Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

[MoodyBlue]

Hi Mr Lew!
Hey I got the APHII Pros the other day! Thanks fer gettin em out. I am SO disapointed about not being able to cover that Tremspaced bridge. I really had the whole look of that strat kinda based around that look. I may just put the trem spaced bridge aside and have you sell me a standard spaced bridge that you can cover for me. How horribly difficult is it to add the covers? I'm asking because if I purchase another covered bridge from you I'll need to cover the neck one you sent me myself.
Whad'ya think?
Jim Robinson

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

Hi Jim, Installing nickel (or in your case GOLD) covers is fairly easy once you've done it a couple of time. You need a soldering tool with decent wattage and at least a 1/4" tip (not a pencil point), some 1/2" masking tape, some sandpaper and a couple of C clamps or something similar.

1. I put a single strip of 1/2" masking tape inside the cover where the stud polepieces will press against.

2. Then I scuff-sand a 1/2" area on the inside of the cover and on both sides of the pickup baseplate where the soldering blob will be to make soldering easier.

3. Then I slide on the cover and use one clamp (padded so it doesn't scratch) to clamp the cover against the pickup bobbins nice and tight.

4. Then I use the second clamp to press the sides of the cover against the sides of the pickup baseplate nice and tight.

5. Then I solder the cover to the baseplate with two 1/4" to 3/8" blobs of solder...one for each side.

That's about it!

Lew

 

[MoodyBlue]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

That doesn't sound extremely bad. Do you have a APH-II neck in stock?
Jim

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

That doesn't sound extremely bad. Do you have a APH-II neck in stock?
Jim

Yep...black or zebra. PM me. Thanks! Lew

 

[rspst14]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

Before you go exchanging pickups...MJ from the Duncan custom shop said that trembucker covers would be available later this summer. So if you can wait a little while, you should be able to order one of those.

Ryan

 

[MoodyBlue]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

Thanks Ryan! When and where did you hear about that? That would be sweet. I got to talking to Lew today and I thought I would just get a new bridge, buuuut maybe I will wait. I wonder if anyone else has heard anything.

Jim :cool2:

 

[rspst14]

Re: Hi Lew! Question 4 Ya!

Thanks Ryan! When and where did you hear about that? That would be sweet. I got to talking to Lew today and I thought I would just get a new bridge, buuuut maybe I will wait. I wonder if anyone else has heard anything.

Jim :cool2:

I emailed the custom shop a while back to ask about having a pickup rewound and covered, and she said that if it was trembucker spaced, I would have to wait until later this summer. Apparently, they're just waiting on a shipment of these covers from their supplier.

Ryan