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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on December 14, 2016 at 6:38am

Dan Sleep or Wayfinder makes the flat pickups you're looking for. As for "cheaply", that's relative. But Dan and Way are members in the US, and I believe you're across the pond in the UK? Shipping will be nominal since the pickups are small and thin, can be sent in a padded envelope.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 14, 2016 at 7:32am

Or, you may be able to get them from Elmar at:

http://www.original-flatpup.com/

He is in Europe, but I don't know what the shipping costs would be.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on December 14, 2016 at 11:17pm

his website says the shop is closed until Feb 2017...

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on December 14, 2016 at 10:56am

Hard to compete with that one Jim, looks like one of Elmars as well

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on December 15, 2016 at 11:44pm

thanks for the replies.

I know these 3 guys make them,just that there might be others who makes them.

I read the notes in elmers and it seem's they are not the run of the mill items.

I just want to buy 5 or 6 but at those prices its a bit much for me.

I know these guys got to make money and they're time consuming in making them.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on December 16, 2016 at 12:58am

I can't speak for the retailers John, but having made a few flat pups myself, i'd say Elmar won't become a millionaire in a hurry at the prices he offers,Dan and others the same, they are only overpriced if you think 5 bucks an hr for labour is too much

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on December 16, 2016 at 7:46am

no no I dont think that at all.

if I was making them I'd want more than $15 an hour.

when your making them for family and friends at cost it can get a bit expensive.

we all know that friends/family expect favours.lol

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Permalink Reply by Bufo Bill on December 22, 2016 at 10:50am

John, if you want cheap go to your local guitar shop. I can vouch for the quality of the products of one of the sellers mentioned above, (Wayfinder), and I can truthfully say they are worth the cost on any and every guitar you can afford, but after tax the costs do stack up. There is no in between, alas.
All the best from Bill. :D

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on December 22, 2016 at 1:37pm

I

ve used Humidor Guitar (Dan Sleep) thin pup and they are great.  Only for personal use or custom builds.  Can second the idea that you can get good results from cheap pups, but if you want "better/best" you just have to pay for quality.

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