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Re: EMG ressurection

1/10/2005 7:53 AM
MKB	Re: EMG ressurection You may have a distant possibility to disassemble the pickup, but you have to be extremely careful and realize that you may destroy it in the process. Some potting epoxies will soften when heated, so you can take a heat gun, chisel, and dental picks, carefully heat the epoxy with the heat gun, and remove\pick out the potting. I used to do this with potted electronics at work (evaluating field failures), and was successful removing the coils from a Gibson super-humbucking without breaking the winds. If you are successful removing the components, they could possibly be repaired and reassembled. You could purchase a small amount of potting epoxy from Mouser or Digi-Key, and repot the pickup. You may want to consider this as a last-ditch effort, as you run a high possibility of destroying the pickup.

1/10/2005 7:53 AM

MKB

Re: EMG ressurection

You may have a distant possibility to disassemble the pickup, but you have to be extremely careful and realize that you may destroy it in the process. Some potting epoxies will soften when heated, so you can take a heat gun, chisel, and dental picks, carefully heat the epoxy with the heat gun, and remove\pick out the potting. I used to do this with potted electronics at work (evaluating field failures), and was successful removing the coils from a Gibson super-humbucking without breaking the winds.

If you are successful removing the components, they could possibly be repaired and reassembled. You could purchase a small amount of potting epoxy from Mouser or Digi-Key, and repot the pickup.

You may want to consider this as a last-ditch effort, as you run a high possibility of destroying the pickup.

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mr coffee Hi MKB,Thanks for y... -- 1/10/2005 4:41 PM