Pickup free

[Scott Howard]

Going through some stuff and found another pick up. Does not work but may be good for some parts . It is a 10 string and free to a good home. First one to reply here gets it. Just email me your address . Scott

[Allan]

I'd like that one Scott, thanx... If I'm first that is!!!
Email sent. I'll be happy to refund your postage too.

Thank you, Allan.....

[Scott Howard]

As it seems I was trying to keep out any confusion by having the person who wanted it to reply here first and then everyone could see who was first . I did get a email a few minutes before Allan posted here . That is going by the time on the emails. The emails are less than 10 minutes apart.

Any suggestions on the best way to decide. I just don't want any hard feelings .

[Bent]

Scott, I was the first one to email you. I missed the "reply here first" in your post. Therefor I will concede to Allan, saying that he is the rightful winner of this pickup. Congrats Allan! No hard feelings here either

[Allan]

Yoiks! I didn't realize there was an international incident brewing here!

Thanks Scott and you too Bent. If I can get the parts off of that PU it will become part of a solid bodied mandolin that I built some years ago. It has been lying here unfinished and forgotten. I re-discovered it the other day when I was digging for some scrap wood. Of course you guys will never see it because this is the steel builders forum!

Have a good day guys...

Regards, Allan.....

[Bent]

Mandolin? Are they them things that are just a couple of notches above the banj0?

[Allan]

Mandolin? Are they them things that are just a couple of notches above the banj0?

Duno about notches but you can usually find them a couple of steps 'stage left' of a banj0 at a bluegrass show. Looks like a guitar for guys with short arms.

Allan.....

[Scott Howard]

Thanks guys

Allan

I will get it mailed your way in a few days . I live in the sticks and some days work when the post office is open.

[Allan]

Thank you Scott. Please take your time. As I said, I will almost certainly end up using the parts of this pickup to make another one and I am still working on my pickup winder. It made it's first movement today but still has a way to go before it is ready to wind anything other than winding me up! I still have to get the turns counter sensor in there and some form of speed control. Still considering the way to go with that.

Best regards, Allan.....

[Allan]

Scott,

I received that PU yesterday. If you will let me know the total of what it cost to send I will PayPal that to you right away.

I had a good look at it when it came and I found out what was wrong with it. Unfortunately it is beyond repair. Somehow, a piece of metal, looks like a piece of lathe swarf, had got inside the windings and had cut into the coil quite badly over time. I found around 12 or 15 broken turns down inside there. I tried to do a repair but it wasn't possible to say which went with with which. It was interesting to study though. It was a very neat coil. It wasn't a parallel wind like a modern humbucker would have but it had a pattern to it. Anyhow, interesting to the geek in me.

Thanks for it, Allan.....