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Isidoreas "Traveller" with Bottle Cap S-Coil Pickup

Isidoreas "Traveller" with Beer Bottle Cap S-Coil Pickup - A short scale build (just over 18 and a quarter inches from nut to bridge) utilising a small vintage "Isidoreas" cigar box. Neck is made from Iroko wood, cut from an old mantelpiece which I lightly stained, fretted and "darkened" at both ends. I bought an "Experimental" Single Coil pickup from Elmar "Flatpup" made from a beer bottle cap, 3 neodymium magnets and copper wound 3500 turns. I made the tailpiece from a piece of brass. Tuning is normal-D, normal-A and high-D, giving a pretty taut string action - plays fret or slide. It's a sturdy instrument and a light "traveller".

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Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on September 25, 2020 at 4:06am: Thank you for those kind compliments Unc J. I saw these Experimental beer bottle cap on Elmar's Flatpup site in August and just had to buy a couple and build a git to try 'em out. It emits crisp and clear sound.

Comment by Uncle John on September 25, 2020 at 2:33am: Oh, then it's an Elmar pickup. Then I know it is excellent.

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on September 25, 2020 at 2:24am: The core of this flat pickup is a flattened beer bottle cap with a single coil wound around it

Comment by Uncle John on September 25, 2020 at 12:31am: Yes, sir. That would be just the thing to take up and travel with. Sit and gaze and imagine good. Nice simple, worn looking lines and patina. One I could love.

What is the story on the pickup? Who made it and does it work well?

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