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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on April 10, 2013 at 11:27am

You looking for something like these?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Tipton on April 10, 2013 at 1:14pm

I am,  I have been building for a while and would like to try something different than a piezo.  Do you sell these?

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on April 11, 2013 at 1:12am

I made these in anticipation for a future build, but am willing to offer them to you, since I can always make another set.

$65 plus shipping for the set.

If you have Paypal, I can send you an invoice.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on April 10, 2013 at 7:32pm

Just use a 6 string pickup..it will work, lots of people do this. You don't HAVE to use one designed for 3 strings.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Birks on April 10, 2013 at 9:55pm

You could use a tele neck pick up they
are a little narrower and don't show the pole pieces , put at an angle like on a strat and fanny's your aunt.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 11, 2013 at 7:15am

Be aware if you buy the cheapy strat pre-wired pickups with volume and tone pots that you may end up soldering them anyway.  I have purchased 2 in the past and both had broken connections.  One on the pup and the other on the jack.

The flat pups from Klangbox are indeed very nice and you can just glue them down to the lid  No cutting the lid or neck of the guitar.

If you elect to use a 6-pole pup and you don't like the slant to line up the poles with the strings then you can always use a nail or an allen key or something like that as a rail to bridge the poles.

Most of the fun is in the experimenting.  :)

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Permalink Reply by PJ Pilkington on April 11, 2013 at 9:02am

I was under the impression that the string has to pass over the magnet?   Is that why the slant on the pickup if a 6 string pick up?  I have never even installed a pickup. LOL  That's why I was looking for something maybe prewired.  I will try and absorb all of this. LOL  Thank you all for your help!

"f you elect to use a 6-pole pup and you don't like the slant to line up the poles with the strings then you can always use a nail or an allen key or something like that as a rail to bridge the poles."

That's a little over my head.  I don't even know what a pole is.  :)  Yup I am pretty ignorant. :)

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Permalink Reply by PJ Pilkington on April 11, 2013 at 9:04am

Those look like pretty cool pickups Scott aka Farmer Ted!!

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Permalink Reply by jabes on April 11, 2013 at 9:17am

the pickup poles on this guitar have a couple of mild steel plates 'bridging' them..so you don't need to worry about the er,,poles

 

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Permalink Reply by PJ Pilkington on April 11, 2013 at 9:23am

That's a beautiful guitar!!

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Permalink Reply by jeff weins on April 11, 2013 at 9:57am

check out the clearance section of guitar fetish for some inexpensive pickups http://store.guitarfetish.com/Non-GFS-OEM-Pickups_c_313.html

 Sometimes I slant them,or run the strings between the poles, or cover the pickup entirely with a can, i've run 6 poles in line with the string on my 1st diddley bow. Seems like as long as its in the neighborhood it will work

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