Please explain this to me...

[Misfit toys]

No, kind of shady I think... seems like they were trying it to see if it got noticed

 

[Misfit toys]

seems like a major retailer like GC would have a standard price for something like that

 

[toowrongfoo]

Seems to me that they are weak. Sorry, it's the easiest of installs.

 

[Snakeman1066]

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

no need for gas can be had all day long for less than $30.00...lol

 

[Misfit toys]

Seems to me that they are weak. Sorry, it's the easiest of installs.

Just looked back in the thread to see what the charge was... 50 bucks to install a P pickup? seems to come out to what 150 an hour labor? if your'e taking your time

 

[Eekum]

Took me about an hour from start to finish. I was having a volume issue at first but I went back in and it ended up being a soldering problem. It’s all fixed now and sounds amazing. I just wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that helped me out in this post, expecially @Maxdusty ! The first picture is when I first installed them. Second picture is fully finished with a setup done. I’m happy to welcome this bass to my little family. Btw the bass is a 1989 Squier II P bass, when I saw it, I had to have it... that no pickguard look is just tasty lol. The neck is just amazing... here are the pics...

 

[pbassnut]

The two halves of a P pickup make up a single pickup installation. The repair shop in question are total shysters. Read them the riot act and don't do bizniz with them anymore.

 

[ddezz]

Was the work done by master luthier Willie Reckit?

 

[TH63]

I am getting a p bass worked on at guitar center, primarily, new pickup installed. I am getting a quarter pounder p bass pickup installed. However, they are charging me for a dual pickup install... Why?...

In my mind, it is a single pickup just split... Should I bring this up to them? Maybe I am wrong...

Underhanded, misleading, deceitful. Just plain robbery.

 

[Oci-One Kanubi]

I am getting a quarter pounder p bass pickup installed. However, they are charging me for a dual pickup install... Why?...

A single pickup has two screws and two solder points. A split pickup has four screws and four solder points (IIRC; it's years since I did my own upgrades). But 80% of the work is in removing and replacing the pickguard, and they only have to do that once, so I think they are screwing you.

 

[JoeWPgh]

A single pickup has two screws and two solder points. A split pickup has four screws and four solder points (IIRC; it's years since I did my own upgrades). But 80% of the work is in removing and replacing the pickguard, and they only have to do that once, so I think they are screwing you.

Not so. A Jazz pick up has 4 screws. Almost every P pickup I've handled had 2 solder connections. Maybe I'm too generous, but I tend to presume stupidity first, and thievery 2nd. Given that it's a GC, I'd put money on stupidity

 

[Misfit toys]

Was the work done by master luthier Willie Reckit?

He works at Dewey, Cheatem and Howe , right?

 

[fnordlyone]

Find a local guitar tech; never bring it to GC; do it yourself/not difficult if you can solder (learn to solder).
f!

 

[Maxdusty]

Took me about an hour from start to finish. I was having a volume issue at first but I went back in and it ended up being a soldering problem. It’s all fixed now and sounds amazing. I just wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that helped me out in this post, expecially @Maxdusty ! The first picture is when I first installed them. Second picture is fully finished with a setup done. I’m happy to welcome this bass to my little family. Btw the bass is a 1989 Squier II P bass, when I saw it, I had to have it... that no pickguard look is just tasty lol. The neck is just amazing... here are the pics...
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Awesome! So glad it worked out for you. In the long run, you'll also save yourself money by being able to replace and solder new output jacks and pots yourself without having to take it in for repairs, I don't know how much GC charges for those these days. Great job and a nice group of basses you have there.

 

[Eekum]

Awesome! So glad it worked out for you. In the long run, you'll also save yourself money by being able to replace and solder new output jacks and pots yourself without having to take it in for repairs, I don't know how much GC charges for those these days. Great job and a nice group of basses you have there.

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

 

[Vintage7Bass]

it’s a single pickup install because it’s a single staggered pickup.
Although this situation is a simple swap, if it needed routing in the wood it’s done with a single staggered template, so it’s a single pickup rout.
Yup, someone who doesn’t know basses entered the wrong info in the computer.