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Post subject: Restoring a '75 P bass pickup.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:55 pm
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I've got a modified '75 Precision for a fix.
The bass has been upgraded with Badass II bridge and J pickup on bridge apparently long ago.
The problem is that when neck (P) pickup is activated, the tone gets twice weaker. Bridge pu alone works fine.
I've disassembled the instrument and took measurements.
The problem is in one half of the P pickup, which reads 315K, while the other, healthy half reads 5.71K.

No noise or hum.

I've checked the wire and apparently it looks undamaged, but it's probably something inside.
The pickup is original Fender's '75 P with tight coil of some black wire.

I assume if the wire is somehow damaged the only possible repair should be rewiring the coil with new wire. I'm not winding pickups and I'm not sure I can find a proper wire for that.

My question:
Am I right and the wire is damaged - or is this some other problem? It is not completely broken, it produces sound, so maybe I've missed something?

In any case, what's the suggested repair?

As the bass is already modified it's probably not about keeping it stock, but a '75 P pickup is a valuable thing and I'm not going to simply swap it with some new pu.


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