Look what I made!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:53 am

Actually, laws should prevent me from even being allowed to play with stuff like this. I don't have the knowledge or the tools to even know if it works.

All I did was take the pickup that was in my 4000 project, remove the cover, and added magnetic shoes.There was a magnet under the pickup that I placed under the shoes, but over the plastic base.

I'll bring it to the Mid-Atlantic Confluence so you guys can fool around with it if you want.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:51 am

not bad!

here comes the emails!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:38 am

Make may find that you have to reverse the polarity of the coil. The magnetic field of the shoes is very different from the understring type magnets. Ihave made 3 pickups like that and they work perfectly. The sound is very close to the old ones. Nice job Marc!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:30 am

So are the shoes magnetic or cosmetic?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:32 am

Marc are those the shoes that I sent you?

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:45 am

Very nice! What exactly do the horseshoes pickups sound like in comparison to the regular pickups? I know this will be a subjective answer... But I've never heard a horseshoe and find them so intriguing!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:07 am

Ted... thanks for the compliment.

Jeff..shoes are magnetic

Ken... they are the ones you sent me

David..The magnetic horseshoe has a very warm sound. For me the problem with the old ones was the output. Coupling the magnetic shoes with either the higain or the reissue pickup gives it a much more powerful version of the old sound.

Not for everyone's tastes but, for me it's perfection.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:58 am

non-magnetic, pure cosmetic

why its Greased Lightning...

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:22 pm

Verrryyy cool

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:20 pm

Damn, did I make a mess of that post. I was typing quickly this morning on my way out the door. I meant to say that you may want to connect the wires up backwards otherwise the pickup will sound out of phase.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:24 pm

I know Ted, horseshoe pickups get us excited.

Ironically, right now, I don't have a bass to hook it up to. Makes me want to start another project.