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2006-10-11, 01:59
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New Blood
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how much does it cost to get pickups installed
how much does it generally cost to get a shop to install passive pickups in a guitar???
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2006-10-11, 02:20
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Jono
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$15/$20 a pickup.
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2006-10-11, 02:33
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to much...do it yourself the experience is way better...and cheaper in the long run...it can help you learn that a guitar isn't as complicated as it might appear at first...
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2006-10-11, 07:25
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yeah, you should do it yourself. Buy yourself a soldering iron and some solder of ebay. The pickups will come with wiring diagrams, but you can just take out the old ones after inspecting the wiring and wire in the new ones in exactly the same place.
If you've never soldered before, it might be worth practicing a little bit (10 mins) on something else first. It's easy.
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2006-10-11, 13:56
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It was 20$ per pickup for me the last time I did it. I plan on having a tech install another set of pickups on my 2nd axe and thats it. I'll be saving up for custom guitars after that so i wont need anyone else to install pickups for me after I receive my guitar since i found "the" pickup setup for me. However, if you plan on changing pickups alot, it would be a good idea to learn to install them yourself.
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2006-10-11, 15:00
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$15/$20 a pickup is quite expensive.i would learn to do it myself if i were you IMHO. 
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2006-10-15, 19:12
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wrong forum.
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2006-10-15, 19:55
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what kinda question is this ?? ever thoughs of calling a guitarstore and ask them what they charge, instead of asking on some forum 
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2006-10-16, 11:25
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A lazy question!
I always have techs do soldering work on my guitars, because I'm not experienced enough, and don't want them to fail halfway through a gig!
However, when the other guitarist in my old band had a microphonic bridge pickup in his Jackson he took ages to get it sorted out, in the end I said I'd do it for him and even supplied the pickup (one that came out of my BCR) because the squealing during band practise pissed us off so much. I managed to solder it without messing it up or melting the pots. Took a few tries but it was fine in the end. Wouldn't do it on my own guitars though!  |
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2006-10-16, 23:19
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Originally Posted by Deathmaster213
A lazy question!
I always have techs do soldering work on my guitars, because I'm not experienced enough, and don't want them to fail halfway through a gig!
However, when the other guitarist in my old band had a microphonic bridge pickup in his Jackson he took ages to get it sorted out, in the end I said I'd do it for him and even supplied the pickup (one that came out of my BCR) because the squealing during band practise pissed us off so much. I managed to solder it without messing it up or melting the pots. Took a few tries but it was fine in the end. Wouldn't do it on my own guitars though! |
Guitar pots and other bits are pretty heavy duty, you're not really going to mess anything up soldering. If old ladies can solder in China, I'm sure most of you can too, it's not hard. |
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2006-10-17, 05:55
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Actually it depends, if you have a more powerful solder iron you can damage the pots by applying too much heat to them.
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buy a stick of graphite (art stores) and rub it into your nut
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2006-10-17, 13:57
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Originally Posted by Valtiel
Actually it depends, if you have a more powerful solder iron you can damage the pots by applying too much heat to them.
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Too much heat for too long will cause damage. A poor iron will not transfer heat well and will also damage parts. You want a quality iron like a Hakko, Goot or Pace with a good sized tip and enough heat to get in, solder the part and get out. Flux helps a lot. I do a lot of soldering at my job and for my guitar, I use a Hakko iron, medium sized tip, no clean flux and no clean solder. |
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2006-10-26, 16:59
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Originally Posted by k13m
what kinda question is this ?? ever thoughs of calling a guitarstore and ask them what they charge, instead of asking on some forum |
yeah. you fucking lazy piece of shit. go to the store. or learn to work with a solder iron. |
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