COst for new leads

[Dave]

What does SD charge to put new leads on a pickup, namely a 4 conductor hot rails?
Anyone here/elsewhere do it?

Thanks,
D

[ShredMAN]

Re: COst for new leads

are the leads COMPLETELY gone or are there just little stubs left?

[Dave]

Re: COst for new leads

They're intact, but about an inch too short.

[y2stevo]

Re: COst for new leads

Then what u gotta do my friend is, Get a soldering iron, come solder , some wire, and solder extra wire onto the wire coming out of the pickup

[Dave]

Re: COst for new leads

Then what u gotta do my friend is, Get a soldering iron, come solder , some wire, and solder extra wire onto the wire coming out of the pickup

Thanks Steve-what gauge and any particular soldering flux? I'd hate to fxxx it up.

[flank]

Re: COst for new leads

you cant really f*ck anything up just soldering a wire to the existing one...... however i remember i discussion where some people dont like the idea of soldering a wire to lengthen the leads since it could be a bad connection or be detrimental to the tone if it was not done right

i dont know if i buy that though, as long as you got them wrapped around eachother good and get a good amount of solder on there you should be fine

[Jonnylane]

Re: COst for new leads

Yep, you're right. Make it a good joint and it'll be fine. Anyone who says doing this will alter their tone wants a slap

[Curly]

Re: COst for new leads

maybe a little heat shrink on the joint wouldn't hurt

[rspst14]

Re: COst for new leads

I had to do this to two pickups. I first started by trying to extend the leads with 4 conductor cable, but the area where the new wires were soldered on turned out to be too thick to fit through the little holes while running the wire to the control cavity. So I decided to extend the leads at the coils. If you remove the fabric tape and look at a Duncan humbucker, there are small wires coming out of the coils, and the 4 conductor cable is soldered on to those wires. So rather than extend, I remove and replace the 4 conductor wire. The bad thing is that disassembling the pickup like this is that you may need to repot it when you're done. If you need to extend it a lot, that's a good method, provided you get a good solder connection. If you just need an inch, get some 4 conductor cable, remove the wires, and solder them on as an extension.

Ryan

[Dave]

Re: COst for new leads

Thanks for the info, gentlemen.