My new custom strap arrived yesterday. Today will be its church debut.
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That's a nice strap, matches the bass really well. Who made it?
This is a long shot but...if you were going to have someone make a custom MFD pickup for you, where would you go, since G&L won't do it.
Yes. A totally custom shape — a soap bar that has a reverse mfd split coil inside. TheG&L custom shop won't do it.
How do I reach Ken Baker?
I dont know how big the soap bar is but would it be possible to fit the split mfd under an empty soapbar pickup cover?
Ken isn't going to do anything that directly conflicts with his obligations to BBE (G&L)
Just a thought , get a set of the SB-2 split coils, used or directly from the G&L store. Remove the shells (they slide off fairly easily) and get a soapbar pickup cover of an appropriate size / form factor from fleabay or the like. Preferably a "sealed" style think EMG/BART . Put the coils inside, drill access holes for the pole pieces if you so desire, a weak adhesive would hold the coils in place. If brave enough one could cast them in epoxy.
A lady local in my hometown, her name is Lindi. She does leatherwork as a sideline. Her company is Pawnee Rose. Since it is a sideline, turnaround time is slow. I ordered mine in February.
Here is her Facebook account:
Pawnee Rose Leather Co.
Interesting idea. I will try it at home to see if it will fit. I have a broken one in my drawer. One question: this would not be for a bass with regular string spacing. Will the pole pieces being out of alignment be a big deal for sound? I know they're not on the Bill Lawrence P pickup.
if you use SB -1 pickups you should be able to mount them separately and split the difference in spacing with strings over magnets. so that the string sees the same amount of magnets,, don't forget the pole pieces being adjustable also help you adjust individual string volumes
Yep tap tapor any ferromagnetic object , a keyring, nickle etc
Yup, that's the approved method!
If you do it yourself you can wire it any way you want: outer, inner, both top coils, both bottom coils. I don't know if there's a G&L factory standard for it on an option order.
Finally had some free time to play today. Got to try out the One Control Blackberry that arrived a few days ago and .... test out my K-mod.Purty! So what coils did the factory K-mod isolate?
Outer coils.
Ha! Of course I had to follow your link. And of course had to poke around the various corners of the online store, including Clearance Instruments. When it occurred to me, in honor of CLF, that section ought to be Clarence Instruments.
Yes. I'll just spell it out. 4.25" x 1.5" (+/-) for a narrow spaced 8-string touch instrument. I want the magnets and wiring of the split coil, but in a reverse split or in-line layout, with the split at the middle between the 4th and 5th string.
It is still not clear to me what value pole pieces add to a ceramic bar magnet in the case of this specific pickup.
G&L won't do custom shapes or really much custom anything beyond what's on the menu.
Last I checked, Nordstrand will do custom shapes but only on pickups they already make.
I like the idea of trying to just shove a regular MFD split coil into a properly sized plastic casing and see what happens. I think I'll try that first.
It is still not clear to me what value pole pieces add to a ceramic bar magnet in the case of this specific pickup.
G&L won't do custom shapes or really much custom anything beyond what's on the menu.
Last I checked, Nordstrand will do custom shapes but only on pickups they already make.
I like the idea of trying to just shove a regular MFD split coil into a properly sized plastic casing and see what happens. I think I'll try that first.
