Stack P90 bobbin crack

[YEN]

Hi all.

There are some cracks on the bobbin of my stack P90.
Does this happen often?

 

[idsnowdog]

It's not uncommon. During the late 90's and early 00's they were using a type of plastic which was very brittle. I have a JB and the bobbins just crumbled over time.

 

[Mincer]

I have a few white humbuckers (an Alnico II Pro & Custom Custom) with several cracks. SD themselves asked to look at them after seeing a picture on social media, and I uninstalled them and sent them back. They inspected them and shipped them back to me...no issues other than the cracks.

 

[idsnowdog]

Here's the POS screw coils from one of their early 00's JB's. It's been glued a dozen times because the plastic they used is garbage. I haven't been hammering on this pickup either because I have 80's bobbins with zero cracks.

 

[jeremy]

i have plenty of pups with bobbin cracks, none so bad its killed a pup or caused any issue though

 

[Mincer]

I don't think any of my cracks went all the way through. These have never affected the sound or operation.

 

[idsnowdog]

One of the coils of my JB died when the bobbin fell apart.