From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

AdmiralB

AdmiralB

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I always figured, brass or German silver.

But I just bought a guitar that has an OEM '59N and PGB with black-painted baseplates that appear to be neither. They are drilled for direct mounting; I went to solder nuts to them - scraped away the black paint on the tabs, cleaned with acetone - and they will not solder.

They're not magnetic, so carbon steel is out (not that I think they'd use that anyway). Any ideas?
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

thats weird. i could solder nuts on mine just fine. sorry i cant help you with determining what kind of metal its made of. try emailing SD.

you probably will have to resort to jb weld or some epoxi to fixing that nut on there.

good luck
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

Maybe there's still some paint or something on it. Try filing down the area where you want to put the solder and then solder it.
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

Just use a tap and die set. Enlarge and rethread the holes then go to ACE harware and find a matching screw with a larger diameter.
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

It's a pickup I'd like to sell, and most folks don't want something that won't take standard hardware.

I've ground well into the base metal. Weird.
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

Make sure your solder is rosin-core. If it's not, that would explain why it won't take.
 
Re: From What are SD Humbucker Base Plates Made

Got that covered. I'm actually using an iron too, and not a torch with MAPP.

Actually, acid core would take just fine. It'd eat the substrate, but it'd work.
 
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