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Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?

I searched "Ghost Pickup" and found a few entries from people who tried the Wicked Bucker under the box top. Apparently it was not particularly successful.

I'm just checking in to see if anyone has successfully installed a wicked bucker under the box lit with strings about 1/4" above the lid.

It seems that the Gitty Bomb pickup is no longer available and the wicked bucker is about 3.8 Ohms.

I want to keep the box top clean so a surface mount pickup tends to spoil it.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on March 27, 2023 at 11:13am

MGB has one for ghosting too, all of their flatpup’s have been consistently good for me?

https://mgbguitars.com/collections/pickups/products/lucky-13-flat-pup

You can also ghost a hot magnetic pickup, or one that’s not so hot? Fender makes an esquire Tele with a pickup ghosted beneath the pick guard in the neck position, but maybe not as dense as wood?

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on March 27, 2023 at 12:21pm

Thanks Brian,

I'll check it out

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on March 27, 2023 at 7:18pm

I always get tempted with their free shipping :D

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on April 21, 2023 at 6:22am

I ordered the Lucky13 flat pickup and installed it under the box lid. It had great power at picking up the string even through the box lid. The one thing I did notice was that the pickup was very phonic, much like a piezo installation. In noticed that if it touched the neck, the pickup picked it up. If I touched the box, same thing. The solution for me was to wrap the pickup with a single wrap of 1/4" bubble wrap to isolate it from the box, neck and other guitar parts. That did it.

For ghosting, it is a good choice when isolated from the guitar.

Thanks for the tip.

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 21, 2023 at 11:57am

That’s kool Tom, I ordered a few yesterday, I ended up selling the cbg I had it in? I also want to try their single coil ghost pickup, but that’s another adventure :)

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Permalink Reply by David Kennedy on April 21, 2023 at 3:37pm

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Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on April 1, 2024 at 9:38am

Late to the party, I'd get a Gitty bomb, if they were available, but how many ohms would it take to achieve these results? I won't do business with MGB.

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Permalink Reply by Papa D on April 7, 2024 at 5:49pm

Rule of thumb, 1/4 or less ( Strings to pick up )for pick up for best sound. MGB is top notch and free shipping, There flat pick up's work great under lid... (thin lid box's )