1971 Precision pickup rewind

[Sibob]

So upsettingly, the original pickup in my ‘71 Precision has given up the ghost and, it seems, will require a repair/rewind.

I know next to nothing about pickups, so wanted to garner some opinions on who might be the best person/company in the UK who could take it on, hopefully retaining the ‘vintage’ness’ of the pickup haha.

Thoughts?

 

Si

[sirmuppet]

I just used Catwhisker pickups to custom make a set of Jazz bass ones for me. Extremely helpful and got me exactly the tone I was after. He does rewinds too. I'd certainly send Allan a message and ask him. Pricing is very good too. 

[stevie]

It's a while since I've been involved with pickups, but I do remember that the most common fault with those is a broken wire at the output. There are two output wires (obviously) - one is taken from the inside of the coil and the other from the outside. If the outside one is broken (it's not too difficult to check visually), it can be fixed without having to rewind the pickup: you just unwind one turn and re-solder. I've done it lots of times. Soldering those very thin wires takes a bit of practice, but it's not hard.

If the break is at the beginning or inside of the coil, you will need a rewind. It might be worth inspecting the pickup before you send it off.

[Geek99]

Or upload some pictures of those areas …

[Reggaebass]

I’ve never had any work done there but I’ve heard good things about these https://www.herrickpickups.com/

 

[Dan Dare]

It could be cheaper to buy a new one. Many companies offer vintage-style pickups that will duplicate the sound of originals. 

[Reggaebass]

In a 71 Precision I would have it rewound to keep the bass as original as possible , it wouldn’t feel right to me to have another pickup fitted 🙂

[PaulThePlug]

Another to add to the list...

http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk/prices/

Fingers crossed its a loose wire and not in need of a re-wind so to keep its authenticity and costs down.

[bloke_zero]

These guys are great - they get so many great basses through that they really know the details:

 

https://www.montysguitars.com/pages/rewinds

[police squad]

I would talk to Aaron Armstrong, son of the great Kent Armstrong. Link already posted above

[Sibob]

The pickup is now indeed with Aaron Armstrong!

So fingers crossed it’s recoverable.

 

Thanks all

Si

[Sibob]

The pickup came back from Aaron on Thursday last week, but I only had a chance to refit it last night!

It needed one side of it rewinding, but it’s now reunited with the bass!

sounds as wonderful as it did before, can’t wait to gig it again!

 

 

Si

[Reggaebass]

Glad you got it sorted Si, beautiful precision 👍

[Boodang]

Check out Creamery pickups (in Manchester I think). He does various jazz and precision winds, I got a 70s P from him and it's awesome, plus a pair of jazz custom made to my specs. He's v helpful, I'm sure he'll rewind your p pickup to your specs. Can't recommend highly enough. 

[Sibob]

1 hour ago, Boodang said:

Check out Creamery pickups (in Manchester I think). He does various jazz and precision winds, I got a 70s P from him and it's awesome, plus a pair of jazz custom made to my specs. He's v helpful, I'm sure he'll rewind your p pickup to your specs. Can't recommend highly enough. 

Thanks, already sorted though, see above 🙂

 

Si