Special Edition build off - Second

[Honkey tonk]

I'm calling this build done ...
Messed around some more with the pickup and settled on using a pickup out of a cheap Ibanez, it literally slides in and out without removing the strings same as my Origonal design pickup.
Ditched the Low Z transformer .
Pickup Actually sounds really good. Better than what I can make , so I settled.

Im Not giving up on the rotating magnet pickup , I think there is a place for it , just need to find it ?
I think It would add a ton of options on a dual coil pickup?

Any who I strung this bass with mix of flats and rounds to hopefully accentuate the triggers for versatility .

 

[funkinbottom]

I'm calling this build done ...

Tonk, very nice sir. I'm diggin' the copper shielding racing stripe. Sorry your rotating PU design didn't work out for this build. But hey, there's always the next one.

 

[ctmullins]

Nice work. I'm still intrigued by the rotating magnet thing too, so don't give up on that!

 

[Honkey tonk]

Thank you guys for the encouraging words .
The design has a couple issues, its loud on rotation as if the magnet is truly part of the pickup( if that makes sense?) , my plan was to do a mic type suspension to mechanicaly isolate it . Came up a little short on my design .
All in all it works , goes from almost zero volume to full volume and can changes phase through magnetic polarity.
It might not look like it but its alot better than my previous design.

 

[Reedt2000]

Thank you guys for the encouraging words .
The design has a couple issues, its loud on rotation as if the magnet is truly part of the pickup( if that makes sense?) , my plan was to do a mic type suspension to mechanicaly isolate it . Came up a little short on my design .
All in all it works , goes from almost zero volume to full volume and can changes phase through magnetic polarity.
It might not look like it but its alot better than my previous design.

Could you mount the magnet through the back of the bass below the pickup? If the pickup mounted to the front, and the magnet the back, they could be mechanically separate, you'd just have to figure out a raise and lower mech. If the magnet had a threaded brass insert you could run a screw through the back with a head that could be turned by hand (like a wing head). Put a spring between the magnet and the body?

 

[Honkey tonk]

Could you mount the magnet through the back of the bass below the pickup? If the pickup mounted to the front, and the magnet the back, they could be mechanically separate, you'd just have to figure out a raise and lower mech. If the magnet had a threaded brass insert you could run a screw through the back with a head that could be turned by hand (like a wing head). Put a spring between the magnet and the body?

 

[Honkey tonk]

My first attempt , was just as noisy. Made from 3d printer parts
Pick guard on this was way to sensive touch for some reason , when you turned the magnet it also made a funky noise , like It had a condenser mic hooked to it ?

 

[Honkey tonk]

Could you mount the magnet through the back of the bass below the pickup? If the pickup mounted to the front, and the magnet the back, they could be mechanically separate, you'd just have to figure out a raise and lower mech. If the magnet had a threaded brass insert you could run a screw through the back with a head that could be turned by hand (like a wing head). Put a spring between the magnet and the body?

So Instead of turning it raises and lowers?

 

[Honkey tonk]

 

[Honkey tonk]

This thing is been through a ton of mods and changes over the years so...
Pickup moves up and down

 

[Honkey tonk]

Made this Back when I was into playing lap but not on my lap
The trick was using some wierd wave springs , this actually works really good an fairly quiet when used,
only issue is the location of the paddle deal , needs to be farther back .
You get that pickup right on that string going through a tube amp it's almost the perfect overdrive. Trick is , its super dynamic...