Please explain this to me...

[Eekum]

Good call. These are the exact items I bought at Harbor Freight, so if you have one near you it might be a good place to go to get both the iron and solder.
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Thanks for the info! I have a HF right around the corner. Stopping there after work today!

 

[Need Gigs]

I would have charged for four pickup installations, same as the number of strings

 

[Maxdusty]

Thanks for the info! I have a HF right around the corner. Stopping there after work today!

no problem. It should be an easy and quick replacement as you're replacing a passive pickup with another one, so it'll be a matter of locating where the existing pickup wires attach to , removing them and putting the corresponding wires on the new pickup in their place.
Here's the typical P Bass wiring diagram from SD's website, just two spots to do.

 

[groooooove]

buy a soldering iron and get to work yourself.

you'll mess it up at first but once you get the hang of it youll be happy you did.

 

[sawzalot]

You're replacing a P pickup with another P pickup? That's one pickup with two coils.

 

[somebrains]

Well, I went up to guitar center today and told them to forget the install and I was going to do it myself. Going after work to buy an iron and some solder. This weekend I will be at my workbench watching some youtube videos.

Hakko FX-888D
It may cost more than the cheapie pencil, I'd search for a lightly used one in eBay or something.
It'll pay for itself just by dialing in and maintaining temp on removing hard joints like mid 2k Warwicks.
Super fine stuff like dip switches or cheapie pots are a breeze.

Get yourself solder braid and a solder sucker.

You'll get doing this stuff quick, ain't rocket surgery.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Yup...could have saved the money and bought a soldering iron AND pizza and beer. Not hard at all, some pickups these days don't even require a soldering iron, just plug them in.

The proper order is important.
1. Beer
2. Pizza
3. Beer
4. Solder

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

It was 89.99 for dual installation of pickups. 49.99 for one. I will be buying a iron for my future projects though.

I'm in the wrong business.
But just about everything makes me say that.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Well, I went up to guitar center today and told them to forget the install and I was going to do it myself. Going after work to buy an iron and some solder. This weekend I will be at my workbench watching some youtube videos.

YAAAAAA! Good for you!
Don't forget to watch the video that explains how to hold the iron.

 

[JoeWPgh]

A couple things to remember as you learn to solder: You do not use the iron to melt the solder. You want to heat the wire and terminal until they melt the solder. Also, solder is not glue. You want a decent physical connection. A nice bend of the wire on the terminal is generally enough. This will help you avoid 'cold solder' joints, which are very likely to fail.

 

[Maxdusty]

YAAAAAA! Good for you!
Don't forget to watch the video that explains how to hold the iron.
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Don't laugh but I held it like that the first time (it had been some time since I last held a soldering iron and kinda forgot). like I said, if I can do a decent job soldering, anyone can.

 

[mcnach]

It was 89.99 for dual installation of pickups. 49.99 for one. I will be buying a iron for my future projects though.

Ouch... that's a LOT!

 

[mcnach]

Also it is in fact two cavities in reality no matter how you make them and if they are connected.

Not really... IF they were routing, which now we know they weren't, they'd use a template covering the whole cavity, not one template for each side of the pickup that you need to move before routing each part. One template only... no extra work.

 

[Iridescentone]

Not really... IF they were routing, which now we know they weren't, they'd use a template covering the whole cavity, not one template for each side of the pickup that you need to move before routing each part. One template only... no extra work.

Unless you live in a different "world" where time, space, and the laws of physics don't apply.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

YAAAAAA! Good for you!
Don't forget to watch the video that explains how to hold the iron.
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best advice is on the coffee mug The Wife gave me.

 

[Snakeman1066]

best advice is on the coffee mug The Wife gave me.


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that's why i love this thing...700 + degrees...no cord and the tip cools to the touch in 2.25 seconds

 

[Misfit toys]

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that's why i love this thing...700 + degrees...no cord and the tip cools to the touch in 2.25 seconds

I've seen those in pawn shops, do they work well?

 

[Snakeman1066]

I've seen those in pawn shops, do they work well?

it does...heats up when it touches metal cools when it's not...the light helps for really small work and it's portable...the batteries last quite a while as well...I always carry it in my tool bag

 

[Misfit toys]

I think I have soldering iron GAS! for some reason I assumed they were butane, kind of surprised they work on AA's

 

[toowrongfoo]

Soldering iron gas is fine, what GC did is not.