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Dead Seymour Duncan SPB-4 pickups

#21
I thought I had this issue with the SPB-4 just a couple weeks ago. Turned out that I somehow fried the pot when switching/soldering pickups. Good luck, I know your frustration, because it seems so straight forward and easy. Then, inexplicably, things happen.
 
#22
Dynomuttasaurus said:
I thought I had this issue with the SPB-4 just a couple weeks ago. Turned out that I somehow fried the pot when switching/soldering pickups. Good luck, I know your frustration, because it seems so straight forward and easy. Then, inexplicably, things happen.
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I wish it was the pots! They're easier and cheaper to replace. I'm probably going to have to ship them back to SD. Oh well!
 
#26
At least I didn't fry the pots! My repair guy said the pots are perfectly fine and even re-wired them so they fit a P bass diagram free of charge. Said they were wired for a telecaster pickup oddly enough. Sent the pickups pack to Seymour Duncan today, let's hope I don't have to pay for anything!
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#30
Killed_by_Death said:
Sure they sound fine, until one of the pots spins & breaks the connection.
See how he had to put shrink tubing on the leg of the cap?
totally unnecessary if done the correct way
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Interesting, then why do manufactures still create diagrams that way? Not trying to argue or anything. Just curious. Should I go to a different repair guy then? There’s a couple of more places in town, though the guy I went to has a good reputation.
 
#31
Maybe the same reason that people say tone all the time when they mean timbre, or call a floating bridge on a guitar a tremolo (when it's used for vibrato).
I think your tech doesn't know much about electricity or he would have left that cap the way that it was.
He's just following a diagram w/o knowing what is actually going on, in my opinion.

Gibson's own drawings show caps suspended between pots, but Seymour Duncan does it the right way.
Just another reason I don't feel confident about buying a Gibson.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/PrecisionBass_Standard.pdf

Don't worry, someone will come along in the morning to post that it doesn't matter & it's fine suspended between pots like that, but...
wouldn't it make more sense to isolate the cap to the treble cut pot & use a more flexible wire between pots?
 
#32
ah I understand, seems to be both a practical and a personal preference. If it does snap I’m sure I can get it fixed easy. Otherwise I’m not gonna be bothered with it, I just want my P bass up and running. I do have another option on the pickups. I’m getting an exchange on some Geezer emgs. So I’ll have a choice between the SD spb4
And the GZR emg.
 

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