dewey finn
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Anyone know how much out would cost to have a humbucker rewound?
Pick up rewind
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what kind of pickup are you having re-wound? If it's not special or super vintage, might be cheaper to just get a custom wound replacement.
Jellyfish
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Seymour Duncan custom shop charges $85 plus shipping. Aside from the cost (about the same as buying a new SD pickup), the one caveat is that they will only wind the new pickup to the specs of a current model from their range (so you could choose JB, 59 etc) rather than replicating what you currently have.
One of these days, I'll get around to having the original Dimarzio pup in my Proto rewound - just to maintain the original look.
One of these days, I'll get around to having the original Dimarzio pup in my Proto rewound - just to maintain the original look.
Address your question to hertzsogud. He'll serve you well.
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/profile/113838-hertzsogud/
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/profile/113838-hertzsogud/
Hi Dewey,
The going rate is $80-90 for a complete rewind and rebuild for both coils. With humbuckers, usually it's only one coil that's causing the problem and you can expect $50-60 on that. I know it seems expensive, but it's a more delicate and time-consuming process than most people realize.
Depending on how the pickup was made, if it has a cover, if it's been potted in wax, or a myriad of other factors, it can take an hour just to disassemble and tear it down. I use a micrometer and measure the old wire and try to match the wire diameter as closely as possible to a spool in my wire stock that has the same insulation - and if it's a pickup I haven't worked on before, I'll unwind between 400-800 turns of wire by hand first so that I can count the turns of wire on each pass back and forth across the bobbin, also taking notes/measures regarding the size and shape of the coil. Doing this gives me all the information I need to make the rewind be as accurate and authentic as possible. And then after that, it's another hour to rewind, rebuild, tape up, reinstall the cover, wax pot, and clean up to send back to you. If any pickup maker charged their normal bench rates for all of that, they'd get laughed at.
When it comes to humbuckers, most of us in the industry compromise and donate a portion of our time to keep the price reasonable. I know I do!
PS: Thanks for the kind words, fellas!
The going rate is $80-90 for a complete rewind and rebuild for both coils. With humbuckers, usually it's only one coil that's causing the problem and you can expect $50-60 on that. I know it seems expensive, but it's a more delicate and time-consuming process than most people realize.
Depending on how the pickup was made, if it has a cover, if it's been potted in wax, or a myriad of other factors, it can take an hour just to disassemble and tear it down. I use a micrometer and measure the old wire and try to match the wire diameter as closely as possible to a spool in my wire stock that has the same insulation - and if it's a pickup I haven't worked on before, I'll unwind between 400-800 turns of wire by hand first so that I can count the turns of wire on each pass back and forth across the bobbin, also taking notes/measures regarding the size and shape of the coil. Doing this gives me all the information I need to make the rewind be as accurate and authentic as possible. And then after that, it's another hour to rewind, rebuild, tape up, reinstall the cover, wax pot, and clean up to send back to you. If any pickup maker charged their normal bench rates for all of that, they'd get laughed at.
When it comes to humbuckers, most of us in the industry compromise and donate a portion of our time to keep the price reasonable. I know I do!
PS: Thanks for the kind words, fellas!
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dewey finn
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Thanks for all of the advice. It's a stock Dimarzio from an 81 special.
Is it not working right, or is the sound just not what you are looking for?
If it's busted, most of the pickup gurus out there cut their teeth doing rewinds. You'd probably want to see if you could get the resistance specs from someone here to get it rewound close to what it would normally be, or you can always get it wound more for more mids and output.
If it's busted, most of the pickup gurus out there cut their teeth doing rewinds. You'd probably want to see if you could get the resistance specs from someone here to get it rewound close to what it would normally be, or you can always get it wound more for more mids and output.
