to get replacements directly from bareknucle?  I couldn't find them in the online shop...

[Tim]

Mail me you address and I'll post some out tomorrow.
They are standard size but they're imperial so you won't find them in B&Q, all fastenings for guitars and pickups in particular are made solely for them.We have a fastener make all our screws especially for us.

[aisuru]

can you supply shorter ones with pups Tim? when i put the Mule and Blac Dog in my SG i had to cut the crews down a shade to get them to fit, due to the body being quite thin. the fact the springs were still the same longer size didn't exactly make it easy to fit  :?

[FELINEGUITARS]

can you supply shorter ones with pups Tim? when i put the Mule and Blac Dog in my SG i had to cut the crews down a shade to get them to fit, due to the body being quite thin. the fact the springs were still the same longer size didn't exactly make it easy to fit  :?

This problem is common with all makes of pickups, and it can be very tricky fitting them  with the long springs
Frequently we have spings flying off around the workshop as we try to fit them on a pickup( and then spend ages trying to see which way it went and where it may have landed

We often cut the springs down with a tough pair of wire cutters, and we often also cut the screws short after fitting the pickup into it's ring  :?

[aisuru]

can you supply shorter ones with pups Tim? when i put the Mule and Blac Dog in my SG i had to cut the crews down a shade to get them to fit, due to the body being quite thin. the fact the springs were still the same longer size didn't exactly make it easy to fit  :?

This problem is common with all makes of pickups, and it can be very tricky fitting them  with the long springs
Frequently we have spings flying off around the workshop as we try to fit them on a pickup( and then spend ages trying to see which way it went and where it may have landed

We often cut the springs down with a tough pair of wire cutters, and we often also cut the screws short after fitting the pickup into it's ring  :?

well, it's good to know the pros have the same problem i had. makes me feel a bit less like a daftie.  :P

how much, roughly,  do you cut off of the springs though?

[FELINEGUITARS]

Sometimes , when mounting bridge position pickups the spring becomes completely compressed and you still need more height.
I only usually end up losing the last 30% at most - just enough to allow it to work well and be nearly solid.

The new longer leg pickups that Tim does make it a bit easier to fit
The short leg versions and those supplied now by Duncan and Dimarzio are the worst offenders as they are very short.

[PhilKing]

I thought Tim had sent shorter screws with the pickups for my PRS's but perhaps I used the originals.  They were short leg baseplates.  You can hold the spring in place with a paperclip while you position it (you have to reshape the paperclip), but it is still a three handed job!

[aisuru]

i see. cheers for the info guys.  8)

[R/2e]

Frequently we have spings flying off around the workshop as we try to fit them on a pickup

Jonathan, those are known in the trade as 'Jesus springs' as in 'Jesus, where did that go?'. They turn up in the strangest places.

[Tim]

I won't tell you what we call them in our workshop :lol: !