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Cigar box pickups

suspiciousminds

suspiciousminds Frets: 369

November 2013 in Making & Modding

I'm in the very early stages of building a cigar box guitar from scratch - 3 string - and at the moment i'm gathering together all the bits before starting the build.
Has anybody got any suggestions what pickup to use?
I was thinking maybe a rails type with the blades rather than a normal pup with it only having 3 strings.
Any suggestions chaps?

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ICBM Frets: 69426

November 2013

Lipstick?

Or if the string spacing is narrow, half a P-Bass pickup with the strings aligned between the poles rather than over them? (This works, it's how the pickup is meant to be used on bass strings.)

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ThePrettyDamned Frets: 7416

November 2013

Something that looks pretty. Bargain options include:

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Toasters-Surface-Mount-Pickups-p/b105-anc5.htm

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Fibre-Top-Surface-Mount-Pickups-p/g129-anc5.htm

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Mini-Magic-Mirrors-Humbuckers-p/mvb96.htm

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suspiciousminds Frets: 369

November 2013

Cheers guys!
I did think about a bass pup but wasnt sure about the spacing!
Brill!!:)

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Branshen Frets: 1221

November 2013

Hi, if you're after a lipstick, I could send you a nice used one in chrome for the price of shipping.

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suspiciousminds Frets: 369

November 2013

Hi branshen,
Thats very kind of you - will pm now!:)

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OilCityPickups Frets: 7616

November 2013 tFB Trader

Wind your own ... an absolute piece of piddle if you don't have to make it fit a specific space.

Professional pickup winder, horse-testpilot and recovering Chocolate Hobnob addict.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog

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suspiciousminds Frets: 369

November 2013

Big thankyou to Branshen!
Pup arrived today!
Cheers mate!

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Branshen Frets: 1221

November 2013

Np at all! Long story but I got it off Mr. Jooky from around here for free too.

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