TrueTone Pickup Installation Question

[Allan Jirik]

I'm putting a Wallace TrueTone pickup into my project guitar. Jerry Wallace sent me a plastic mounting piece and if I remember correctly, told me to glue the pickup to it. My question is this: There are two countersunk mounting screws on the plastic piece and they will come into contact with the pickup's magnets (on the bottom); should I put a thin piece of rubber between screws and magnets or is it okay as is? I've included a photo for clarification. Thanks!

[Allan Jirik]

Anyone? I tend to think a little rubber between the metal won't hurt.

[John Palumbo]

Good question Allan, I'd be curious on thoughts here.Perhaps Jerry Wallace would know.

[Ron Pruter]

Interesting. First JW has " Gone Home"
Second, I could see the flux pattern of that magnet being altered. I would use nylon bolts, with a jam nut up under the plate. I have built and rewound many pickups and being anal, altering just a couple of magnets different from the norn, would just bug me. Ron

[Lane Gray]

Jerry died? I knew Herby did.
I spoke to Jerry about 6 weeks ago, and there's nothing in the "Gone Home" forum, but I've talked to others who have Jerry and Herby confused

[Ron Pruter]

I'm very sorry. Big mistake. I apoligize. I meant Herby. R P

[Stephen Cowell]

Looks to me like a little double-stick tape would serve both to hold the pickup down and insulate it from the screws.

[Brent Torgrimson]

Through magnetic induction, the mounting screws are magnetically coupled to the magnet in the pickup, and I doubt very much that insulation (a spacer) would make any noticeable difference.