Pickup making supplies in NZ?
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Pickup making supplies in NZ?
Does anyone know of anywhere local to get flatwork, rod magnets, wire, etc?
It's beginning to look a lot like an eBay job.
It's beginning to look a lot like an eBay job.
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Re: Pickup making supplies in NZ?
Ceramic magnets and button magnets at https://www.magnets.co.nz/. I use neodymium and ceramic bars.
Couldn't find any suitable wire in NZ so bought quite a bit of 42 & 43 AWG from the USA. I got it from a supplier that charged way less than Stewmac.
I don't know what 'flatwork' is... perhaps you can clarity?
Couldn't find any suitable wire in NZ so bought quite a bit of 42 & 43 AWG from the USA. I got it from a supplier that charged way less than Stewmac.
I don't know what 'flatwork' is... perhaps you can clarity?
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Re: Pickup making supplies in NZ?
Copper wire is cheap on AliExpress, just need to convert the awg to mm.
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Re: Pickup making supplies in NZ?
They don't sell rod magnets suitable for single coils. At least nothing suitable on their website, and their prices suck. This is looking like a Tone Kraft order waiting to happen.jvpp wrote:Ceramic magnets and button magnets at https://www.magnets.co.nz/. I use neodymium and ceramic bars.
Couldn't find any suitable wire in NZ so bought quite a bit of 42 & 43 AWG from the USA. I got it from a supplier that charged way less than Stewmac.
I don't know what 'flatwork' is... perhaps you can clarity?
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Re: Pickup making supplies in NZ?
Does it have the same toan?jeremyb wrote:Copper wire is cheap on AliExpress, just need to convert the awg to mm.
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Good call. It's $30 USD vs $55 for the same length and probably the same stuff if it's actually 100% copper. Do you have any personal experience with any of the wire from AliExpress?jeremyb wrote:Copper wire is cheap on AliExpress, just need to convert the awg to mm.
All in it looks like $100 for the materials to make 3 single coils. That doesn't seem too crazy.
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I have bought some to make a sustainer pickup, but haven't started yet so can't confirm our denyNippleWrestler wrote:Good call. It's $30 USD vs $55 for the same length and probably the same stuff if it's actually 100% copper. Do you have any personal experience with any of the wire from AliExpress?jeremyb wrote:Copper wire is cheap on AliExpress, just need to convert the awg to mm.
All in it looks like $100 for the materials to make 3 single coils. That doesn't seem too crazy.
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Well if you ever want to shift it I'll give you what you paid for it.
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It wouldn't be any use to you, it's way thicker than normal pickup wireNippleWrestler wrote:Well if you ever want to shift it I'll give you what you paid for it.
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Re: Pickup making supplies in NZ?
https://www.guitarparts.co.nz/pickups/p ... parts.html
Although I note a lot of the products listed state "out of stock"...and that's across the site
Although I note a lot of the products listed state "out of stock"...and that's across the site
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First place I looked. Useless since nothing is in stock and the kits aren't worth it.
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I bought 1 pound of 42awg and 1 pound of 43awg from Remington for half the price of what NZ Guitar Parts sells it for. That is 4x cheaper!NippleWrestler wrote:First place I looked. Useless since nothing is in stock and the kits aren't worth it.
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Nice. How're the shipping charges?jvpp wrote:I bought 1 pound of 42awg and 1 pound of 43awg from Remington for half the price of what NZ Guitar Parts sells it for. That is 4x cheaper!NippleWrestler wrote:First place I looked. Useless since nothing is in stock and the kits aren't worth it.
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Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on there....weird.NippleWrestler wrote:First place I looked. Useless since nothing is in stock and the kits aren't worth it.
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Ha, shipping was more expensive than each roll of wireNippleWrestler wrote:Nice. How're the shipping charges?jvpp wrote:I bought 1 pound of 42awg and 1 pound of 43awg from Remington for half the price of what NZ Guitar Parts sells it for. That is 4x cheaper!NippleWrestler wrote:First place I looked. Useless since nothing is in stock and the kits aren't worth it.
However, 20Km of wire should be good for 20 single coils or 10 hbs or so.
Description Quantity
Price
Amount
1 x Magnet Wire, 43 AWG, Red, 1. 0 Lbs, 66092' Length
1 $27.17 USD
$27.17 USD
1 x Magnet Wire, 42 AWG, Red, 1. 0 Lbs, 51313' Length
1 $25.56 USD
$25.56 USD
Subtotal
$52.73 USD
Shipping $33.25 USD
Total $85.98 USD
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