I couldn't get that screw extractor to work :-( I think the arm broke off too deep inside the block for it to take hold. Bleh. So I have to get a new sustain block for $20. I was so sure this would work too. The silver lining is that I get to order more stuff from GFS, so I ordered a sustain block, new saddles and some adhesive-backed copper foil for when I get around to shielding this thing. Another advantage is that my pal Curtis at GFS was able to find some black pickup covers that will fit these pickups and he threw them in to the order.
What's This About Pickup Covers?!
I should explain about the pickup covers,since I seem to have forgotten to record this fascinating interlude in my saga. When I ordered the pickups, I also ordered some black covers that would
supposedly fit them. To quote the GFS web site:
The oversized magnets on the best GFS Strat sets can be very tough to shoehorn into a standard USA sized pickup cover- so we offer these custom made covers to fit our Premium, Authentic and JH EXP sets. We ship a set of 3.
But when I tried to install them, I found they weren't deep enough. Just look at this picture and notice the wire, clearly visible on the left!
I corresponded with Curtis, who told me that some of their recent shipment had not been sized correctly. I sent him this diagram, based on painstaking measurements made with my digital caliper. Note that the covers that were too small are a full 1mm lower (measurement "A"). Happily, and as you know from having read the opening paragraph carefully, Curtis found me some that are the right size, and he added them in, gratis, to my new shipment.
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