Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

[cronnin]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

@ Zee

Why a guitar pick, you could have glued the whole nut:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bolt_(PSF).png

 

[Zee]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

Couldn't find a nut with 3-48 threads, or a nut to fit the screw that the comes with the pickup.

A guitar pick is easy to thread as the screw cuts the threads when you put the screw in.

...it's a luthier trick I found on a website. I probably could have glued around the edges of it and it would have worked better.

 

[cronnin]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

So, when people say thread, do they mean pitch, minor or major diameter?
http://www.parktool.com/images_inc/repair_help/thread.gif

By the way, this is interesting stuff, if one wants to know more about threads
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=89

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

Point of clarification, our Tele Rhythm pickups are made the vintage way, coming with wood screws to mount the pickup directly into the wood. The screws are supposed to slip right through the holes. If your tele rhythm pickup mounts into the pickguard, the old screws that Fender uses should thread our baseplate, if not then you'll have to putz around with larger screws or tinnerman nuts, or glueing a nut underneath, etc.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

Point of clarification, our Tele Rhythm pickups are made the vintage way, coming with wood screws to mount the pickup directly into the wood. The screws are supposed to slip right through the holes. If your tele rhythm pickup mounts into the pickguard, the old screws that Fender uses should thread our baseplate, if not then you'll have to putz around with larger screws or tinnerman nuts, or glueing a nut underneath, etc.

But that's different. That is a bigger hole (in Tele neck and minihum) that doesn't hold on to the screw at all.

 

[copperheadroads]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

well all the pickups i build & my duncans i have all have a 3-48 screw but some of the cheap stuff from china & Korea have bigger sizes
here's the tap you will need
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-48-CHROME-TAP-SPIRAL-POINT-H-2-R-N-TP-0066-/250314710672?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
these are very small ,forget about finding them in the average set & you need to tap it in on a perfect 90 degree or these can break i make a pilot hole through some mdf with my drill press , .. i still think franks way is easier & if that don't work grind a taper on your screw just to get it started in the hole . your going to want to get these screws in on a 90 degree or close as possible you wouldn't want your bucker tilted

 

[copperheadroads]

Re: Seymour Duncan holes not threaded

But that's different. That is a bigger hole (in Tele neck and minihum) that doesn't hold on to the screw at all.

a tele neck pickup has a bigger screw & its a wood screw very big threads
any of the fender screws are here just roll down the page
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/138790-tele-screw-sizes-list.html