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[DrNomis_44]

Did you pull the cover off it? something i see a lot when strat type pups go dead, the lead in or lead out wire snaps.

I did do that and had a good look at it through a small X10 magnifying glass, couldn't see any obvious breaks so the wire break may be under several layers, at first I thought that there may have been a dry solder joint on the leadout wires so I tried re-soldering the joints, no luck, it's obviously suffered a break in the wire where it's not easy to get to without un-winding all the wire off the bobbin.


Looks like I'm just going to have to write-off the current set of pickups and order a set of new ones, I was going to change them out anyway for a set of ASN57's.

[tonyw]

If its the lead in its pretty much trashed, if its the lead out you can often unravel it and save it sometimes.


The Entwistles are made by Artec in China the same as GFS


I have a rewound 97 Affinity strat pickup here, i have changed the slugs from ceramic to A5 with a vintage stagger and correct poles for that era. I have scatterwound the pickup, its 6.2k DC resistance at 20C and Inductance of 2.1 henries, its wound to 57 specs and bang on the money. Cloth lead in and lead out wires and the eyelets replaced with brass eyelets, it has a plastic bobbin. I havent charged the magnets yet, but i do it in my lil workshop using rare earth mags and i check the gauss after each run through to make sure its bang on, i can charge them north or south facing.

I can send you the pickup, and if you like it send me the dead Entwistle, if you dont like it send it back undamaged and keep the Entwistle, or i can rewind the Entwistle for more than what its worth

I do these pups for kids with no cash, gives them a taste of a real pup without any cost other than a pickup swap or straight out $30 each, which is what it costs me to do the wind and replace the slugs and source the pickups.

I can grab a pic tomorrow if that helps, if you dont want it thats fine as well, no worries, just throwing it out there.

[DrNomis_44]

If its the lead in its pretty much trashed, if its the lead out you can often unravel it and save it sometimes.


The Entwistles are made by Artec in China the same as GFS


I have a rewound 97 Affinity strat pickup here, i have changed the slugs from ceramic to A5 with a vintage stagger and correct poles for that era. I have scatterwound the pickup, its 6.2k DC resistance at 20C and Inductance of 2.1 henries, its wound to 57 specs and bang on the money. Cloth lead in and lead out wires and the eyelets replaced with brass eyelets, it has a plastic bobbin. I havent charged the magnets yet, but i do it in my lil workshop using rare earth mags and i check the gauss after each run through to make sure its bang on, i can charge them north or south facing.

I can send you the pickup, and if you like it send me the dead Entwistle, if you dont like it send it back undamaged and keep the Entwistle, or i can rewind the Entwistle for more than what its worth

I do these pups for kids with no cash, gives them a taste of a real pup without any cost other than a pickup swap or straight out $30 each, which is what it costs me to do the wind and replace the slugs and source the pickups.

I can grab a pic tomorrow if that helps, if you dont want it thats fine as well, no worries, just throwing it out there.

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll just cut my losses and order some new ASN57 pickups anyway, the faulty pickup is trashed since I think the break was under a ton of winds.


Out of curiosity as to where the break was I removed all the windings from the bobbin, so it's just a bare bobbin now (it was irrepairable anyway since I couldn't see where the break was), I suppose I could just send it in the post to you and you can keep it and re-wind it if you want.

[tonyw]

Cheers mate...if you want i can cover you for postage.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


I just got a new tracking notification for my Luthier Supplies order today, here's what it says:


In transit
Processed through Australia Post facility
3:05pm Tue 8 Mar
Winnellie, NT



Looks like it may be ready to pick up tomorrow, and I'll be starting work on finishing the body and neck this coming weekend....yay!!!!

[wokkaboy]

good stuff Doc, hope you been working out with all the sanding ahead of you !

[DrNomis_44]

good stuff Doc, hope you been working out with all the sanding ahead of you !

Lol...nah, I've been a bit slack so I'll have to work out as I'm doing the sanding, more..sanding,.....even..more..sanding,.....yet more sanding,....and when I think I've sanded enough..sand it again, it'll do me some good as exercise.


Can't wait to try on the Pitbull Guitars T-Shirts I ordered, then I'll be well and truly "one of the gang".

[wokkaboy]

that's it Doc, once you put the PBG shirt on you are part of the team for sure.

You are only 5 posts off 1000 posts, not sure if your title will change from Mentor

[DrNomis_44]

that's it Doc, once you put the PBG shirt on you are part of the team for sure.

You are only 5 posts off 1000 posts, not sure if your title will change from Mentor

You're right, after this post I'll only have another 4 posts to go and we shall see if my title will change, it's been loads of fun being a mentor.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


I just got this tracking notification in my email today:


In transit
Attempted delivery - redirected to Post Office Click the link or press Enter to know more about this event
6:37am Wed 9 Mar
The Narrows, NT



So I went downstairs to check my mailbox, sure enough there was a parcel card in it and the parcel number matches my order, I'll have to wait till 5:00pm this afternoon to pick up the parcel.....WooHoo!!