OT - pickup tubing

[LightSoundGeometry]

google aint helping me find the name of the tubing ot springs they put around humbucker screws. so I can get it from a hardware store probably at a cheaper rate than 10 bucks per foot or 8 bucks for 4 .  what should I look for? thanks in advance. thought I would ask here since I am already a forum meber and have account to post. ty

[DavidRavenMoon]

It's often called "surgical tubing." You can probably find it in a good drug store that sells medical apparatus.


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[Steve Newton]

Catapult bands can often be found for cheaper than basically the same stuff sold as 'surgical' tubing. Look on fleabay.

[LightSoundGeometry]

It's often called "surgical tubing." You can probably find it in a good drug store that sells medical apparatus.


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yeop thats it! it was on th etip of my tongue ..they use similar stuff in aquariums ty

[LightSoundGeometry]

the butterfly effect, a guy i know pulls out his 1999 les paul humbuckers and install pearly gates..and 4 months later I have a completely new guitar now..I did need two eventually ..I never want to use single coils again ..I may have to try and sell off this other strat as im afraid it wont get played ..the humbuckers drive the tweed amp perfectly for the perfect rock tone imho

[thermionix]

I've always seen springs on humbuckers, surgical tubing just on Strats.

[LightSoundGeometry]

I've always seen springs on humbuckers, surgical tubing just on Strats.

youre correct , the springs work so much better. I had one pup installed a min ago and now going to have to purchase some springs. I cut the nut myself and screwed it up..it works for now but Im not the expert luthier I thought I was  I did an okay routing out the scratch plate using screw gun and files. oh well lol. 

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[thermionix]

Yeah I think the surgical tubing only works well in the shorter jobs.  Nice job on the pickguard.  Is that an ash body?  I likes me some ash.  Swamp.  (Firecracker?  Indians?)

I absolutely despise doing nuts myself.  I usually screw the first attempt up and have to make another.  Like fretwork, it's one of those jobs I'd rather have someone else do, if there was somebody around that I trusted with it.

Love humbuckers, but don't give up on single coils just yet.  There are plenty out there that do a better job overdriving amps than Strat pickups...P-90s, Dynasonics, whatever those Mosrite pickups are called...just to name a few.

[LightSoundGeometry]

yeop, the natural wood is swamp ash with solid roasted maple neck, and the burst is alder, mahogany and indian rosewood. everything is from Warmoth.

I will have to replace two of those single coils ..I have the hot rails in there but its not working right. they sound thin anyway and are not as fat as a real bucker imho