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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on March 1, 2011 at 10:21am

I think they're standard issue on Daddy Mojo, Reddog and Smokehouse guitars.  They need routed to fit.

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Permalink Reply by Dan on March 1, 2011 at 10:38am

They fit on the end of the fret board. What needs to be routed, the fret board?

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Permalink Reply by Dan on March 1, 2011 at 10:41am

Clik on the 'detailed description' from the link above and it shows a picture.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on March 1, 2011 at 11:01am

The box needs to be routed to make the pickups fit in a standard flat-top scenario.  If you're working with a normal archtop, you have a little more room between soundboard and strings.

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Permalink Reply by Mister Scott on March 1, 2011 at 4:11pm

I bought one. I'm putting it on the latest build.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/absolute-final-mockup

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on March 2, 2011 at 12:11pm

Those look pretty slick. Lately I've been thinking about putting a pup in a build, and while I didn't want to buy one (because buying is at the bottom of the CBG pickup coolness hierarchy), it looks like I'm going to have to. These will fit the bill nicely.

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Permalink Reply by Dan on March 2, 2011 at 1:11pm

Check these out for $10

http://www.acousticpreamp.com/servlet/the-22/Prewired-Volume--fdsh-...

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on March 2, 2011 at 1:28pm

That's hitting a soft spot. I've only just started to learn soldering, and I've been dreading doing pots. Now you show me something that takes away my least favorite part of building.

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Permalink Reply by Sharecropper on March 2, 2011 at 4:40pm

I will be trying one soon. Thanks!!!!!! 

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Permalink Reply by Mark on March 3, 2011 at 5:37am

I'd like to try one of these but I'd prefer not to have to mount it to the neck.  So I'm wondering...

(1) How easy would it be to remove the mounting brackets without making a mess of the casing? (eg. Are they welded on?)

(2) Can the baseplate be removed so I can make modifications for surface mounting? (ie. Are there screws holding the baseplate on or is it attached by some not reversible process such as weld or rivets?)

 

All the photos in catalogue's and on seller's websites seem to show similar front views of the pickups so you can't see any of the crucial detail.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on March 3, 2011 at 9:34am

Hi Mark,

This is an Artec one I got off ebay recently to put on an archtop acoustic I have http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Artec-Neck-Mount-Pickup-Arch-Top-Jazz-Guitar-... - this link includes dimensions.

If the one above is the same then there is no baseplate just a wax?/resin?  As you can see from the pictures the bracket is spot welded/soldered at 3 points so could be removed with 3 small residual blemishes left afterwards.

 

When I was looking I did notice you can get a similar type which has a fixing bracket to the side for attaching to a pick guard http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Artec-Side-Mount-Pickup-Arch-Top-Jazz-Guitar-...

 

Regards,

David
Mark aka. Junk Box Instruments said:

I'd like to try one of these but I'd prefer not to have to mount it to the neck.  So I'm wondering...

(1) How easy would it be to remove the mounting brackets without making a mess of the casing? (eg. Are they welded on?)

(2) Can the baseplate be removed so I can make modifications for surface mounting? (ie. Are there screws holding the baseplate on or is it attached by some not reversible process such as weld or rivets?)

 

All the photos in catalogue's and on seller's websites seem to show similar front views of the pickups so you can't see any of the crucial detail.

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Permalink Reply by Mark on March 3, 2011 at 10:00am

David, many thanks for that. It seems it might be tricky to modify the neck-mounted version for what I have in mind. However the side-mounted one looks interesting. My guess is that the internals are the same (that would certainly make sense in terms of design and tooling costs)


David Lloyd said:

Hi Mark,

This is an Artec one I got off ebay recently to put on an archtop acoustic I have http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Artec-Neck-Mount-Pickup-Arch-Top-Jazz-Guitar-... - this link includes dimensions.

If the one above is the same then there is no baseplate just a wax?/resin?  As you can see from the pictures the bracket is spot welded/soldered at 3 points so could be removed with 3 small residual blemishes left afterwards.

 

When I was looking I did notice you can get a similar type which has a fixing bracket to the side for attaching to a pick guard http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Artec-Side-Mount-Pickup-Arch-Top-Jazz-Guitar-...

 

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