Help please - coil wire broke between coil and output wire

[justFred]

Please see pictures. first is closeup with each side of broken wire with red line, second, further out with yellow line,
Is there anyway I can save this pickup?

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[Sam SG]

I have one like that. What i was gonna do.
Was solder a small peace of solid wire into the eyelet.( like the leg off a resistor) Bend it over....tin it with a small silver ball of solder on the end. The very csrefully sand the enamel off the tip of the winding wire then melt it into the ball of solder. Try to keep it flat to the bottom flatwork
You get like one chance...if you break the winding wire your done...thats the start end.

 

[Sam SG]

Yea worst part will be cleaning the insulation off the end of the winding wire so it solders good. Id hold it down flat and use a light grit sandpaper like 1000 grit to clean up just the very end befor you solder it.

 

[Mincer]

Hot solder usually burns off the insulation quickly, while also burning up the wire. I once connected 2 ends of a broken wire by putting a 'string' of solder between them. It was a cheap pickup, though, so I wasn't too worried. But it still works.

 

[justFred]

Thank you for the help!

I sanded the end and was able to solder a larger wire with a blob of solder on the end to it. Checked with meter and got the expected DCR. Put a drop of super glue on the larger wire to hold in place. The super glue was out dated or reacted oddly with the fiber baseplate and just remained a slimy mess not sticking. Lifted the larger wire gently and broke the coil wire off at the coil.

THE PICKUP IS DEAD.

 

[Sam SG]

Ah that sucks. Yea CA glue( super glue) often times will react with certain material too. I once glued a kids puzzle peace my daughter torn and upon touching the material the glue started smoking.

 

[justFred]

Couldn't bring myself to throw it away.

Got out higher power eye loop and another work light placed at a different angle. Found maybe an 1/8th inch strand.
Used Mincer's sting of solder technique. It took a half dozen try's of dragging the solder and heating enough to get a connection but finally it took. Got close to the expected DC reading on the meter. Wired to connector, connected to little pig nose amp and verified it works!

Back in guitar an working just fine.

 

[Mincer]

Wow! While not a real 'fix', I am happy it worked for you, too! I just tucked that solder string under the cover and it is still working fine months later.

 

[justFred]

Thank you. Have had that pickup a long time and used it on most memorable guitars over ~30 years, Very old Fender Texas Special.

 

[Sam SG]

Cool glad you saved it.