Hofner Staple Pickups

[Simon Martin]

Hello all,
Im new to restoring basses and I wanted to know if a pickup has be attached to the body through a spring system or can it be bolted straight to the body?

This is probably a stupid question but I cant seem to find any information anywhere.

Any help will be hugely appreciated!

Cheers,

Simon

 

[SGD Lutherie]

The Hofner pickup just stick into the pickup rings and are held in place by screws on the sides. There are no springs.

You can attach a pickup anyway you want to a bass.

 

[Simon Martin]

Cheers David,
I assumed you could bolt it on how ever you like but better tonal quality might come from different methods.
Thanks for the reply really appreciate it!

 

[SGD Lutherie]

Cheers David,
I assumed you could bolt it on how ever you like but better tonal quality might come from different methods.
Thanks for the reply really appreciate it!

Yeah, I mean on a Beatle Bass the pickup is surface mounted. So it;s only the ring holding it to the body.

But you can mount them right to the body if they aren't too far from the strings, and other ways as well.

Mainly you don't want them to be wobbly, get a nice solid mount.

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

On a 183, the neck PU cover tangs are just bent outward and the pickup is held down with the pickguard.
You can obviously solder ears to the bottom plate if You're careful, or fabricate a new bent bottom plate to attach the "staple" onto, and after that you can mount it just the same as any other PU.

Regards
Sam

 

[Simon Martin]

Brilliant! I had a look at some pictures of 182's and saw that therewas no mount ring on the neck pickup and you've answered the question now. Thanks very mutch!