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replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 1st, 2020, 11:29 am
by pike
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

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 1st, 2020, 11:48 am
by tim
Paulo just dropped a cool aftermarket pickup into a Sterling. Maybe he can chime in.

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 1st, 2020, 12:00 pm
by Matt R.
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

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 1st, 2020, 2:09 pm
by paulo
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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Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 2:54 am
by fivebass52
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....

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 9:54 am
by pike
thanks for the help everybody, I really appreciate it :D

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 12:27 pm
by paulo
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!

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 12:31 pm
by Matt R.
Paulo, that Sterling looks awesome.

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 2:02 pm
by bobjones2260
All of Paulo's basses look awesome! Great Taste and unique colors at times.

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 2:44 pm
by tim
He has equally great taste in beer, too :-D

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 2nd, 2020, 7:20 pm
by paulo
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!

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 3rd, 2020, 5:48 pm
by boostlee
I should really post my sterling it's 1 of 1 you guys would enjoy it

Re: replacing a pickup on a stingray?

Posted: December 4th, 2020, 12:50 am
by Jeroen
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-)