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Topic: advice on rick horseshoe pickup adjustment, if you please. |
Kirk Francis
From:
Laupahoehoe
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Posted 29 Dec 2009 11:26 am |
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aloha.
i have an A-22 frying pan, kept at C6 with pearse nickel strings. the poles under fourth, fifth, and sixth strings seem to be too low with respect to the bobbin -- there is substantially less output from those strings. the sixth string pole is in fact flush with the top of the bobbin, and the other poles sit progressively higher towards the first string. this problem cannot be satisfactorily solved by adjusting the knurled nuts on either side -- i've tried that.
my question: is there some way to adjust the individual pole elevations, and if so, what is the procedure?
thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2009 12:21 pm
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| Hi Kirk. Rick Aiello has some info on his website that might help. Here's the link. Click Here |
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Kirk Francis
From:
Laupahoehoe
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Posted 29 Dec 2009 1:46 pm
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| many thanks! i'll check it out. |
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 1:48 pm Rick Horseshoes Pole Pieces !!
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| I have a 1956 Rick. D W 16 , D-8 steel and both pickups are just as you describe !! The lower string pole pieces are much lower , actually lower and into the bobbins windings level !! It must just be the way they wound their pckps !! I have my horseshoes tilted to try to even out the distances from the strings but it is not really 100 % satisfactory !! I guess it is just the way they did those and I can't really explain why !! There isn't any way that I know to correct that problem except take off all the windings , push up the pole pieces in the bobbin and rewind the whole thing !!!! The pickups really sound O.K. so I guess you just have to deal with it !!! Good luck !!! Eddie "C" |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 4:57 pm
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I used to push the pole pieces up or down, but it's a risky business. The coils I have made by Lollar have adjustable poles, but the pickup has to be taken apart to adjust them, a real pain in the a$$ also. That frypan looks very original  , like very early 30s. The pickup volume from the strings away from the center is always the issue about horseshoes. |
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Joshua Grange
From:
Los Angeles, California
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 6:07 pm
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| I had a similar situation on an A-25. I pulled the pickup out and turned it around so the higher bobbins were under the bass strings, with good results. |
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