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Topic: Floating pickups? |
James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 10:26 am |
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| Why aren't they used more often? Is there a major drawback to them? It seems to me, that surface mounting is much easier than routing and that the high clearance of a lot of lap steels would mean we don't need to sink the pickup into the wood. Just drilling a hole for the wiring isn't very difficult. |
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Bob Borzelleri
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California, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 10:59 am
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| I think this is a great question; particularly for custom and home builders. Maybe one reason is conventional wisdom and/or the somewhat more limited number of surface mount pickups choices. |
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Ben Sims
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New Mexico
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 2:58 pm
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Hmmm ... a "flashback" ... 
Just to add something to that old thread ...
Ie: A pickup mounted to a wood 2x6 only ...
I now have a Grade N45 NIB ... thats 4" x 2" x 2" ... (don't ask why I bought a $105 NIB) .. 
Anyway ... the field is so massive ...
You can take any coil (even with no pole pieces or blade ... just an air coil) ... wax potted to the max ...
Stick it securely to the "Big NIB" ...
Wire it to a jack ... plug it in to a little amp (turned way down) ...
And it will pickup your finger gently tapping ... on the carpet ... over 1 foot away from the magnet  |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 4:24 pm
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I've got an Emmon 8 string that has a thin, wide surface mount pickup that sounds really sweet and warm and has decent output. Plus, it's totally encased in metal, so there's very little hum. It could work for a lot of designs, since it is such a low profile pickup.
Peter
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