zyonsdream Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I want to direct mount a humbucker and I'm a bit confused about the process. I know you put the spring under the pickup so it goes between the pickup and the body but, My guess is, you don't use the machine height adjustment screws to mount it or for height adjustment. Do you use wood screws and just drill out the pickup to accept the wood screw? I'm a bit concerned about permanent damage to the pickup encase it doesn't end up being the best pickup for the guitar and with stripping the hole over time. What's the best method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I want to direct mount a humbucker and I'm a bit confused about the process. I know you put the spring under the pickup so it goes between the pickup and the body but, My guess is, you don't use the machine height adjustment screws to mount it or for height adjustment. Do you use wood screws and just drill out the pickup to accept the wood screw? I'm a bit concerned about permanent damage to the pickup encase it doesn't end up being the best pickup for the guitar and with stripping the hole over time. What's the best method? Hi, I´ve mounted the humbuckers directly to the body in my recently finished travel guitar. My DIY solution was : 1) Cut a piece of metal (the lengh of the pick up). Make two very small holes at the extremes in the same place that the PU have the fixation holes. Make another bigger hole in the centre of the piece (I´ve made two but one is enough). Paint the metal in black. 2) Attach the piece of metal to the body using the centre hole and a regular wood screw. 3) Glue a piece of rubber foam to this metal (the foam is used like a spring to adjust the PU´s height. 4) Fix the PUs with small screws (these screws pass through the pickup hole without damaged it) to the piece of metal. In this way the PUs remains original, without any damage and you can change them when you want. See this pic to clarify : Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I really like that idea. You keep the machine screws and have a metal base for them to go into. Pretty damn smart! I'm not sure if I have a tap that small but I'm sure I can get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I use Ezlok threaded inserts - the smallest one's 4/40 are the same as pickup height screws (not metric imports) Ezlok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I use Ezlok threaded inserts - the smallest one's 4/40 are the same as pickup height screws (not metric imports) Ezlok Cool, I've just visited their site and requested a catalogue and some samples of those bits! (That's the 400-004 coded ones yeah?) Did you order a batch of those then? DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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