Dearmond Gold Foil Pickup Parts

[Cornell]

I have just joined this forum.
My immediate problem is: A beautiful DeArmond x-155 that I’ve acquired recently has a Gold-Tone pickup with damaged gold foil. (Just one of the pu’s, and only one half of it).
They are not the usual solid faux-gold foils as used in many other gold foil pickups. They are a floppy, plastic sheet like materials - to my surprise!
I wonder how I can get hold of a few centimetres of these… —? Any help would be most welcome!

 

[GAD]

Moved this to its own thread.

 

[GAD]

Can you post a pic?

 

[Bonneville88]

Welcome to LTG!

These pickups? (see photo below)

I believe the gold material creating the fine square grid pattern may be
a very thin mirror-gold polyester film.

Not sure how I'd go about attempting to repair any missing or damaged
material - tricky to do even if you had the embossed material, but if you
did, could perhaps be laser cut or plotter cut. Alternatively,
an experienced digital graphics technician with a capable plotter might be able to set up and execute
an embossing pattern followed by a cutting pass on smooth material.

Not sure what the background material is though that the foil needs to adhere to - that
should be determined before anything else. If the background material behind
the foil is wax, for instance - or grid-embossed wax? - I'm not sure how you'd get the
foil to adhere to it or contour to the recesses of the embossed grid - it might have to be pressed on,
perhaps with some careful heat applied.

Either way, does not look like an easy situation to fix if the foil is damaged or missing.

 

[SFIV1967]

If that helps in searching for help, the official name was "Gold Tone Humbucking Pickup":



Ralf

 

[shihan]

You’re probably better off just buying a replacement PU. They’re not super expensive.

 

[Bonneville88]

Agreed!