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Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:34 am
by maxkat
Hi Dan,

here are your pictures; I put the bobbin with the magnets in the pickup cover so you can see which side is the pickup's up side... The needle points at north, so the up side is the north side here.

Image

Cheers, Max

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:54 am
by maxkat
Hi Mr. Bill,

here are the bobbin's dimensions in a fast sketch...

Image

Cheers, Max

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:28 pm
by Mr. Bill
Max: Many thanks for the drawing! I'm going to keep a copy in my pickup book.

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:45 pm
by oipunkguy
from the sources I've heard from this is pretty much exactly how the slab body ventures 2 pickups were made, although I've never seen it for myself. the slab body models were wound to about 7k.

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:38 am
by maxkat
That's what I was told, too...

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:39 am
by maxkat
Little correction: South is up on the shown pickup ;) I should have known how to use a compass, sorry ;)

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:02 pm
by panther
maxkat wrote:Hi Dan,

here are your pictures; I put the bobbin with the magnets in the pickup cover so you can see which side is the pickup's up side... The needle points at north, so the up side is the north side here.

Image

Cheers, Max


Max;
Wouldn't it be that Opposites attract ?
Dan

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:02 am
by maxkat
Hi Dan,
yes, that's true and therefore SOUTH is up here – and attracting the compass needle's NORTH pole.
What I wrote in 2011 was wrong as I thought I had to read the compass as on a field trip (needle's north pole pointing at earth's north pole) – therefore the correction.
I think normally Mosrite pickups should have the south up, but it would not be Mosrite if such a rule would not have its exceptions ;) Some results:
- 66 Ventures II: South up
- 66 or 67 Celebrity: North up
- 71 Mark I: North up
- 89 or 90 Nokie: North up
- Bob Shade custom made Slab pickups: South up
- M3 B-100 bass pickups: South up
Max

Re: Ventures II pickup anatomized

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:11 pm
by 101Volts
maxkat wrote:Hi Mr. Bill,

here are the bobbin's dimensions in a fast sketch...

Image

Cheers, Max


Max, the photos have vanished. Could you please re-upload the dimensions of the Ventures II Slab pickup?

- Austin