[Dendroaspis]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

If he decides he likes the EMG more, he can put that back in and not have pickup ring screw holes on the body ;D

That was essentially the idea anyway. I had thought about some rings, but it would mean doing exactly that. This way i also achieve a solid, direct to body mount rather than a floating ring mount, which I think sounds just a hair better. Better feedback resistance as well, due to lesser pickup vibration, I feel. As a compromise, I may still look into those rings as just a cover, which I could just attach with some good double-sided tape. Maybe.
In normal lighting though, it still looks pretty good, and the foam blends in with the finish better than in stark, horrid flash lighting.

[The Dark Wolf]

It would look tight with another normal neck humbucker.

[Dendroaspis]

Originally Posted by metalfiend666

Cool picstory dude! What's the bobbin on the Lundgren made of?

Thanks! The bobbins appear to be made from the same, or similar, resin-impregnated fibre board material as the earlier Telecaster bridge pickups were made from. It's slightly gnarly look is kinda cool, I think. Definitely lends itself to the whole 'boutique/hand' vibe that seems come with pickups like these.

[metalfiend666]

Maybe you could stick the rings to the foam so you don't risk damaging the finish?

[jtm45]

This guy does some really cool anodised black aluminium 7 string pickup rings.I think he does them in a matte-black finish too.
http://www.fretsonthenet.com/other_p...g_pickup_rings!
He also makes chrome (they're actually polished stainless)Edge tremolo arms which are handy if you have an Ibanez with Chrome hardware as Ibanez only make them in black.

I think the double sided tape thing would be the way to go for this guitar.You don't want screw-holes in this beauty.
You could always saw the heads off some black screws and glue them into the pickup ring holes so they look like they're screwed down.

Those LACSD1's are an awesome looking guitar!
I love those sure-grip knobs too man.

[noodles]

^ Exactly who I got my pickup ring from. I was the first-and as far as I know, only--person to request a pickup ring to move from active to passive.

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After:



Dave, the owner of the site, fabricates his rings out of solid billets of plastic. They absolutely do not flex, bend, warp, or crack.

Originally Posted by Dendroaspis

This way i also achieve a solid, direct to body mount rather than a floating ring mount, which I think sounds just a hair better. Better feedback resistance as well, due to lesser pickup vibration, I feel.

Not to be argumentative, but there is no sonic difference between direct and ring mounted pickups. Case in point: Mike, my co-guitarist, had enormous feedback problems with his direct mounted bridge pickup. He wound up stuffing an entire factory's worth of foam under the thing to cut down on the howl.

[Dendroaspis]

Originally Posted by noodles

Dave, the owner of the site, fabricates his rings out of solid billets of plastic. They absolutely do not flex, bend, warp, or crack.

Not to be argumentative, but there is no sonic difference between direct and ring mounted pickups. Case in point: Mike, my co-guitarist, had enormous feedback problems with his direct mounted bridge pickup. He wound up stuffing an entire factory's worth of foam under the thing to cut down on the howl.

Hey Noodles, thanks for the tippage and example pic, I had a good look at those, and it looks like he makes a superb product. I have some flat 1/8" matte black plastic at work that I think I'll make a similar thing - just minus the mounting holes. I will need to make a slightly larger one as well for the new 8 string (I also bought an M8 at the same time), so I'll wait til that time and make both.

The feedback resistance thing with foam insulation is only a helper, not a substitute for proper wax potting. I'm so gated on my signal that i never get feedback anyway, so to me it's more of a solidification thing - I just hate a wobbly pickup, it bugs me.

There is no question of the slight tonal difference between body/pickguard mounted pickups, I've directly done this test with one of my UV's, and the results, to me, sound better direct body mounted - a little tighter and more pronounced bottom end. And working full time tech in a large store, I get to install and test a lot of pickups. After setup work, pickup swaps are the next most requested job, constantly.

BTW - nice Jackson mang...I still think your KXK V walks all over it though

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

I'm not trying to be rude, but couldn't you have just gotten pickup rings or something? The ones they make for people who have EMG 707s who want to revert back to passives? That foam stuff looks kinda cheesy. Once again I'm not trying to be disrespectul, I just can't get over how weird that looks. Then again tone > looks Can't wait to hear what you think of the pickup

I got the impression he didn't want to use pickup rings because he doesn't want to tap holes into a LACS Ibanez...he said that when he was talking about the tabs
Just my interp.
Nice job dude! Don't like the look, but fuck it, it isn't mine, so what opinion do i have? :p

[Ryan]

Dude Al, that looks nuts man. GOtta be the cleanest wiring ive seen in a while.
I bet that M7 owns hard.

[Leon]

sweet job man! time to throw an AN7 in that neck position