Thank you so much for your kind offer! I am sending an email now.
Screws for direct mounting pickups
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Thank you so much for your kind offer! I am sending an email now.
PFDarkside
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So is this the official answer that will work?
No.2 (2.2mm) X 1 Inch (25mm) Phillips Self Tapping Pan Head Screws
I will find out, as i have a few on the way.
As far as I am concerned, yes! 2.2mm fits BKP, SD, Dimarzio, Fishman and almost every other pickup brand I know of. the length is long enough for most guitars that aren't routed for super-deep pickup pockets.
I also drill two 6mm holes for specific springs in the middle of the pickup cavity and glue two springs in place with a small dab of superglue (easily removed if necessary but just enough hold to install a pickup) so I can adjust the height. Better than finding a way to fickle a spring or tubing on the pickup with two springs and trying to get all of that mounted (or, use a small dab of superglue to glue the spring to the underside of the pickup leg; again, easily broken off in a pinch if need be). The superglue is just there to hold stuff together for a short while, never intended to fix stuff permanently. way too fragile.
Bowtomecha
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I didn’t want to ream out the holes in my Duncan pickups so I simply used short humbucker bezel screws. They are countersunk though so the pickups won’t be level like how they are with bezels unless the foam you put underneath pushes up hard enough equally on all sides. It’s not much of a problem though.
You won’t find threaded inserts that work well in the states for some reason. What you can do is use a humbucker baseplate and mount it at the bottom and still be able to use the 3-48 screws. You’ll have to file down the threads just below the head if the screws so they spin in place.
You won’t find threaded inserts that work well in the states for some reason. What you can do is use a humbucker baseplate and mount it at the bottom and still be able to use the 3-48 screws. You’ll have to file down the threads just below the head if the screws so they spin in place.
THANK YOU! I got them today, and will be installing the pickups this weekend.
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What I wound up doing (sorry I missed the questions earlier) is finding machine screws small enough to fit through the holes in the pickup, so I didn't have to thread them through. I used a cut pickup spring into threaded inserts I installed in the body. It effectively works as a regular pickup in a ring, and in my opinion, looks better.
