Just watch a minute or so from ~5mins in. (For some reason I couldn't get the YT vid to start from the correct place in the link).
Q1 - I'm *guessing* that he's used a drop of superglue to keep the pickup springs in place when he drop the pickup into the hole?
Q2 - How does he lift the pickup high enough for the screws to bite into the hole in the pickup bracket/frame to start to lift the pickup up in the body to the right height? OK, perhaps, for the neck pickup, he can reach a finger in from the bridge pickup cavity, but how could you get the bridge pickup in the right place?
Any thoughts oh wiser-ones-than-me?
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Q2, all done with mirrors.... or maybe even magnets
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tbh I had a harder time getting past watching him bash the tuner ferrules in with a hammer!!!! Not great practice that!.
Unless I'm missing something
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Danny1969 said: the bolt just has to be long enough and there has to be further travel for the bolt under the pickup .....
I didn't think the screw/bolt was that long though - at least, not normally. I need to experiment.
just fast forward past the bits where he’s using a hammer to put the tuner ferrules in and also the collets for the bridge I’ve just noticed… try that with any sort of decent finish on the guitar and it’s crack city
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I tuned in to a bit of his “watch me make a guitar in a day” video a couple of weeks ago. Something like 1500 people watching.
I don't watch him tbh, everyone finds their own way to build so no need to roll your eyes again, I won't
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Danielsguitars said: That's it though isn't it, everyone has their own way of doing things, no need to try and make him look bad, he's quite capable by my reckoning. No offense meant.
I watched quite a bit of the first one, then 2 on catch-up highlights, and just assumed that he’d finally get it finished on the third day - I’ve not watched day 3 yet.
Sounds like I need to find time to watch day 3, day 4 AND day 5 ...
Fingers through the bridge pickup hole for the neck pickup, and probably some sort of tool through the soundholes for the bridge - you can see the necessary path in the title pic for the video.
Either that or make a loop of gaffer tape, sticky side out, and stick it to the top of the pickup. As long as the screws are slightly longer than the springs - which it looks like they are - they will thread into the holes before the springs put any pressure on.
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