Prostheta Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Excellent work my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 More photos, please......and not of soup. Thank you. DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (Beer pictures posted by request, btw; soup picture an added bonus. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Yes, this is due to Rick's contribution to this project happening. For this, Rick bought beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (Beer pictures posted by request, btw; soup picture an added bonus. ) DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Dry fit of the hardware: Am expecting some gold Schaller straplock buttons any day, plus some gold Evo fretwire (largest size). The back of the neck needs a little fine tuning in terms of the profile and blending at the base of the heel otherwise it's all good. Kind of wondering whether to go for a different bobbin colour on the pickup. Do Bareknuckle make seven string pickups with gold covers? <edit: aaargh - black open coil only....> Edited March 24, 2009 by Prostheta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hmmm....perhaps a cream/cream D-Activator 7 pickup? A 7-string bucker cover would rule so much. No idea if anyone makes them, however :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 UniversalJems sells gold bobbins toppers - not a perfect solution, but it could look all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Lovin how the ferruls curve to match the inlays. Edited March 24, 2009 by ae3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hmmm....perhaps a cream/cream D-Activator 7 pickup? A 7-string bucker cover would rule so much. No idea if anyone makes them, however :-\ no one makes covers for 7 string pickups... at least not metal ones... you can get emg covers, but thats about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Okay, cool. Cream bobbins it is then. For reference, the body is not painted yet - that is actually a black primer guide coat which i'm using to reveal any irregularities in the surface, which is important given that the original pickup and trem cavities were infilled and epoxied around. Going to concentrate on the neck first of all, so I can put "that bit" to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 no one makes covers for 7 string pickups... at least not metal ones... you can get emg covers, but thats about it... If anyone could/would make them,it would be this guy... http://www.fretsonthenet.net/ He is Budman68 on this forum...I have ordered from him time to time...he is a great guy and makes quality products.If you email him with an idea he will tell you if he can do it or not. He made me phenolic 707 rings for a V a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Cheers Wes. 'preciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 no one makes covers for 7 string pickups... at least not metal ones... you can get emg covers, but thats about it... If anyone could/would make them,it would be this guy... http://www.fretsonthenet.net/ He is Budman68 on this forum...I have ordered from him time to time...he is a great guy and makes quality products.If you email him with an idea he will tell you if he can do it or not. He made me phenolic 707 rings for a V a while back. I want to say someone on sevenstring.org contacted him about it at one point, but I'm not certain. I figure someone who's good with a MIG welder could make some out of some thin steel, and have them chrome or gold dipped, but so far no one has stepped forward to do it. If I had a Mig welder, I'd certainly try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 The stamping equipment isn't easily available. It's a niche item I guess. I've never seen one either! I can't afford cost really (was made redundant in Jan) so i'll stick with simple and vanilla cheap :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I also think it might be kind of weird looking if you don't use pickup rings... I guess because you always see chrome and gold pickups in rings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I figure someone who's good with a MIG welder could make some out of some thin steel, and have them chrome or gold dipped, but so far no one has stepped forward to do it. If I had a Mig welder, I'd certainly try! If you use steel, make sure you go with stainless. You don't want something ferromagnetic as your pickup cover. Stainless was actually Seth Lover's first choice for pickup cover when he was designing pickups for Gibson, I've heard. ( No idea if it's true ) The pickup maker guys swear by nickel-silver. Brass works, but muddies the sound a bit. Aluminum would be doable as well. Traditional humbucker covers are deep-drawn stamped metal. Might be worth talking to companies who do that sort of thing; while setting up a custom run is pricey, (although I suppose if you wanted to offer seven-string covers to the guitar market it might be a worthwhile investment?) but they have an off-the shelf size that could be easily repurposed. I remember looking into this for another pickup project once, but never really followed up on it much. I believe I was looking at this site originally: http://www.deepdrawnenclosures.com/standar...ular_cases.html They have a number of sizes with tooling already set up, so no tooling costs. What the minimum order is, I don't know. No experience with this company, it was just recommended to me. I never got past the "thinking about it and looking at websites" stage. I also believe theres some people that were having Thunderbird metal pickup covers made - perhaps a 7 string p'up would fit in one of those? I don't know who was doing it, but I believe the fretsonthenet guy has their contact info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Man....I would at least go with these.. http://www.emginc.com/products/index/200 I don't think you will ever be happy without the gold pickups...I know for me it all has to be just right...and I think you are most likely the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I figure someone who's good with a MIG welder could make some out of some thin steel, and have them chrome or gold dipped, but so far no one has stepped forward to do it. If I had a Mig welder, I'd certainly try! You would be better off with TIG...but I don't think that's the way to go,really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I don't believe EMG manufacture the 7s in chrome or gold covers (yet). I guess it would be a significant investment for them to do so, and 6s are their bread and butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) I also think it might be kind of weird looking if you don't use pickup rings... I guess because you always see chrome and gold pickups in rings... I'm using a black pickup ring. Can't locate one in gold, otherwise i'd be using a "standard" black bobbin pickup. Edited March 25, 2009 by Prostheta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I don't believe EMG manufacture the 7s in chrome or gold covers (yet). I guess it would be a significant investment for them to do so, and 6s are their bread and butter. Damn...I keep forgetting it is a seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 You made me check their site though :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Well don't go buying anything yet.I have a query in to a site I frequent about the posibility of special ordering the 707 in gold and at what cost..I will let you know the outcome... To be honest the chrome and gold pickups excite me as well...I think a set of gold 707s would look great on a guitar I am planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) I perceive this instrument as traditional looking, so gold EMGs without the exposed polepieces might look too contemporary. Given that i'm not ready to decide either way yet, we have a window for options nonetheless. When do you think you might have an idea from "this site"? I'll mock up the instrument to see what a cream pickup will look like tomorrow to test the water. Edited March 25, 2009 by Prostheta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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