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Short Pole Toaster
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:07 am
by tony_carey
Daniel McNabb started a thread on the 'wanted' section about these p-ups. I am looking to add a third p-up to my 360v64 & wondered if anyone had any info on these.
What do they sound like compared to a regular vintage p-up? Anybody know? I am assuming that they were designed to go in the middle position, but how do they differ?
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:48 pm
by 36012
they are the same,but with short magnets.You can purchase short(.375"x.250") alnico 5 magnets and replace them yourself.I don't think rickenbacker sells them seperately.Most magnet suppliers sell them.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:07 pm
by circles
ah! anybody care to explain how this is done? i've unwound pickups before but didnt look into replacing the magnets. does switching out magnets change the tone of the toaster pickup? any first hand experience would be appreciated.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:40 pm
by eatswodo
Wouldn't "Short Pole Toaster" would be a great name for a band?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:29 am
by kennyhowes
NOW yer talkin!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:31 am
by jbarnes
Yea, but not "Kenny & the Short Pole Toasters", right Kenny ??
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:32 am
by jbarnes
Somehow there is this image in my mind that "Short Pole" does not work..................
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:34 am
by kennyhowes
No no, just "Short Pole Toaster."
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:38 am
by jbarnes
My sincere regrets to my friends of Polish ancestry, especially those that are "height challenged.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:49 am
by jbarnes
"Ahem, was there an edit ????"
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:52 am
by jwr2
my 1968 4001 had a neck toaster with the shorter magnets ...
here's the short one ...
and here is one with the normal length magnets ...
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:07 am
by jingle_jangle
Seeing that it's an irreversible commitment to install one of these anyway, why not a long pole? It's a slot route, but once done would be invisible...
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:30 am
by tony_carey
Why route if you don't have to? Easier, cheaper & less chance of varnish chipping, or the router slipping!!
The proviso is of course, that there is no compromise on sound.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:37 am
by jingle_jangle
BTW, Tony, do Brits say "ROOT" or "ROWT" when not referring to the road?
I know that ref: road, we say rowt and you say root...
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:48 am
by admin
Paul: Interestingly, in Eastern Canada we often say "Root" when talking about a highway and "Rowt" when routing out a cavity in a board.
To confuse things further, we say that the delivery boy has a paper "rowt" and also a paper "root." Some would say that the "root" is the direction that he travels when completing his paper "rowt" for which he is responsible.
I know that this makes little sense so, Over and "Rowt"