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Bradley
Posted 2012-05-12 1:32 AM (#454500)
Subject: Replace the white plastic pickup covers


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Location: Zion, Illinois		I don't know what else to call them. They are the white covers where the strings passes over the bridge. The one with my new Adamas has deep pits. I have a spare but I need to see how to replace them. Any help welcome.
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alpep
Posted 2012-05-12 1:15 PM (#454522 - in reply to #454500)
Subject: Re: Replace the white plastic pickup covers


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Location: NJ		loosen the strings
unplug the pickup from the preamp
push it up from the inside of the body via the wire
if it has some resistance use a small flathead screwdriver to pry it up

good luck
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2012-05-12 2:23 PM (#454523 - in reply to #454500)
Subject: Re: Replace the white plastic pickup covers



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Bradley... To add to what Al said:
The plastic saddle piece is kinda squeezed into the metal frame of the pickup.
You can take a teeny precision screwdriver and pry it out from the side...
Also, once you get the pickup out you can remove the end-caps...
Once you do that you will see how they are in there.
They are flexible to a point, as you can tell by the spare that you own.

Oooo! I have pictures!






Those are in no particular order and that was a broken pickup.
I just had made them to show someone what it looked like inside.
I don't know how helpful that will be, but it is just a visual aid to let you know what is in there.
The actual piezos are in that white "mastic"-looking stuff...
I have never took that apart, and I sent that pickup on, so I don't have it now.

Have fun with the project... If I can do it, it cannot be that difficult.
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SOBeach
Posted 2012-05-12 3:42 PM (#454528 - in reply to #454500)
Subject: RE: Replace the white plastic pickup covers


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Good / helpful photos OMA.

Do the grooves cause any functional problems? Or just a cosmetic issue? 

My Legend still has its original pick-up cover/cap which has similar sized grooves to those in the photos.

 
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2012-05-12 4:05 PM (#454530 - in reply to #454528)
Subject: RE: Replace the white plastic pickup covers



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
SOBeach - 2012-05-12 1:42 PM
Do the grooves cause any functional problems? Or just a cosmetic issue?

Don't know about Bradley's saddle...

But that saddle in the photo I used to replace the saddle on my REALLY Beater 1612.
The grooves on my 1612 saddle were not the correct distance apart.
Don't know how that happened. I bought it that way.

I imagine that if the grooves are deep enough that they could muffle the tone... Or cause a buzz.
I am careful not to drag the strings over my saddles when changing strings.

Amazing how quick the wrappings on a heavy E string can cut a groove.
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Bradley
Posted 2012-05-12 4:48 PM (#454531 - in reply to #454500)
Subject: Re: Replace the white plastic pickup covers


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Location: Zion, Illinois		Thanks for the help. I was able to switch the saddle out without any problems. On my Adamas the high strings were buzzing a bit but the rest of the strings were just fine. I thought it would be better just to replace the saddle with the groves with one that doesn't have grooves rather than tweak the neck. It seems to have worked.

Thanks again everyone.
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FlySig
Posted 2012-05-13 8:20 AM (#454543 - in reply to #454500)
Subject: Re: Replace the white plastic pickup covers



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Location: Utah		Arthur, thanks for those pictures.

In the past I have taken a file to the saddle to clean up the grooves without any problems.
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keven
Posted 2012-05-15 3:20 PM (#454661 - in reply to #454543)
Subject: Re: Replace the white plastic pickup covers


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Location: kansas		I replaced this plastic bridge with a tusq blank that I whittled out with a groove on the bottom, and an angled peak on the top to mimic the "stepped" positions. It was a bit of work but it sounds much better acoustically that the original. (eliminated the shims,too...).

Edited by keven 2012-05-15 3:21 PM
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