Sunday, June 20, 2010

Foam support

Direct mount pickups (such as the humbuckers in my Ibanez SV5470) are not spring mounted, in lieu of this, foams are used to prop the pickups up. Replacement pickups which would go into these cavities require such foams which aren't sold in any guitar shops, you have to make do with whatever foamy substitutes you can acquire. The material to be considered shouldn't be too soft, otherwise it won't spring the pickups up.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Art Friend is a good place to find suitable foams for such usage.
~1mband~

subversion.sg said...

DIY hardware stores also offer some rubberized padding with an adhesive side, but there is a need for some trimming to fit the cavity.

Ijau D. Koceng said...

good idea...