pariah223 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I was trying to remove the cover plate on my seymour duncan vintage 54 pickup, and in the process, i severed one of the coil wires that comes off the pickup to the eyelets. how do i go about fixing htis problem? do i just pull a ny strand from the coil and solder it to the eyelet, or will that not work.. help me please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modman Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I was trying to remove the cover plate on my seymour duncan vintage 54 pickup, and in the process, i severed one of the coil wires that comes off the pickup to the eyelets. how do i go about fixing htis problem? do i just pull a ny strand from the coil and solder it to the eyelet, or will that not work.. help me please!!! you mean you severed the lead from the coil. nothing left but to find the loose coil end and somehow tying them together again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah223 Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 so time to buy a new pickup i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 You can also just find the end of the wire and resolder it to the eyelet. Losing a turn out of 5000 isn't going to affect the sound of the pickup at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 (edited) do i just pull a ny strand from the coil and solder it to the eyelet? I guess it requires a bit of microsurgery but its do-able. I have a couple pickups laying around with broken wire in the coils but they need complete rewinding. And trying to dig out the end of the wire in a potted pickup can be like pickin' the flys**t out of the pepper, Its easy to damage the coil further. I guess the easiest way would be to unsolder the main output wire and clear the hole. Unwrap your coil strand (if you can find it) a few turns and pull through the hole. Push the output wire back thru the hole from the other side and plug the hole with solder again. Then snip off the excess coil strand. Edited May 19, 2007 by Southpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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