Dood Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Hello ye world of BassChat! Anyone have any ideas of who (other than of course the obvious very busy Luthiers) can make custom pickup covers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 What a cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 I know!!! I should start my own business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Funnily enough I was thinking something similar yesterday - I've just bought some chrome vintage style T-Bird pickups to go in a project bass, the pickups are a tiny bit smaller than the hole that's there and I thought the chrome pickup rings would be enough to cover the gap, but they just need to be a tiny bit bigger... So I had an idea to design and print some little black spacer plates to go under the chrome rings. I assume places exist where you can send them the 3D model and get the goods back in the post? Edited June 28, 2016 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 We have facilities for this at the university I teach at, but the workshops are shut until September. If you've found nothing by then, give me a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1467127698' post='3081361'] We have facilities for this at the university I teach at, but the workshops are shut until September. If you've found nothing by then, give me a shout. [/quote] You're a star! Thanks. I've no idea (yet) about 3D modelling and how I'd go about getting the covers to be exactly as I'd like. In that respect, it's a big ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Go to http://www.shapeways.com/ It was originally for prototypes and templates but folk are using them for products. Bit pricey for me though. Another thing is if the shape is drawn then saved as .dwf anyone with a laser cutter machine can cut them out. Plenty of free 3D software out there https://www.blender.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonesTheCat Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 There's loads of 3D printing bureaus out there that'll do you a job. And both OnShape and Fusion 360 are free CAD packages that are now pretty much at a professional level (not that you need anything that good for something simple but they're both easy to use). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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