Re: New 8 string Project started
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:46 pm
Hello from UK
An upadte and some photo's
Fretboard arrived today the last but one part I only ordred 1 instead of 2 so that is still to come...Ive had a few problems to over come on this one some still in the thinking stage,
I will try and explain it..the pick up was kindly made for me by Bent (thank yuou again )
I had ordered the fretboard so was governed by the thickness of it, that is a 3.10mm thick
So If I mounted the pup stright on the face I would have been something like 22mm higher than the fretboard..so I desided to fit it from the under neath so the pup could be set at something like 8mm higher than the face... Giving me 3mm gap from pup to strings and 10mm gap between fretboard and strings......
The nut and bridge holders where made to match...
All through the thought process it was my intention to fit pots from the back so I would up with a stright face without any cover thingies for the holes for the pots....
The problem is that the top of the pup is smaller and slightly different shape, so when the whole is cut perfect for the top as it comes through higher than the surface it is leaving a gap....So it looks like I will have to have a cover to hide the gap.....
The design of the pickup is designed to mount flush with the surface and then hollowed out from the top together with pots then the scratch plate covers it all..
But to have a cover to cover any gaps and have it flush the cover will have to be something like 3/4 of an inch thick This is a little difficult to explain If photo's are ok one will show pup flush with face the other in posision it has to go
looks l;ike photos too big I will resize then try again Regards Paul
An upadte and some photo's
Fretboard arrived today the last but one part I only ordred 1 instead of 2 so that is still to come...Ive had a few problems to over come on this one some still in the thinking stage,
I will try and explain it..the pick up was kindly made for me by Bent (thank yuou again )
I had ordered the fretboard so was governed by the thickness of it, that is a 3.10mm thick
So If I mounted the pup stright on the face I would have been something like 22mm higher than the fretboard..so I desided to fit it from the under neath so the pup could be set at something like 8mm higher than the face... Giving me 3mm gap from pup to strings and 10mm gap between fretboard and strings......
The nut and bridge holders where made to match...
All through the thought process it was my intention to fit pots from the back so I would up with a stright face without any cover thingies for the holes for the pots....
The problem is that the top of the pup is smaller and slightly different shape, so when the whole is cut perfect for the top as it comes through higher than the surface it is leaving a gap....So it looks like I will have to have a cover to hide the gap.....
The design of the pickup is designed to mount flush with the surface and then hollowed out from the top together with pots then the scratch plate covers it all..
But to have a cover to cover any gaps and have it flush the cover will have to be something like 3/4 of an inch thick This is a little difficult to explain If photo's are ok one will show pup flush with face the other in posision it has to go
looks l;ike photos too big I will resize then try again Regards Paul