Pickup Pole screws can I use stainless?

paulnb57 · December 2015

I have one of these pups fitt d to an Epi EB - 0 bass

http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/bass/standard-bass/model-one ;

It screws direct to the body and is miles away from the strings, so I have wound the allen screw pole screws up to get them nearer the strings...could I use stainless cap head allen bolts instead of the ones fitted, purely for aesthetics, would stainless affect the tone or performance? Cheers Paul

NickL · December 2015

Someone with more knowledge might correct me on this, but I don't think stainless steel polepieces would work at all because it's non-ferromagnetic.

OilCityPickups · December 2015

Many stainless alloys are not magnetic ... you would have to test any threaded slugs you try

ICBM · December 2015

Given how massively overpowered and muddy-sounding that pickup is, having it half an inch from the strings is probably a good thing. I would put the polepieces back down to the normal height and not worry about it...

paulnb57 · December 2015

ICBM said:

Given how massively overpowered and muddy-sounding that pickup is, having it half an inch from the strings is probably a good thing. I would put the polepieces back down to the normal height and not worry about it...actually like the sound of the pickup, agreed it's a bit of a one sound pony, but a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder

Lol,

I like the pickup, granted it's pretty much one sound, but it's a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder...

I've ordered black steel Allen cap screws.......

OilCityPickups · December 2015

paulnb57 said:

ICBM said:

Given how massively overpowered and muddy-sounding that pickup is, having it half an inch from the strings is probably a good thing. I would put the polepieces back down to the normal height and not worry about it...actually like the sound of the pickup, agreed it's a bit of a one sound pony, but a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder
Lol,

I like the pickup, granted it's pretty much one sound, but it's a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder...
I've ordered black steel Allen cap screws.......

Watch out .... one thread may be imperial and the other metric ... granted the bobbin/keeper material will probably be soft enough for the screw to cut its own thread, but you won't be able to return the pickup to 'stock' without loose poles.

paulnb57 · December 2015

I swear one day I will launch this bloody ipad!

paulnb57 · December 2015

I swear one day I will launch this bloody iPad

paulnb57 · December 2015

I swear one day I will launch this bloody iPad!

OilCityPickups · December 2015

Technical fail!

paulnb57 · December 2015

TheGuitarWeasel said:

paulnb57 said:

ICBM said:

Given how massively overpowered and muddy-sounding that pickup is, having it half an inch from the strings is probably a good thing. I would put the polepieces back down to the normal height and not worry about it...actually like the sound of the pickup, agreed it's a bit of a one sound pony, but a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder
Lol,

I like the pickup, granted it's pretty much one sound, but it's a huge improvement on the original Sidewinder...
I've ordered black steel Allen cap screws.......

Watch out .... one thread may be imperial and the other metric ... granted the bobbin/keeper material will probably be soft enough for the screw to cut its own thread, but you won't be able to return the pickup to 'stock' without loose poles.

What I meant to say was,

Thanks for the heads up!

I emailed DiMardio about the thread size of the pole pieces (10/32 x 5/8) and ordered steel cap headed allen screws the same size, the difference being the cap head, which wil protrude above the top of the pup sufficently.......thats the theory anyway. I used to work in engineering, so will go by "feel" and if it feels wrong I will stop an go back to the originals......

Bloody iPad!

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