Casady Bass Pickup

I'm in the process of converting my Casady bass to a lefty. I made a lefty bone nut and reversed the strings, reset the bridge and strung it up so it's playable. While I had the strings off I pulled the pickup to get a look under. I noticed that the pickup doesn't look "symmetrical"- there's a metal bar on the treble end and the electrical connections on the other. When I replaced the pickup I flipped it, figuring that it might have "a bass end and a treble end".

Anyone know any more about the construction of the pickup? Is it "asymmetrical"?



Next step is to drill the holes and flip the electronics, plug the old holes and smooth them over. Refinish will have to wait until warmer weather- spraying nitro in the closed up garage isn't going to work.

I also noticed the interesting construction of the center bar. It's solid under the neck and under the bridge, but routed down 90% the rest of the way. A thin layer against the back in between. It really is a hybrid semi/hollow-body.

Anyone have a good photo of their bridge? I'd like to get a look at the height and angle/rake of your set-up.

 

Bump for any help?

 

Found this- see page 2:

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/alternative-jack-casady-epiphone-pick-up.743717/page-2http://www.talkbass.com/threads/alternative-jack-casady-epiphone-pick-up.743717/page-2

 

Finally got going on my lefty conversion. I pulled the electronics, looks to be just like the schematic. One pot has 2.5 stamped on it, the other is stamped 500 but has 2.5 printed on it? The volume pot has the "treble bleed" gizmo and both of the caps are "mustard blob" tantalum as per the schematic. Holes drilled and old ones plugged, skimmed with Bondo, lefty bone nut fabricated.

 

Easy there big fella. Plugged the holes with tapered maple plugs (widgetco.com) and Titebond to match the maple top. Sanded flat, Bondo just to fill any cracks and seams. Couldn't do that if it was going to be a sunburst or natural top, but for a black finish it works just fine. Bondo sure beats the "plastic wood" stuff for this purpose.

 

Fully functional- and passable to look at. I'll have to wait for better weather to do the final finishing, but I've got a coat of paint (lacquer spray) over the old holes. WD made me a lefty pickguard. I have the new fingerboard side dot markers but they're not in yet. Woo Hoo!

 

See above in the thread. If you look at the bottom of the pickup its not symmetrical- there's a bar on one end. So I'm guessing that it's built that way for a reason (bass end-treble end?) and flipped it.

"All good things in all good time"! I'll most likely refinish the whole top this summer and catch all that stuff then- it's actually still pretty rough over the filled old control holes. It's going to be a player, not a case queen.