Horseshoes wanted

walrus · Post by **walrus** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:44 am

I have a reissue horseshoe pickup that has no shoes. Does anyone know where I could find a set so that I can put it back to it's original look?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:59 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-REISSUE-HORSESHOE-PICKUP-HORSE-SHOE_W0QQitemZ180159130815QQihZ008QQcategoryZ41439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BenSteve has one for sale.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:19 am

That coil assembly sure looks crudely put together. Is it totally factory-stock?... I rewound a RI HS pickup a few years back and it certainly didn't look one bit as crude.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:28 am

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:37 am

That's the way I received it Sergio about a year ago.
It measures 14.54k.
I might add that when I received it, it was disassembled.
I reassembled it as you see it.

walrus · Post by **walrus** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:41 am

All that I need are the "magnets". I have a working pickup and mounting plate. It is currently installed in my 1976 4001 and sounds great. I just want to put the magnets back on instead of having the exposed pickup.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:09 am

Good luck, Bob, they are rarer than Walrus tusks!

Sergio, my RI HS bobbin looks just like that. Mine measures around 11.5k IIRC.

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:01 pm

I've got four RI HS's in my possession and they all look just like that.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:04 pm

Maybe some re-issue HS bobbins were put together somewhat crudely then. Not that it matters much though - those things are hot!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:52 pm

Sergio, they "look" like the top and bottom formers are made or heavy kraft paper or such, and the top one, at least on mine, is loose to the magnets as I thought the E string magnet was pushed down but it ended up the former had floated up on the magnets at that end of the coil. Mine is off a recent 4001C64S.