Guild Artist Award Pickup replacement
R S ROBERTS
Hello to all,
I have a 95' Guild Artist Award and the floating pickup that's mounted
to the pickguard is gold plated, has no adjustable pole pieces and when
you your fingers drag across the plastic pickguard, you can hear a static
noice out of the amp.
What do you think and what should I do ?
I thought of replacing the the pick up but would like to keep thinks as
stock as possible. I tried to call Guild and can not get anyone to speak
with there. I hope that Bob Benedetto reads this wonderful group.
Thanks in advance.
Dan Kuraner
dext...@monad.net
in Keene, NH.
Willie K.Yee, M.D.
wrote:
>Guild Artist Award Pickup replacement
>
>Hello to all,
>
>I have a 95' Guild Artist Award and the floating pickup that's mounted
>to the pickguard is gold plated, has no adjustable pole pieces and when
>you your fingers drag across the plastic pickguard, you can hear a static
>noice out of the amp.
>
>What do you think and what should I do ?
Get a new pickup. It was the most wonderful thing I could do for my
Artist Award. Made the electric tone something I could really love,
rather than put up with.
>I thought of replacing the the pick up but would like to keep thinks as
>stock as possible.
Keep the old pickup and associated parts; you can ptu them back later.
Check the size of the tongue of the pickup to see if it fits the
pickguard. I got a JazzCat from Linda Manzer (made by Kent Armstrong)
and had to have a new pickguard made, which was something I wanted to
do anyhow.
> I tried to call Guild and can not get anyone to speak
>with there. I hope that Bob Benedetto reads this wonderful group.
>
He don't.
>Thanks in advance.
>
Yer very welcome.
Willie K. Yee, M.D. http://www.bestweb.net/~wyee
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Howard Klepper
the strings and the pickup case are grounded. Do you get microphonics
when you tap the pickguard, or just static from runing your fingers
along it?
Michael Ellenberger
ROBERTS at rs...@sover.net wrote on 12/30/01 10:07 AM:
From my limited knowledge I understand that this produces static electricity
on the pickguard and this is what you hear. In fact, this is what I've
noticed on my Tele since swaping out the stock pickup for one without a
cover. The cure, at least for the Tele, is copper foil tape on the
pickguard that is grounded. This allows the static energy to discharge
without building up and creating noise (I think). www.stewmac.com sells
this stuff. I haven't taken the time to fix my Tele yet so I can't provide
a complete testimonial!
You may need to put some foil backing on the underside of the pickguard and
then solder a wire from the foil to ground on the tone pot.
Whoops, did you say plastic guard on the pickup? Same applies but a metal
cover that's grounded might be easier.
Good luck.
Mike
Willie K.Yee, M.D.
<grumpm...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>You may need to put some foil backing on the underside of the pickguard and
>then
>
Pah! Change the pickup! You won't regret it. The Guild plain pickups
stink. It is not worth putting effort into fixing problems when the
pickup itself will never sound all that good.
--
rob taft
<grumpm...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I hadn't thought of static electricit. My Guild AA (benedetto version)
also produces a static like sound as I brush a finger tip across the
plastic pickguard. The pickup,a plastic covered Benedetto (Duncan
made) appears to be grounded. I have another archtop with a Kent
Armstrong with a plastic pickguard (its probably a good 1-2 /32 of an
inch thicker than the AA guard and I don't have a problem with that
guitar. Interestingly enough it appears to have diminished with age or
maybe its the type of amp. I was playing through old Fender SF Pro but
now I using a solid state and it just doesn't seem to be as
noticeable... or maybe I've just used to it.it r/rob
Willie K.Yee, M.D.
wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:06:07 GMT, Michael Ellenberger
><grumpm...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>>> I have a 95' Guild Artist Award and the floating pickup that's mounted
>>> to the pickguard is gold plated, has no adjustable pole pieces and when
>>> you your fingers drag across the plastic pickguard, you can hear a static
>>> noice out of the amp.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>From my limited knowledge I understand that this produces static electricity
>>on the pickguard and this is what you hear.
When Carlo Greco built me a new pickguard to mount the
Armstrong/Manzer pickup on my AA, he made it out of ebony. Now I know
why.
Willie K. Yee, M.D. http://www.bestweb.net/~wkyee
rob taft
wrote:
>Guild Artist Award Pickup replacement
I had mentioned in an earlier post that I had a similar problem with
my AA but I hadn't thought about static electricity until I read it in
an earlier post. I then thought about my circumstances and why I only
seemed to experience this on my AA and not another archtop with a
similar pickguard. I realized I hadn't played that archtop much at all
since I purchased the AA,, in fact the last time I played it any
significant amount was when I lived in Savannah Ga. I now live in much
drier northern va. Well, after doing a little web research, I went
downstairs to the laundry room...another thing I haven't gotten used
to yet.... stairs...and grabbed a sheet of Bounce and rubbed it on the
face of the pickguard....no more static. Cheap and effective. r/rob
Dadiyo
Please tell me where and who to call for a new pickup and pickguard.
Thank,
Dan Kuraner
dext...@monad.net
"Willie K.Yee, M.D." <nos...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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Willie K.Yee, M.D.
>Hello Willie,
>
>Please tell me where and who to call for a new pickup and pickguard.
>
If you want the original, contact Guild, or do some Websearches for
vintage guitar parts.
If you want a custom job, any luthier can do it to your exact
specifications. It would be best to have it done by someone that you
can leave your guitar and pickup with so you can get an exact fit.
If you want one like mine, contact Carlo Greco. I dunno if he has the
drawings (I designed the pickguard), but I could get them to him.
However, he might still need the guitar to do it right.
Maybe not, since he designed the damn thing.
Also, it won't be cheap, especially if he does it in ebony with
binding.
Carlo's number is (212) 704-2402.
Willie K. Yee, M.D. http://www.bestweb.net/~wkyee
HSCRC
static charges that were so severe that any movement of the guitar sounded like
bacon frying. I brought it to a repair guy who couldn't figure anything out.
I ended up spraying some static guard (laundry product) on a cloth and gently
applying it to the guitar's finish and pickguard. No damage to the finish and
voila!, the static is gone (plus the guitar smelled springtime fresh).
On another subject, my Guild AA is an older model with the dearmond pickup that
is attached to the neck. I'm not unhappy with the way that the pickup sounds,
however, this pickup unfortunately rests on the top and dampens the acoustic
sound. Wondering if anyone has one of these and has perhaps addressed this
problem.
Vic Reyes