Can a Dimarzio Rail Pickup be fixed....

Sporky · September 2023

OilCityPickups said:

roberty said:

With you on the Rubik's Cube thing @OilCityPickups boxing them back up is an art in itself

The foam triangles are like the seashells in 'Demolition man'.

Covered in poop?

steven.marks · September 2023

And done .... please be careful when fitting covers to this sort of DiMarzio ... they are not super strong and repairs are simply awful to do and generally uneconomical. I am going to do this at a special price for @steven.marks as I wanted to show everyone what's entailed.

Oh and DiMarzio can 'do one' with their packaging ... lordy, worse than a Rubik's Cube to replace!

@OilCityPickups Simply mind blowing and appreciated! I think everyone has learnt something on this one, most notably don't re-use Dimarzio pickup boxes! Oh and only use Dimarzio pickup covers ;-) And don't expect an easy repair!

Fascinating re the magnet that their website claims is ceramic! It's a great pickup either way and you've saved it from land fill and it'll go straight into the neck of my Charvel Model 3.

Amazing skills too!

OilCityPickups · September 2023

And on it's way back to the OP :-)

steven.marks · September 2023

OilCityPickups said:

And on it's way back to the OP :-)

And just like that the guitar is back to together with a fully functional Chopper Rails. Many thanks to all for your advice, especially Ash who clearly is a legend!

OilCityPickups · September 2023

Wow that's orange! Oh, and glad to be of service :-)

Funkfingers · September 2023

Way sicker than my Model 3 with a red/yellow Breed, a green dummy Jackson S-100 and a purple Norton S.

@steven.marks How did you persuade the orange humbucker surround to line up with the holes for the over-sized Charvel surround?

roberty · September 2023

That's awesome top work all round. What's in the bridge there, @steven.marks? Looks spicy

bloodandtears · September 2023

Funkfingers said:

Way sicker than my Model 3 with a red/yellow Breed, a green dummy Jackson S-100 and a purple Norton S.

@steven.marks How did you persuade the orange humbucker surround to line up with the holes for the over-sized Charvel surround?

@Funkfingers it'sone of a few custom 3D prints I had done, which he has since sprayed to match.

bloodandtears · September 2023

roberty said:

That's awesome top work all round. What's in the bridge there, @steven.marks? Looks spicy

Seymour Duncan parallel axis @roberty ;

steven.marks · September 2023

Funkfingers said:

Way sicker than my Model 3 with a red/yellow Breed, a green dummy Jackson S-100 and a purple Norton S.

@steven.marks How did you persuade the orange humbucker surround to line up with the holes for the over-sized Charvel surround?

As @bloodandtears said, all of the covers got a quick spray with tenners worth of car spray paint that had primer in it. Took minutes. I'm an orange nutter and couldn't get covers to match so sprayed a DM one for this guitar. The accidental damage was caused when I went to try the pickup in a new guitar with a non DM cover, a lesson learned!

OilCityPickups · September 2023

DiMarzio are a bit odd with their covers ... even some of their humbucker pole spacing are slightly 'off' standard size.

steven.marks · September 2023

roberty said:

That's awesome top work all round. What's in the bridge there, @steven.marks? Looks spicy

I acquired the Parallel Axis PATB1 in a trade and thought heck, give it a go. It's the only Seymour Duncan pickup I now own(being a Dimarzio fan boy in recent times) but it's really good. They're seemingly rare and seem very expensive new. Must be as old as the guitar I guess but sounds like a SD take on a Tone Zone to me. For the record, a True Velvet single in the middle. I have the old stock pickups but these make this guitar my "Gadget" guitar and it can do anything especially with a 5 way super switch(Series Bridge/Parallel Bridge/Middle/Parallel Neck/Series Neck).

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