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My daughter rescued a bass that was going to be binned at school. It's all in pretty good nick (although needs a good clean) apart from one coil of the pickup has had the wire yanked and snapped off inside the coil. Any chance somebody may have a p-bass pickup left over from an upgrade, or even one with a dead coil i could use the good one from?
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Would the stock MIJ pickup from a Silver Series Squier suffice?
TBH I don't really care what spec it is as long as it's cheap! You never know, if the bass turns out to play really well she may want to put a better pickup in it in the future but for now it's just a "get it working" project.
I've not really fiddled with bass pickups much before - am I naive in assuming they're all the same size and will fit the hole in the guard?
How is the Sue Sue Ryder bass routed under the pickguard? Two cavities linked by a drilled "tunnel" or one continuous excavation? The latter would place less strain on the pickup conductors whilst the pickguard is removed.
The pickup is yours for £12.50 PP F&F shipped. Round that up to £15 and I can probably throw in a few extra little goodies.
Routing is "tunnel" style, but I was thinking of cutting a channel in the surface to make it easier to take apart without unsoldering stuff (or yanking it and breaking things like somebody had already done)
A small bit of extra advice - twist the wires together fairly tightly before feeding them through the tunnel. This reduces the likelihood of breaking a joint since the wires support each other, and reduces noise since it acts as a ‘twisted pair’.
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Regarding parts fit, it is possible that you may need to modify the edges of the pickguard pickup cut-out to accommodate the Squier covers. Usually, the trouble spot is the semi-circular extensions for the height adjustment screws.