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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on October 30, 2011 at 5:34am

give it a try....5 bucks is a steal!

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Permalink Reply by Hobo 63 on October 30, 2011 at 5:58am

Just make order.Use it on my first CBG.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 30, 2011 at 6:06am

They work fine, I had used them a few times.

 

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/queen-b-2-006?context=user

 

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Permalink Reply by DeltaglowBoy on October 30, 2011 at 6:11am

I have 5 or 6 of these installed (purchased off Ebay for a similar price) and have been pleasantly surprised at the strength of the magnets ...  and quality of the sound. On one build, due to the box form factor and a high finger board, the poles are 3/8 to 1/2 inch from the strings and still resonate with power.

For the money you really can't go wrong. I have noticed that the pots can be a little noisy when new but a shot of contact cleaner usually cleans that up. I am also using a Digitech rp155 effects pedal so I'm not sure what impact if any that might have on the over all sound. But even without the pedal I can really get a CBG to growl or scream.

I have even Gooped nuts onto the poles and then insterted machine screws thru the box into the Gooped nuts and created extended pole pieces. This has worked quite effectively on several builds that I did not want to cut into the box and run the risk of in imprecise cut or detract from an artistic box graphic.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Grinder on October 30, 2011 at 6:16am

That looks like the $13 set that they sell through eBay (and it is also available on the tmart site), which sounds really good in my cookie tin guitar.  I actually followed the link you put up and ordered a few of them to put in my pile of guitar parts for future builds.

 

Thanks for the link...

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on October 30, 2011 at 1:39pm

Darn! Someone must have said something bad about the Chinese Government there. I can't access this site from within China. Would like to find such a deal in China. 5 bucks is like 30 or 35 RMB. That's about 1/4 the price I can get them at the stores that sell 'em. And I thought those were a good deal.

 

This is the error message I get when I try to access the site:

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Any ideas?

 

-Rand. (in Shenzhen)

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Permalink Reply by mark "mudcat" quigley on October 30, 2011 at 3:02pm

i buy them 10 at a time from tmart.  i found them when the were 3.99 each shipped.  on my facebook page for mudcat music and mojo, there is a video of a gibson knockoff i built from my mothers old coffee table with that pickup in it.  listen for yourself

 

mudcat

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Permalink Reply by Hobo 63 on October 30, 2011 at 10:28pm

Hi Mudcat.Did You use acoustic or electric strings ?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 30, 2011 at 11:10pm

Rand Moore said:

Darn! Someone must have said something bad about the Chinese Government there. I can't access this site from within China. Would like to find such a deal in China. 5 bucks is like 30 or 35 RMB. That's about 1/4 the price I can get them at the stores that sell 'em. And I thought those were a good deal.

 

This is the error message I get when I try to access the site:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /Noiseless-Copper-Coil-Guitar-Magnetic-Acoustic-Pickup-Black_p116018.html on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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 OR

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Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

Any ideas?

 

-Rand. (in Shenzhen)

Rand,

Welcome back; hope the surgery went well.

Here's their physical address in Hon Kong:


Contact Us

Business Address:
Tmart.com
unit 01A, 10/F, Carnival Commercial Building,18 Java Road, North Point
Hong Kong

Business Hours (New York Time):
9AM to 6PM Mon.to Fri.

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Permalink Reply by mark "mudcat" quigley on October 31, 2011 at 2:07am

ernie ball regular slinkys 10's

Janne 63 said:

Hi Mudcat.Did You use acoustic or electric strings ?

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Permalink Reply by John Drake on October 31, 2011 at 3:04pm

I've used them - purchased through eBay and found no problems except as someone has mentioned that they are a bit scratchy with first use when turning the knobs, but quickly stops with use. Check out some of the other goodies on Tmart as well like 6 machine heads (3L & 3R) for AU$ 6.15 incl freight!!!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Cuell on October 31, 2011 at 3:33pm

At that price I couldn't resist buying 4 of them to try.

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