Sarah's pickups restauration.

[oigun]

Today A little package showed up at my doorstep. It contains two dead pickups from our forum-queen Sarah...
See what we have here:

Its clear that both pickups are a little different.

I started with the one at the bottom.

Because the resin is so old and brittle it wasn't very hard to take apart.

You can see the construction, two magnets glued together with six nuts. There is also a piece of copperfoil to shield the coil

Once apart I could access the wires and to my surprise I've got a reading on my measuring device!!
So this one is not dead and I can reassemble it and it will work great again.

[Sarah93003]

Whew! You got them! Wow Oi, what kind of camera are you using. Your photos are so clear and so close up! I need one like that.

[oigun]

The other one is a different story...

It appears to be newer The foam is almost fresh (but the resin inside isn't)
First I tried to get a reading with the wires stripped close to the pickup... Nope dead as a doornail.
So I took apart this one as well.

The construction is also a bit different, there are no nuts inside the polescrews are tapped in a little copperplate instead of the foil. The magnets are not the same too and The black and white wire are reversed.
To get the coil out was a bit of a hassle because someone (Dana??) used contact cement....
Measured again but still nothing.
I tried to slowly unwind it and take measurements along the way but it was impossible to find the broken wire...
So I ended up with this:

I have to rewind this one.
More to come.

[oigun]

Whew! You got them! Wow Oi, what kind of camera are you using. Your photos are so clear and so close up! I need one like that.

Yep, they are in tha house! My camera is a sony cybershot it is kind of crappy but every once in a while I can get some decent closeups out of it

Danny I've put this in the wrong place....it should be in Mosrite & Clone, Projects, Parts & Accessories Q&A

Maybe you can move it over there??

[dubtrub]

Danny I've put this in the wrong place....it should be in Mosrite & Clone, Projects, Parts & Accessories Q&A

Maybe you can move it over there??

Done!

Great topic too.

[JimPage]

This is a super-interesting thread! The more photos and text the better!!!

Thanks--

--Jim

[oigun]

This is a super-interesting thread! The more photos and text the better!!!

Thanks--

--Jim

I will do that. I have also a (blind-cover)bass pickup that I've taken apart .I will post my findings when I'm done with this one. Its also a different construction.

[Sarah93003]

Actually, I don't think this should just be in the "Mosrite Clone" section but also in the Vintage section.

These are vintage Mosrite pickups that Oi is studying to produce his own pickups. In the process he is going to repair my original pickups. So, if someone wants to know what the vintage Mosrite pickups look like on the inside this is also the perfect thread for that.

I think it's better to have it in the Vintage section. In my humblest of opinions.

[dubtrub]

Actually, I don't think this should just be in the "Mosrite Clone" section but also in the Vintage section.

Sarah, this isn't the 'Mosrite clone' section, it is 'Mosrite (&) Clone, Projects, Parts & Accessories Q&A' section. This is the proper place for vintage parts and projects.

[Sarah93003]

Actually, I don't think this should just be in the "Mosrite Clone" section but also in the Vintage section.

Sarah, this isn't the 'Mosrite clone' section, it is 'Mosrite (&) Clone, Projects, Parts & Accessories Q&A' section. This is the proper place for vintage parts and projects.

oopsie, I jumped to conclusions!