Pole pieces fell out of pickup

[Geezerman]

My E and A P bass pickup's pole pieces have fallen in the body, I can line it up then push the pickup down to catch them, but they fall after some rigorous playing. Is there anyway to keep them there, as I think they have fallen down because someone handled my gear badly at my last gig.

[62bass]

Originally Posted by Geezerman

My E and A P bass pickup's pole pieces have fallen in the body, I can line it up then push the pickup down to catch them, but they fall after some rigorous playing. Is there anyway to keep them there, as I think they have fallen down because someone handled my gear badly at my last gig.

Wow, that's a new one for me. What kind of pickups are they?

You should be able to cement them into place with a dab of clear nail polish, plastic cement or a similar fast drying glue if there's enough of a gap for it to flow into. I can't see your pickup from here (myparanormal powers are down today) but this may work. Or, super glue. Don't use very much.

[Geezerman]

Just generic P bass pickups.






heres my bad pic for the month :P

[vindy500]

haha im sorry but i find that quite amusing

[62bass]

Originally Posted by Geezerman

Just generic P bass pickups.






heres my bad pic for the month :P

It seems to me that the whole pickupassembly has fallen out of the cover. No big deal if that's the case. Just put some foam under the pickup to push it back to where it should be. There was a thread about this recently. Maybe someone will remember it and post a link.

[Geezerman]

I will search, thank you! It stinks, because at practice the poles will fall and all of a sudden my E and A sound really weak, heh.

[Geezerman]

Bump, search did no help unfortunatley.

[PaleMelanesian]

Take the pickup out of the body. Remove all the polepieces. One-by-one, apply some superglue in the hole, then slide the polepiece in as far as it should be. Slide it from the front, so any squeezed-out glue is on the underside. Probably works best to lay the pickup on its side so gravity doesn't give you trouble aligning the polepieces.

I'd use some rubber gloves or something. This sounds like a good way to glue your fingers to *something*.

[62bass]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

Take the pickup out of the body. Remove all the polepieces. One-by-one, apply some superglue in the hole, then slide the polepiece in as far as it should be. Slide it from the front, so any squeezed-out glue is on the underside. Probably works best to lay the pickup on its side so gravity doesn't give you trouble aligning the polepieces.

I'd use some rubber gloves or something. This sounds like a good way to glue your fingers to *something*.

I still say that it looks like the pickup assembly is loose from the cover. That's by looking at the picture. I have never heard of the pole pieces themselves falling out of the bobbin, at least not with any well known, reasonably well made bass, although I suppose it could happen.

Take the strings off, remove the pickguard and take a look. See if the pole pieces are actually falling through the bobbin. Check out the problem and it should be obvious.

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by 62bass

I still say that it looks like the pickup assembly is loose from the cover. That's by looking at the picture. I have never heard of the pole pieces themselves falling out of the bobbin, at least not with any well known, reasonably well made bass, although I suppose it could happen.

The polepieces DO look to be evenly sunk, so you may be right. However, I did have one ______-brand bass with allen-adjustable polepieces that had one loose. It wasn't quite loose enough to fall right out, but the impact from my fingers playing the strings pushed it in after 5 notes or so.

I have had other basses with pickups that were epoxy-encased, so the whole assembly falling out would be impossible in that case.

[62bass]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

The polepieces DO look to be evenly sunk, so you may be right. However, I did have one ______-brand bass with allen-adjustable polepieces that had one loose. It wasn't quite loose enough to fall right out, but the impact from my fingers playing the strings pushed it in after 5 notes or so.

I have had other basses with pickups that were epoxy-encased, so the whole assembly falling out would be impossible in that case.

Right. And these are Fender P pickups which are all pretty much made the same way. It looks very much like the problem I had installing Seymour Duncan replacements where the cover was a bit loose. A bit of foam under the bobbin should fix it.

[Geezerman]

Thanks guys, will try that tonight. I apreciate the help!

[Nino Valenti]

Originally Posted by 62bass

It seems to me that the whole pickupassembly has fallen out of the cover. No big deal if that's the case. Just put some foam under the pickup to push it back to where it should be. There was a thread about this recently. Maybe someone will remember it and post a link.

+1

[Son of Magni]

Originally Posted by 62bass

It seems to me that the whole pickupassembly has fallen out of the cover. No big deal if that's the case. Just put some foam under the pickup to push it back to where it should be. There was a thread about this recently. Maybe someone will remember it and post a link.

I believe you are correct