NGD Univox Mother

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:22 pm

I am not positive this is a "Mother," but that is what the tape says on the OHSC.

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Physically it is in good shape, but it's electronics are crap. I think the pickups are fine, but the pots have been changed out badly and it is a mess in there of bad grounds and unsoldered wires. I am going to pull all that crap out (along with the noisey stock toggle) and rewire it.

LOOKS hot though.

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:06 pm

I dig it!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:30 pm

Looks cool as frig. I'm not normally keen on gold hardware, but think looks brilliant.

Bolt on or set neck?

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:19 pm

Hell yeah!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:10 am

It has the bolt on tones.

Worked on it today. Pulled out the crappy wiring, pots, and toggle and prepped it for the new parts. I also resoldered wires to the neck pickup. It has been spliced half way down the wire, so I just soldered in new full length ones. The screws holding the humbucker rings were also stripped out so I put in some bigger screws to help hold them down.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:39 am

Tall toggle arrived today.... and is too tall... Just a tiny bit too.

Ordered a shorty..

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:54 am

Cool guitar and interesting pickups. Are they singles or buckers?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:04 pm

Mini humbuckers.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:14 pm

westtexasred wrote:I dig it!

Fuck yeah! My thoughts exactly!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:39 am

Pots came in.

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Neck pickup is dead. I checked with a friend who builds pickups to see about a repair and I am looking online for mini humbuckers as a replacement. Here is a gut shot of the pickup.

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sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:26 am

There is only one coil as I can see, so it is a single. But it has two rows of pole pieces and a very strange bar magnet (?) in the middle.
If you can find Dimarzio DP240 Vintage minibucker for cheap, I would recommend it as a replacement.
Edit:oh I just inderstood that "a strange bar magnet" is just a part of the frame to which polepieces are screwed. Very strange construction.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:15 am

Heard back from Curtis Novak and he says he can fix it for me. Sending them off tomorrow. Toggle came in and I got that hooked up.

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Speed knobs it had were import size and don't fit the new US pots so I put on some black witch hat knobs. Not sure if I will keep them yet or knot. Time will tell.

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WayToHip · Post by **WayToHip** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:29 am

UH, so jealous, but congrats! Black LPs with white binding are sexy.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:54 am

Pickup came back from Curtis Novak, so I got it installed. Went in just fine. I got it wired up and when I was trying to intonate, the 12th was still very flat with the bridge max forward. I figured out that my Gotoh bridge fit the stock cups and put that on instead and got it intonated. Never seen a guitar where intonation was good with ALL six maxed forward. Kind of makes me wonder if the nut is messed up or something? Something else kind of odd is middle position is out of phase. Neck loud full and warm, bridge nice and bright, middle kind of quiet. Anyways, here are pics.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:28 am

Curtis emailed me back. He said just to pop the cover off and swap the two wires. (Which I did, but it was scary since they were bare copper wires.) I got that done and put it back in. No more quiet middle position.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:07 pm

I like it. Nice to see some unusual pickups. What does Novak charge for a rewind?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:24 pm

rad as hell. looks cooler than a gibson