What happens to the pickups you exchange??

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ranalli

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This goes for both Duncan and Dimarzio I guess. What do they do with them?? Cut the stripped ends off, repackage and send back out?? Anyone know??

Just out of curiousity. I usually nail what I want on the first try or buy used pickups but I know people that go through like 10 pickups exchanging them before they settle.
 
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My guess is they just fix anything minor and them send them out... seems like the most obvious thing to do.
 
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Urban Legend has it they get sold off in a Duncan "sidewalk sale" once a year with overstocked & discontinued items...
 
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Jackal said:
Urban Legend has it they get sold off in a Duncan "sidewalk sale" once a year with overstocked & discontinued items...
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Now this is interesting....wish I knew more about this one:)
 
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It happens so infrequently that I just keep 'em and sell 'em as used. Lew
 
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I am told they get recycled. My assumtion on this would be that baseplates and perhaps bobbins may get re-used in new pickups but I'm not sure exactly what they mean by re-cycled.
 
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I don't know how to replace a 4-conductor wire on a pickup, but I imagine it wouldn't be that hard. That would be the main flaw with a used pup, right?
 
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BlackRose said:
I am told they get recycled. My assumtion on this would be that baseplates and perhaps bobbins may get re-used in new pickups but I'm not sure exactly what they mean by re-cycled.
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Cool, 'cause magnets, baseplates, slug pieces, the spacer inside (especially them maple ones) should not be wasted.

B
 
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