Non-magnetic B magnet

[Chris Pile]

Had an odd one show up this afternoon. Client had a newish Strat, the neck pickup had no B string sound when strummed. Tapped on the B string magnet - it had no pull on the steel screwdriver tip. Pulled the pickguard, and flipped it over to find that the bottom of the B magnet had blue Dykem on it....

Client said cut it off and wire in a used Strat pickup he had on his shelf.... Anyone ever see this before?

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Non-magnetic B magnet

That's pretty weird.

 

[KNUCKLHEAD]

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maybe I'm guitarded this Late but isn't the Blue bott. pole the A-string on the Strat ~ when U flip it back over ? meaning , the blue pole may not have Anything to do with the B - Pole ?

 

[GuitarDoc]

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maybe I'm guitarded this Late but isn't the Blue bott. pole the A-string on the Strat ~ when U flip it back over ? meaning , the blue pole may not have Anything to do with the B - Pole ?

Yeah, it's kinda nice to know what you're talking about...helps with communication.

To me, that looks like the "A" string magnet (maybe the photo is reversed?).

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Non-magnetic B magnet

Had an odd one show up this afternoon. Client had a newish Strat, the neck pickup had no B string sound when strummed. Tapped on the B string magnet - it had no pull on the steel screwdriver tip. Pulled the pickguard, and flipped it over to find that the bottom of the B magnet had blue Dykem on it....

Client said cut it off and wire in a used Strat pickup he had on his shelf.... Anyone ever see this before?

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"B" string?

Do you work at Guitar Center?

 

[Chris Pile]

Re: Non-magnetic B magnet

maybe I'm guitarded this Late but isn't the Blue bott. pole the A-string on the Strat ~ when U flip it back over ? meaning , the blue pole may not have Anything to do with the B - Pole ?

OK, dunces. Look at the picture. The leads usually head towards the bridge - not the neck.... It's the B string pole with the blue end. I've only been doing this **** since 1977.

 

[Chistopher]

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But you're holding it upsidedown...

 

[Chris Pile]

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But you're holding it upsidedown...

AND backwards.....

 

[Chris Pile]

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Strap this on..... Figure it out yet, dunces?

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

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Strap this on..... Figure it out yet, dunces?
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That’s the bottom of the pickup. So that’s the A string magnet.

Either way it’s clearly not a magnet. It probably got mixed in with the magnets in the box when the pickup was being made.

When I was working at DiMarzio I’d find the wrong screws and stuff in the box. Happens where the parts are made.


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[Chris Pile]

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David finally figured it out... Well done, sir.

 

[Chris Pile]

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Finis.