flyinmysoup
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Hi guys, I need to wax pot some single coils cos they are giving off bad feedback.
Anyone knows anyone who can do it?
Anyone knows anyone who can do it?
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Potting pickups - anyone that can do it?
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flyinmysoup
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Anyone?
Got a quote for $20 - $25 each pickup. I've 3 single coils. Expensive? Good price? Cheap?
Got a quote for $20 - $25 each pickup. I've 3 single coils. Expensive? Good price? Cheap?
HarrisonYeo
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wad model single coil are they?
flyinmysoup
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Thanks for responding HarrisonYeo.
They are a set of really old pickups that on on this 1984 Squire Strat that I have now. They sound good clean, but once the gain is up, the squealing comes a knockin'.
I'm reluctant to change them cos' they have history in them alongside the guitar which they are in. Hence, I suppose wax potting them would be the answer to the squealing and feedback issue.
They are a set of really old pickups that on on this 1984 Squire Strat that I have now. They sound good clean, but once the gain is up, the squealing comes a knockin'.
I'm reluctant to change them cos' they have history in them alongside the guitar which they are in. Hence, I suppose wax potting them would be the answer to the squealing and feedback issue.
flyinmysoup
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PMed you bro.
edder
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I've done some pottings in the past.
What you need is a double boiler or Bain Marie for your culinary types. read this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_boiler You can play around with a pot and a smaller container that can fit into the pot.
I mixed some beeswax with some tea light wax and melted it in the double boiler till translucent.
Tie end of the pickup wires with a stick or disposable chopstick.
Dip it into the wax and wait till all the bubbles stop floating up.
Move it around it in the wax to make sure all bubbles are removed.
Bring it out and lay it on a thick wad of newspaper and let it cool.
If you're more innovative, you can get an aquarium pump and fashion out something like a sealed vaccuum chamber... but I didn't bother to go thro that route cos its not something I do everyday. A vacuum one will suck out all the air bubbles from the pickup to ensure a better potting process.
What you need is a double boiler or Bain Marie for your culinary types. read this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_boiler You can play around with a pot and a smaller container that can fit into the pot.
I mixed some beeswax with some tea light wax and melted it in the double boiler till translucent.
Tie end of the pickup wires with a stick or disposable chopstick.
Dip it into the wax and wait till all the bubbles stop floating up.
Move it around it in the wax to make sure all bubbles are removed.
Bring it out and lay it on a thick wad of newspaper and let it cool.
If you're more innovative, you can get an aquarium pump and fashion out something like a sealed vaccuum chamber... but I didn't bother to go thro that route cos its not something I do everyday. A vacuum one will suck out all the air bubbles from the pickup to ensure a better potting process.
flyinmysoup
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Thanks for responding edder!
I read somewhere you did it before. But the double boiler thing with the temperature gauge is something I won't know what to do with after I'm done with this set of pickups.
Haha! If you still have the equipment intact, can tompang?
Waaaay trying my luck here.
I read somewhere you did it before. But the double boiler thing with the temperature gauge is something I won't know what to do with after I'm done with this set of pickups.
Haha! If you still have the equipment intact, can tompang?
Waaaay trying my luck here.
ferrari_85_diablo
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The temperature must be at 150C-180C. Need to be patient to do it. =)
flyinmysoup
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Yeah, I saw that page too.
Interesting how a procedure using something like wax, which we take for granted all the time can cure this problem of feedback which I believe many of us would have experienced one point in time or another with unpotted pickups.
Interesting how a procedure using something like wax, which we take for granted all the time can cure this problem of feedback which I believe many of us would have experienced one point in time or another with unpotted pickups.
sweet_tooth_88
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im doing this service 20-25...i think one of you sms me regarding bout this....gimme a call if anione needs it aite...
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www.customwerkz.blogspot.com
new- scalloping pics....
edder
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sorry flyinmysoup but I don't do stuff like this anymore, unless if it happens to my own guitars! hahaha...
All pickups are wax potted, I can't believe it if anyone can say otherwise of even cheap China made ones. Its whether they're WELL potted or not, thats the question we must ask. Some are epoxy potted, like those EMG, Bartolinis (I THINK!).
The reason why they're potted is to prevent the wire coils in the pickup from vibrating, therefore causing squeels and crazy feedback. If you have any UNPOTTED pickups, I'm pretty sure the feedback will be crazy with a TS9 at booster setting.
also just to add, in a double boiler or Bain Marie(I just like to say this cos it makes me sound very intelligent... try it! BAIN MARIE!), if you use water in the pot, the highest temperature the wax will be 100 deg C which is the boiling point of the water. No need for any thermometer.
Oh and make sure that you have permission from the one in charge of the kitchen and be careful. Molten wax is extremely flammable but FUN.
All pickups are wax potted, I can't believe it if anyone can say otherwise of even cheap China made ones. Its whether they're WELL potted or not, thats the question we must ask. Some are epoxy potted, like those EMG, Bartolinis (I THINK!).
The reason why they're potted is to prevent the wire coils in the pickup from vibrating, therefore causing squeels and crazy feedback. If you have any UNPOTTED pickups, I'm pretty sure the feedback will be crazy with a TS9 at booster setting.
also just to add, in a double boiler or Bain Marie(I just like to say this cos it makes me sound very intelligent... try it! BAIN MARIE!), if you use water in the pot, the highest temperature the wax will be 100 deg C which is the boiling point of the water. No need for any thermometer.
Oh and make sure that you have permission from the one in charge of the kitchen and be careful. Molten wax is extremely flammable but FUN.
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jdawg
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No sir, not all. Most of the boutique hand wound PAF clones are intentionally non-wax potted to stay true to the original. SD Antiquities and Seth Lovers are also not potted. Non-potted pickups are said to have an "airy" or "lively" quality to them, the same quality the Dimarzio tries to emulate in their airbucker pickups.
flyinmysoup
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Hehe.... think I'll get mine done anyway. The feedback's killin' me ears man...
flyinmysoup
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I'm going http://www.customwerkz.blogspot.com/ to get mine potted tomorrow.
Will update on the performance thereon.
Cheers!
Will update on the performance thereon.
Cheers!
