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Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: Grog on August 25, 2013, 07:48:04 AM
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Several sellers are unloading some Les Paul Low Impedance pickups on Ebay, this one is for a bass.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Recording-pickup-RARE-low-impedence-/261269539369?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3cd4e0ca29
They seem to be coming up less often.
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OOOOh nice. I'm going to watch that one. I need me some more LO-z LP Bass pickups ;-)
are you bidding?
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OOOOh nice. I'm going to watch that one. I need me some more LO-z LP Bass pickups ;-)
are you bidding?
No, I have a couple spares. $50.00 opening bid is about as reasonable as I've seen for a while. The last one I tried to buy, I paid $100.00 for it. The seller mailed it in an envelope mailer & the powerful magnets must have latched on to part of one of the conveyers at the post office. The envelope got shredded & the pickup was lost. These were fairly common for a long time, but they seem to be getting scarce lately. Go for it!!
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I'll wait and see where it goes.
I may have a take on the lo-z guitar pickups too
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Is this a bass or guitar p.u.?
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The one that Grog posted is a bass pickup (8 wires)
The other ones on Ebay are guitar pickups (2 wires)
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I'll wait and see where it goes.
I may have a take on the lo-z guitar pickups too
I'll stay away from the bass pup bidding if you need spares. I don't even have a lo impedance bass yet, but it's tempting!
Don't go wild on the guitar pup auction, I have at least one working unit if you want to try it out.
Just give me a message if you want one.
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Thanx. Much appreciated.
I have one bass with a guitar lo-z pickup installed in the bridge position.
It sounds great.
Plus I have a loaded body with guitar lo-z pickups and the entire wiring intact, waiting for a proper bass. I am going to build one from scratch because the body that carries the pickups and electronics is awful.
But I've been thinking to put two guitar lo-z pickups in a semi acoustic bass. I like the compressed sound of two humbuckers. Maybe use the new BaCH semi acoustics for that idea.
The bass lo-z would be a spare. I have one spare but it has issues. one lug is broken off and the third coiltap is dodgy.
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Good luck Rob.... I think I have a working spare; it might have been a problem otherwise.
Yeah, these are getting a little rare - folks are getting wise to them vs years ago when the sight of 8 wires freaked people out (was it you I got that one locally here in Capsule for - it was a guitar shop and they had no idea). The last few I saw were asking like $300 each which I thought was insane.
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Did any of the LBO brothers win any of these??
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Got it! :toast: (the bass pickup)
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Congrats!! :toast:
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Thanx again for the heads up!
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Congrats and glad to see that the prices on these are remaining reasonable.
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The package just came in.
This is by far the most filthy item I have ever bought. Looks and smells as if it was buried in a cat litter box for thirty years.. :puke:.
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Ugh! I hate cat litter! Good luck with it.
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The package just came in.
This is by far the most filthy item I have ever bought. Looks and smells as if it was buried in a cat litter box for thirty years.. :puke:.
You'll have to treat them chemically to get the cat piss off them, and as it's highly acidic, you'll definitely want to check the winds for oxidization. Water-diluted sulfuric acid applied and scrubbed with a toothbrush and quickly removed should do the trick AND clean the wire and plastic.
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Thanx for the tip. :thumbsup:
I'm not too worried about the windings. The entire pickup is cast in epoxy.
It just smells awful...
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Yeah the epoxy coating on those things is bulletproof. And cat piss is alkaline not acidic (it comes out acidic and relatively odourless, but as the uric acid crystallizes and breaks down into ammonia, which takes just a few hours, it takes on that familiar reek). Clean it with a vinegar-dampenned cloth (worked on my mattress when the cat did it there).
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Oh and the pickup doesn't smell of cat piss. It smells of cat shit.
Which I consider to be even worse... :o
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Agree on the vinegar, that usually works for foul odors.
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Yeah the epoxy coating on those things is bulletproof. And cat piss is alkaline not acidic (it comes out acidic and relatively odourless, but as the uric acid crystallizes and breaks down into ammonia, which takes just a few hours, it takes on that familiar reek).
If the coils were exposed, the damage would be done by oxidation from the uric acid. The smell is secondary in terms of damage. The acid solution (vinegar/sulfuric acid) re-oxidizes the urine and chemically separates it from anything metallic, but if you don't remove it quickly, it causes even more damage. The fecal odor should go away with just soap and water.
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I just have to say that I have learned so much here at the LBO that is not bass related - the list is endless and just continues to grow. Cat wiz remediation is just the latest. Now if we could just come up with the formulation to turn lead into gold....... ;D
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Simple alchemy... nothing complex about that my dear fellow... ;)
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Wot! Cat dewizification!? ;D
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neuter(alize) it
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I don't know what the big deal is about a little stink......... Isn't the abbreviation for pickup PU? :rolleyes:
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Here's another pair, not real bad for two...............
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Bass-Pickups-neck-bridge-triumph-recording-Vintage-1969-1970-/181236929583?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a3290142f
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He's got the rest up for sale too. I hate to see people parting out perfectly good instruments.
This is the second one I see in a few weeks. >:(
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It's a shame to see a 40+ year old guitar get dismantled for profit. Too many sellers are doing it lately.
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I can't help but notice that he's not parting out either of those 2 Fender P's he's got listed. Fuggin dickbag.
LOL at the LP Bass output jack for $25, though.
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LOL at the LP Bass output jack for $25, though.
Haha yeah saw that too. We should bombard him with questions about the jack output. If it's a genuine 1969. If it has any nicks or other damage. If it sounds as muddy as all Gibsons. etc
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I'm digging the "Tilt-O-Matic" adjustable Bridge for $150.00, complete with incomplete mute............. :rolleyes:
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Those Dolby encoder/decoder units came out of a broadcast TV rack, probably when a station converted to high def or got closed down/hub controlled. All the other stuff would easily have been in an in-house promotion/ad production suite. From that, one. can infer that he works in television at a high enough level of management to take stuff home, so he obviously has no soul. That's a good price on the Alesis multitrack, though.
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From that, one. can infer that he works in television at a high enough level of management to take stuff home, so he obviously has no soul.
:rimshot: :thumbsup:
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Here is a pair of gold pickups............... Super Rare........
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Low-Impedance-pickups-from-L5S-Vintage-set-1973-74-RARE-/231510440740?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e718fb24
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Wow!
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Golly-Gosh...! What would this pair have been fitted to...?
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Golly-Gosh...! What would this pair have been fitted to...?
Normally a they showed up on the earliest versions of the L-5S. This custom ordered LPR happens to be for sale on eBay, I've never seen one of these before..................
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Gibson-Les-Paul-RECORDING-CUSTOM-Vintage-Electric-Guitar-RARE-GOLD-HARDWARE-/191537096708?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c98802804
Rob, You should make a bass out of it!
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I've got a pair of those (one is in a Gibson LP Jumbo inspired archtop acoustic, and the other as a spare).
I'm not convinced that those goldies are stock to that LPR, but it's possible.
They are just regular LoZ geetar pups with gold plate over the usual black resin. Not worth the premium (especially without the matching mounting hardware!) unless you are restoring an L5-S. or just really like gold. I don't, but this girl worked out real nice:
(http://grannygremlin.com/images/GGA/Maude/Maude%20003.jpg)
(more here: http://grannygremlin.com/images/GGA/Maude )
For reference here's the L5-S and the LP Jumbo:
(http://grannygremlin.com/images/nonwebpics/projects/Harmony%20Archtop/L5S.jpg)
(http://grannygremlin.com/images/nonwebpics/projects/Harmony%20Archtop/LPJumbo.jpg)
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I've got gold issues... I blame PC for that... ;)
(ta for the info, Gents...)
When I was off work sick for 6 weeks back in '03 my neighbour loaned me his all maple L5 which matched my RD... just beautiful to play and the sound through my Marshall/Hiwatt combo was just so... 8)
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Hey Granny! That's a most beautiful guitar you've got there, the dark one with the gold pickup! What is it? I mean, like brand name, how old, how's the acoustic sound, the neck?
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It's a late 50s to 60s Harmony. Pretty shitty guitar (no truss rod adjustment for example; no binding or top/back endgrain treatment). The acoustic sound is very midrangey (a typical low end blues box) - I like it for that, but it's no dreadnaught. It came to me refinned with way too thick poly, which sucked all the bass it did have out of it; sounded like a tin pot. I stripped and stained it, finished in Tung oil. I also had to reglue a few bits (back to the side at the butt end). Overall probably not worth the work, but I couldn't bring myself to hack up a nicer guitar for this project.
The neck is a nice vintage V (like the new Loar guitars, but not as pointy - either Loar exaggerated the shape or 2+ sanding/refins on this one took the edge off, litterally). Very comfortable to play, but I do wish the high E was not quite so close to the edge of the board. I used to own a Loar as well (higher end nitro finished one), but sold it off. It sounded a bit fuller in the bottom, but there was something about the midrange and treble that bothered me. Plugged in, this thing has bass for days. I always planned to make the typical Gibson LoZ circuit as an external stomp box (to preserve what body the acoustic tone does have), but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Original (to me) condition: http://grannygremlin.com/images/nonwebpics/projects/Harmony%20Archtop/Before/ (very pretty in white, but sounded like poo).
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I hear you, Granny! But concerning looks, she's so beautiful!Soooooooooo..........be-be-be-beautiful!
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Thanks!