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Semi- to not-at-all retired.
I have another 5 to 10 years to log before I can Sunbathe in the nude out back.
Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )
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Semi- to not-at-all retired.
I have another 5 to 10 years to log before I can Sunbathe in the nude out back.
Warmart
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OH damn, I must've misunderstood from something you said at one point.Semi- to not-at-all retired.
I have another 5 to 10 years to log before I can Sunbathe in the nude out back.
Now you have no fookin' excuse, get to soldering son!
And what are you putting in the Mccarty? Assuming it's the original doublecut with "Mccarty" pu's? Heard a lot of good about them, but no 1st hand experience.
Warmart
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Oh, just cause I'm semi-bored at work today and I wanted a pretty picture to go by when I do the pu swap, I made a 100% custom drawing!
It can't compare with some of the shit y'all produce, especially @Stone Excel sheets, but it's good enough.
Intentionally didn't color the old PRS wires and the Dimarzio white wires are shown gray.
It can't compare with some of the shit y'all produce, especially @Stone Excel sheets, but it's good enough.
Intentionally didn't color the old PRS wires and the Dimarzio white wires are shown gray.
Warmart
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Yay me. Person I bought the pickups from had 3 different size screws out of the 4 total height adjustment ones. Only 1 of the 4 would probably be workable for me, with this guitar pu's sit pretty close to the rings.
Fun part is the screws he used were wayyyy bigger than what I've ever seen used on a pickup. Went to Home Depot and their #4-38 were the closest, would screw in the base plates but wouldn't hold under string pressure. He must've had issues getting height right and used whatever he had laying around the house, basically reamed the baseplate holes out. OMG. That's what I get for buying used pickups amirite?
Only 1 of the 4 would probably be workable for me, with this guitar pu's sit pretty close to the rings.Fun part is the screws he used were wayyyy bigger than what I've ever seen used on a pickup. Went to Home Depot and their #4-38 were the closest, would screw in the base plates but wouldn't hold under string pressure. He must've had issues getting height right and used whatever he had laying around the house, basically reamed the baseplate holes out. OMG. That's what I get for buying used pickups amirite?
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With a tap and die set you can make a new screw thread.Yay me. Person I bought the pickups from had 3 different size screws out of the 4 total height adjustment ones.
Fun part is the screws he used were wayyyy bigger than what I've ever seen used on a pickup. Went to Home Depot and their #4-38 were the closest, would screw in the base plates but wouldn't hold under string pressure. He must've had issues getting height right and used whatever he had laying around the house, basically reamed the baseplate holes out. OMG. That's what I get for buying used pickups amirite?
Warmart
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I think I'll have to crazy glue or solder either a nut or a thin piece of metal and then tap a new hole.
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Yay me. Person I bought the pickups from had 3 different size screws out of the 4 total height adjustment ones.
Fun part is the screws he used were wayyyy bigger than what I've ever seen used on a pickup. Went to Home Depot and their #4-38 were the closest, would screw in the base plates but wouldn't hold under string pressure. He must've had issues getting height right and used whatever he had laying around the house, basically reamed the baseplate holes out. OMG. That's what I get for buying used pickups amirite?
That sucks! Hard! You can't have larger screws, because that fucks up the aesthetic with
larfger screwheads.
I have had that happen in the used pickup hunt before. I also bought one (unknowingly)
with a nut soldered onto the bottom of the lug.
The issue with that is you need enough clearance in the routing of the guitar body to
make that extra depth work. Could be an option for you.
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That sucks! Hard! You can't have larger screws, because that fucks up the aesthetic with
larfger screwheads.
I have had that happen in the used pickup hunt before. I also bought one (unknowingly)
with a nut soldered onto the bottom of the lug.
The issue with that is you need enough clearance in the routing of the guitar body to
make that extra depth work. Could be an option for you.
I'm punting. I am so not one to give up easily. But I surrender.Pandemonium ensued! How ironic.
I got forked, hard, not even waited until I was fully bent over. Yeah, that bad.
Holes were really reamed. I spent a couple hours cutting pieces of metal off a those plates you nail onto a stud over plumbing. Crazy clued and clamped after wire brushing everything clean. Then did the best I could to also solder the pieces on. Ground them down to look pretty.
Then once I started drilling new holes one of the pieces popped off and my patience is over, lol. Didn't get mad at least, nothing to be mad about when you get screwed over, it's yer own fault.
IF there wasn't damning evidence of the covers being removed and excessive heat damage from them trying to get the covers resoldered. On the neck pu they totally failed and I had to resolder it. Too much chance of 'em not working once I do finally get that last tab to withstand a drill. Just not worth it lmao. Last thing I want is all this trouble and - no sound, or worse? Is there worse then replacement pu's with no sound?
'Nother fail of this project is the black PRS USA rings I ordered don't have recessed holes for the adjuster screws, only the corner ring screws. WTF Paul? I spent $20 for these black plastic rings? While I wait for NEW pu's to arrive I may just spray paint the old cream rings.
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I am guessing the Gear Gods are sparing you from realizing you wouldn't have liked those PU's
anyways, Dave.
That blows, though. You get so excited and then end up being challenged by an unexpected
stream of shit because the seller was not up front and honest.
I'd be pissed. Because that asshat cost you time and $$ and effort you didn't need to waste, and
can't get back.
Want me to bust some kneecaps for ya????
:rof
anyways, Dave.
That blows, though. You get so excited and then end up being challenged by an unexpected
stream of shit because the seller was not up front and honest.
I'd be pissed. Because that asshat cost you time and $$ and effort you didn't need to waste, and
can't get back.
Want me to bust some kneecaps for ya????
:rof
Warmart
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If you don't mind going to Uhhl Ayyy? As in Cali?I am guessing the Gear Gods are sparing you from realizing you wouldn't have liked those PU's
anyways, Dave.
That blows, though. You get so excited and then end up being challenged by an unexpected
stream of shit because the seller was not up front and honest.
I'd be pissed. Because that asshat cost you time and $$ and effort you didn't need to waste, and
can't get back.
Want me to bust some kneecaps for ya????
:rof
Yes, please, kill them, that's all you have to do.Thank you, it's fine, at our age ain't no point getting mad.Sorry, man.
Now, do I order new Pandemonium's or something similar? Have we been here before?
Eagle's going to get mad hijacking his thread.
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I guess I'm just weird this way...
I keep an assortment of any kind of screw I may need, right in my driver case, in a zip-lock baggie. Any time I have an extra screw(s) left over from whatever I'm doing, I'll just add them to the ones in the bag.
Reason, is many times at work I'm doing something that requires just a couple screws, and many types will work, but I don't want to go hunting for them, so I usually have something that will do the job, right in that plastic baggie.
But what I won't do, is use screws with different heads, if there's a good chance someone else will likely be the one who ends up removing it later one, as in something temporary.
Cuz I can't stand removing 3 screws of one type, then having to dig out a different tip to remove the last one!
I guess it's not only in construction, in which people never think about the person who comes behind them.
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Yeah but I modified them so wouldn't feel right.
Warmart
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You aren't weird, you just live by the "do it right" motto.I guess I'm just weird this way...
I keep an assortment of any kind of screw I may need, right in my driver case, in a zip-lock baggie. Any time I have an extra screw(s) left over from whatever I'm doing, I'll just add them to the ones in the bag.
Reason, is many times at work I'm doing something that requires just a couple screws, and many types will work, but I don't want to go hunting for them, so I usually have something that will do the job, right in that plastic baggie.
But what I won't do, is use screws with different heads, if there's a good chance someone else will likely be the one who ends up removing it later one, as in something temporary.
Cuz I can't stand removing 3 screws of one type, then having to dig out a different tip to remove the last one!
I guess it's not only in construction, in which people never think about the person who comes behind them.
If I'd had nuts that fit ANY of the normal height adjuster screws laying around, it would've surely been much easier. But I didn't, and the 2 hardware stores I went to didn't, either. Probably order some and maybe I can get em working in something else, just for funsies.
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