replacing a pickup on a stingray?

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replacing a pickup on a stingray?

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Anybody have any experience with this? Will i just have to put a normal one in upside down because of the shape, or are there leftys? thanks yall
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Paulo just dropped a cool aftermarket pickup into a Sterling. Maybe he can chime in.
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I don’t think there’s any real “upside down” other than any logo that might be on the cover, so you should be good to go
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Yeah I did replaced the pickup on my Sterling with a Herrick pickup 8 quad coil and also removed the preamp, now it's all passive with 2 vol and 2 tone knobs (vol/tone for each coil) and a 3 way for top coil, both or bottom only.
My pickup is upside down as you see where the logo is but it made no difference.
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paulo wrote:Yeah I did replaced the pickup on my Sterling with a Herrick pickup 8 quad coil and also removed the preamp, now it's all passive with 2 vol and 2 tone knobs (vol/tone for each coil) and a 3 way for top coil, both or bottom only.
My pickup is upside down as you see where the logo is but it made no difference.
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thanks for the help everybody, I really appreciate it :D
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fivebass52 wrote:
paulo wrote:Yeah I did replaced the pickup on my Sterling with a Herrick pickup 8 quad coil and also removed the preamp, now it's all passive with 2 vol and 2 tone knobs (vol/tone for each coil) and a 3 way for top coil, both or bottom only.
My pickup is upside down as you see where the logo is but it made no difference.
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What kind of cable is that - it looks massive....
Just the Fender Custom Shop chord!
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Paulo, that Sterling looks awesome.
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All of Paulo's basses look awesome! Great Taste and unique colors at times.
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He has equally great taste in beer, too :-D
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Thanks Matt and Bob!
Not bad for a $6 Olive Drab spray can from Army Barracks right? :)
Bass and beer sounds like a great combo right Tim?!
Pike GL w/ the pickup swap!
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Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

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I should really post my sterling it's 1 of 1 you guys would enjoy it
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boostlee wrote:I should really post my sterling it's 1 of 1 you guys would enjoy it
Well stop teasing then! Let's have some pics! 8-)
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