Maybe it does spin? If so it seems it would have to be "wired" with some sort of contacts between the chosen pickup and leads to the control knobs/switches. Just guessing.If you could make it spin while you play, now that would be something.
Dan Armstrong lucite guitar, too.One of the original Danelectro guitars had pickups that could be slid out and replaced with a different one, I think they were lipstick pickups.
It's a neat idea (to me), but wouldn't you want different pickups to dial in? Otherwise, what's the point?
It's a neat idea (to me), but wouldn't you want different pickups to dial in? Otherwise, what's the point?
my preferred speculation is that SD or someone who sold a lot of SD pickups put the instrument together to help buyers choose which SD configuration they wanted.
There’s one where the entire back or top (I forget) was held on by magnets for easy swapping of parts.
Oh, really! Well, cool! Then maybe it does accomplish it's purpose though. Yeah, I saw they were all Duncan pickups and they looked the same, but if they're different.... Well cool. I saw the labels, but didn't study them.Check out the labels, they are different pickup configurations!
walrus
Slip rings are available for spinning contacts but they tend to be noisy and best suited to larger signals. There are also some RF type links but a bit pricy but maybe tolerable for a one off like this. It also might be that there are sliding contacts under the ring and when the PU is aligned with the strings, the contacts underneath make contact. That seems the simplest from the electronics point I would think.
Plus, to be fair, I got a 27" screen so it's pretty easy to see. Not that I'm bragging or anything.Oh, really! Well, cool! Then maybe it does accomplish it's purpose though. Yeah, I saw they were all Duncan pickups and they looked the same, but if they're different.... Well cool. I saw the labels, but didn't study them.