Replace pickup rings help!

[Sybo]

Can anyone share where to get Flame Maple (Natural) pickup rings for a Hollowbody 2? O really appreciate the help! Then the unveiling!!!!!!!!

 

[jak3af3r]

Can anyone share where to get Flame Maple (Natural) pickup rings for a Hollowbody 2? O really appreciate the help! Then the unveiling!!!!!!!!

Can't wait!

 

[Fram]

I think Crazyparts has them, but they are in Germany

 

[RickP]

Guilford Guitars has tons of custom rings. If they don’t stock them, I bet they can make a set.

https://www.guilfordguitars.com/pickup_rings

 

[AP515]

www.pickuprings.com - Pickup Rings

 

[11top]

Be careful installing them. They aren’t as strong as plastic ones.

 

[Sybo]

I can only imagine, thanks
!!

 

[Derek Neufeld]

Go with guliford , tone ninja products are terrible.

 

[SinSir]

I agree go with guiliford. Top notch products.

 

[László]

crazyparts.de used to have some nice ones, made in Germany.

 

[11top]

crazyparts.de used to have some nice ones, made in Germany.

if they break during installation, CP won’t replace them. Not saying they necessarily should; just a heads up.

 

[Simon Says]

if they break during installation, CP won’t replace them. Not saying they necessarily should; just a heads up.

Not here to teach anyone how to suck eggs but using Alligator Clips to hold springs under tension helps with attaching pickups to the pickup rings

 

[aphantomvaper]

Stimpy taught my Grandmother to suck eggs, happy happy joy joy...

 

[11top]

Not here to teach anyone how to suck eggs but using Alligator Clips to hold springs under tension helps with attaching pickups to the pickup rings

Do you have picture of that by chance? I’ve never seen that done, and couldn’t find an example on YouTube.

 

[Simon Says]

Do you have picture of that by chance? I’ve never seen that done, and couldn’t find an example on YouTube.

I will do it just for you after I finish work tonight - given I will find that alligator clip

 

[gush]

Not here to teach anyone how to suck eggs but using Alligator Clips to hold springs under tension helps with attaching pickups to the pickup rings

I always thought about using small E clips but never tried it.

 

[docteurseb]

If the rings are unfinished you can greatly strengthen the wood by applying thin super glue.
I do this all the time for backplates I make whose mounting holes are way more fragile (there's even less wood around them) than pickup rings.

 

[John Beef]

Another potential pitfall: I had some maple ones on my CU22 for a while. They were thicker than the standard rings. Consequently there was only an extremely narrow range between when the pickup touched the strings at its highest setting, or fell off the bottom of the adjustment screws on its lowest settings. I got so fed up I switched back to plastic.

 

[László]

if they break during installation, CP won’t replace them. Not saying they necessarily should; just a heads up.

Can't say I blame them, but for those in the market for wood ones, it's good to know. I've read quite a few things about the wooden ones being prone to breakage.

I like the look of the plastic rings; it reminds me of the guitars I always liked as a kid.

"You were a kid?"

"It was a long time ago."

"Cenozoic?"

"Mesozoic. Don't age me prematurely."

 

[11top]

Can't say I blame them, but for those in the market for wood ones, it's good to know. I've read quite a few things about the wooden ones being prone to breakage.

I like the look of the plastic rings; it reminds me of the guitars I always liked as a kid.

"You were a kid?"

"It was a long time ago."

"Cenozoic?"

"Mesozoic. Don't age me prematurely."

Guilford (and I assume CPs) at least cut them with the grain running lengthwise; much stronger. I’ve had some cut the other direction, and they break with little exerted pressure.