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Did you put something under the bobbin in place of the shoes to make up for the missing thickness?

Nope. What could I put there instead?

Wood shims would be easy to make.

jps wrote:Wood shims would be easy to make.

Or a few washers that stack up to the same thickness as the HS.

I am entering this thread a bit late but, is Dan sure that he doesn't have a horseshoe pickup that someone removed the shoes from? If a new plate or washers weren't installed, it would wobble.
Dan,
Post a picture if you can.

anoukane wrote:I've removed the shoes from the horseshoe pickup of my v63. But the pickup itself is very wobbly now. Any advice?
Anyone else removed their shoes with succes? Could you tell me the way you did it?
Thnx!

Edit:
I've tightened the screws from plate to pickup a bit more and it's already a bit more steady. Shoeless players, what kind of screws do you use?

And the end of the tape around the pickup is a bit loose. Is this bad?

I use the original screws and stacked washers the same thickness as the horseshoe.

The tape around the windings was loose on one of my HS equipped Ricks also. I just cut off the loose end of the tape. It was loose under where my thumb rests (on the top edge of the pickup) which I didn't think was a good idea. I only cut off a cm or two. The windings were still covered and the tape's end was no longer under where my thumb rests.

Thanks buddies