Microphonic pickup?

[Carson Leighton]

All I can say about it, is this. My old 72 p/p Emmons has never sounded better. As a matter of fact, my wife says it sounds better than it ever did.
As I said in an above post, I was very careful with the pickup, handling it, removing the tape, being very careful not to break the fine wire while removing the tape. I mixed about 20 to 30 per cent bees wax with parawax, made sure there was absolutely no dirt in it by straining it. My wife has a candy thermometer and I kept the temperature as close to 150 degrees as possible. The pickup was in the liquid wax for about 1/2 hr. I followed the instructions carefully from the site provided by Joey Ace. I am not much of an electronics man, but a little common sense and patience can go a long way. In my case, the pickup wasn't any good the way it was, so what could I hurt. If I ruined it, I would have to buy another one and if I didn't try to fix it, I'd still have to buy another one.

This may not be a long term cure for the pickup, but right now it's working beautifully. I couldn't be happier with the sound and the response.......Regards, Carson

[Jason Lollar]

One could always rewind it if the potting took out too much high end. Its easy to wind an Emmons so it is less microphonic, the stock coils are really loose.
You could buy a Lawrence which are great pickups but it will sound like a Lawrence not an Emmons.

[Joey Ace]

<SMALL>"This may not be a long term cure for the pickup"</SMALL>

Yup, you might have to do it again in another 30 years.

Thanks for the update, Carson!