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Hi, feeling just a little bit smug having correctly diagnosed and fixed a fault with my semi acoustic bass. Less smug about having taken the whole thing apart which I really didn't need to do. 

Anyway it's back in one piece with functioning pups. My question is can anything be done with the broken pup? 

Are they repairable? 

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Sometimes they can break at the eyelets where the wires connect to the coil winding which can be repaired.  If there's a break or a short in the coil then they can be re-wound - remove the coil wires and wind a new coil - but there's no guarantee that it will sound the same afterwards.  Someone who has the right knowledge and experience might get pretty close...

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2 hours ago, Bassalarky said:

Sometimes they can break at the eyelets where the wires connect to the coil winding which can be repaired.  If there's a break or a short in the coil then they can be re-wound - remove the coil wires and wind a new coil - but there's no guarantee that it will sound the same afterwards.  Someone who has the right knowledge and experience might get pretty close...

Okey doke. Its not a big deal as I was probably going to drop a Retrovibe pup or two in there anyway. And the one I used actually sounds fine 

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