argh, killed my pup!

[fourmations]

hi all

i just got an sx p/j ash
and the high pole pieces were annoying me

i found that a hard push on the poles
popped the magnet off the back
and i could push them all flush with the cover
and reattach the magnet

this worked nicely for the top piece of the p pup
and i tested it and it all worked nicely
so i went at the other one and now the whole p pup
is dead

i am going to try what i can as i hve nothing to lose
but can anyone see what may have went wrong?

the covers are glued on so i cant get at the insides

unless i upset the windings with what i did
but the poles dont touch the windings, right?

all visible wiring and solders are intact

any advice welcome

regards

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[Jim Carr]

A small short is all it takes to kill a pickup. This is probably what you have.

Rewind or replace? Hmmmmm.....I wonder?

 

[SGD Lutherie]

I just replaced the pickups on an SX Tele for someone, and they aren't worth rewinding. Really cheaply made. maybe the bass pickups are better, but these had steel poles and a big ceramic magnet glued to the bottom. Not a bad little guitar though.

If the coil was wound right on the steel poles, it probably broke the wire.

 

[Sonicfrog]

What a relief. For a moment, I thought you killed your dog!!!

 

[Jim Carr]

I just replaced the pickups on an SX Tele for someone, and they aren't worth rewinding. Really cheaply made. maybe the bass pickups are better, but these had steel poles and a big ceramic magnet glued to the bottom. Not a bad little guitar though.

If the coil was wound right on the steel poles, it probably broke the wire.

+1

Look at this as a good excuse to upgrade.

 

[john_g]

What a relief. For a moment, I thought you killed your dog!!!

Yeah I thought Michael Vick stopped by your house.

 

[fourmations]

thanks guys

i am fairly poor at the moment
any tips on a usable cheapo P pup to get me by

i may be able to get a good set
in a month or so but would like something in there
in the mean time!

regards

4

 

[SGD Lutherie]

What a relief. For a moment, I thought you killed your dog!!!

+1 I don't know where this "pup" stuff started.. but that's not the abbreviation for pickup. It's either "PU" or "p'up"

When I see "pup" it makes me cringe!

 

[stflbn]

a good example that pushing and shoving on things often breaks things.

A simple chunk of black electrical tape over the top of the pickup would have solved you issue with the exposed poles.

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[SGD Lutherie]

thanks guys

i am fairly poor at the moment
any tips on a usable cheapo P pup to get me by

i may be able to get a good set
in a month or so but would like something in there
in the mean time!

regards

4

How's $18?

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Real alnico magnets and everything.

I put one of their dual blade Tele lead pickups in one of my guitars, and it sounds damn good!

 

[bassmanrocke]

If you can get in the auction on time (4hrs)this is a solid set of alnico V pickups. I don't know the seller, but these are great discount pickups. Much better than SX.

http://cgi.ebay.com/P-bass-pickups-...66:2|39:1|72:1205|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50

Just saw that listing by SDG Lutherie. That really looks like your best bet.

 

[fourmations]

thanks again all

i will have a browse, im in ireland, so may try buy from europe
to speed up the postage

rgds

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[impactwrench]

check the classifieds here, maybe someone will ship to Ireland