Grand Wazoo
Well-known member
A little maintenance was required... Customer Service are great!!
A few days after I received my 25th Anniversary HSS, I've noticed a tilting motion in the 2 single coil pickups, when resting my thumb on them these would move from side to side quite freely. Obviously the singles, not being as wide as the bridge humbucker, are only fitted by one screw at each end, whilst the humbucker has 2 on the top and one on the bottom, this means that the latter sits firmly in the slot as it's held by 3 screw as opposed to 2. The higher they are set the more they tilt.
You have to appreciate that to me a single coil on a MusicMan it's a complete new experience, so with that in mind I have been a little uncomfortable with these 2 pickups wobbling.
Of course I have contacted CS and the very helpful Nathan suggested I should check to make sure that the p/u screws were fitted firmly and that they had this little rubber o-ring that is designed to stablilize the spring in which the screws are housed in. So I checked all that, and everything was fine, I then reported back to Nathan and he said I could rest assured all was in perfect order as intended. I was satisfied that this was not a problem and that it's only a matter of me getting used to it. And I can't stress enough how corteous and professional the people at Customer Service are.
Today I came up with a neat DIY idea which actually worked very well.
I've found a roll of insulating foam which is used as a draft excluder with an adhesive peel back strip, and I've cut 4 small eyelets the size of a pea each, I've lifted the 2 singles and applied 2 of these pads to the lower edges of each pickup, I've then refitted them in the slots, screwed them in at the correct height and now I am pleased to confirm that they sit perfectly without tilting, what a result! Anyone else noticed this with their single coils?
A few days after I received my 25th Anniversary HSS, I've noticed a tilting motion in the 2 single coil pickups, when resting my thumb on them these would move from side to side quite freely. Obviously the singles, not being as wide as the bridge humbucker, are only fitted by one screw at each end, whilst the humbucker has 2 on the top and one on the bottom, this means that the latter sits firmly in the slot as it's held by 3 screw as opposed to 2. The higher they are set the more they tilt.
You have to appreciate that to me a single coil on a MusicMan it's a complete new experience, so with that in mind I have been a little uncomfortable with these 2 pickups wobbling.
Of course I have contacted CS and the very helpful Nathan suggested I should check to make sure that the p/u screws were fitted firmly and that they had this little rubber o-ring that is designed to stablilize the spring in which the screws are housed in. So I checked all that, and everything was fine, I then reported back to Nathan and he said I could rest assured all was in perfect order as intended. I was satisfied that this was not a problem and that it's only a matter of me getting used to it. And I can't stress enough how corteous and professional the people at Customer Service are.
Today I came up with a neat DIY idea which actually worked very well.
I've found a roll of insulating foam which is used as a draft excluder with an adhesive peel back strip, and I've cut 4 small eyelets the size of a pea each, I've lifted the 2 singles and applied 2 of these pads to the lower edges of each pickup, I've then refitted them in the slots, screwed them in at the correct height and now I am pleased to confirm that they sit perfectly without tilting, what a result! Anyone else noticed this with their single coils?
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