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They should be going into a block attached to the pick guard.Would that be one of these?
How do the rods mount the pick-up?
You're rescueing that guitar from the humbucker and installing the floating DeArmond single coil it deserves?!?
They should be going into a block attached to the pick guard.
is that pickup fried? forgive me, i am all in on acoustic guitars
You're rescueing that guitar from the humbucker and installing the floating DeArmond single coil it deserves?!?
Interesting construction of that (1988) Artist Award Guild humbucker. Thanks for sharing! Never saw one opened yet.
So the two mounting rods were soldered to the inside of the cover or were they just glued with epoxy? Also was the cover simply glued onto the bobbin and you ripped the gold plating away with it? Does not look like solder.
Obviously moisture collected under the cover so the pole pieces started to rust.
Ralf
Does the rust on the pole pieces affect tone and/or sound levels?
I will not drill into the neck to make that happen. I am exploring other options, though.
You could probably engineer and fabricate a mount for the Dearmond single coil using the existing block on the pickguard for the original Humbucker. Then it would be extremely clean looking without the traditional side of the neck mounting point of the Dearmond style single coil. I'll bet that would look sexy as hell and of course sound Awesome!
TX
If you don't like the looks of the DeArmond Rhythm Chief, there are other pickups designed for archtops that you could mount on the pickguard–Kent Armstrong has both humbuckers and single coils exactly for this purpose, with a very good reputation (used by many boutique builders), and there are also Benedetto-designed humbuckers (now manufactured by Seymour Duncan). Another option is Pete Biltoft (Vintage Vibe), who's floating Charlie Christian-style pickups have a lot of fans.