Cost of wiring a pickup

[Rusty_cooley702]

yeah dude. unless you're really worried about fucking up a real expensive guitar, it is way more a worthwhile investment to learn to do it yourself. Whatever soldering iron you get, make sure it's an appropriate size, cuz the only one i have is definitely too big to really be using for this kind of work and it was always awkward as fuck.

i love the guitar its not the price dude and its an rg7620 RB from 98 i dont ythis those are that easy to find
but i also wat to fix my dean ml guitar

 

[HighGain510]

your average potentiometer only runs about $4 or less. buying a new one to experiment on isn't gonna break the bank.

Yeah that was going to be my response too, Ed. They're not expensive, so you could always buy a NICER potentiometer, pull the old one out and test on THAT one, then put the nicer one in when you feel comfortable enough to wire it up in your guitar.

 

[Rusty_cooley702]

Yeah that was going to be my response too, Ed. They're not expensive, so you could always buy a NICER potentiometer, pull the old one out and test on THAT one, then put the nicer one in when you feel comfortable enough to wire it up in your guitar.

thanks i didnt know that they were cheap this is the thing that measures the out put of a pickup right???

 

[ShawnFjellstad]

i live in sin city dude
most buisnesses here are big
i doubt i can find one of those

sorry for being off-topic, but have you ever been to ed roman's?

i was just in vegas and i went to ed roman's and i was thoroughly disappointed.
they had about 10 nice guitars and 1876217869372163 pieces of shit.

 

[Rusty_cooley702]

sorry for being off-topic, but have you ever been to ed roman's?

i was just in vegas and i went to ed roman's and i was thoroughly disappointed.
they had about 10 nice guitars and 1876217869372163 pieces of shit.

yeah ive been there
i bought my first "decent" guitar there which was an MLF (F standing for floyd a real piece of shit tremolo)
the had a shitload of knockoffs
all their good guitars were like $2000
when i went

 

[HighGain510]

thanks i didnt know that they were cheap this is the thing that measures the out put of a pickup right???

No a potentiometer is the metal housing under the knobs sticking up out of your guitar, usually used for controlling volume, tone or as a blend. They are only $3-4, so just grab a couple good ones and remove your originals and test on THEM, then when you're comfortable install the new ones and solder that badboy up!

P.S. They look like this:

 

[playstopause]

Back to the original question: I paid 50$ for a 2-pick-up install. It took about half an hour.

 

[Zepp88]

If you lived close enough to me I'd do it for you for free

 

[Rusty_cooley702]

No a potentiometer is the metal housing under the knobs sticking up out of your guitar, usually used for controlling volume, tone or as a blend. They are only $3-4, so just grab a couple good ones and remove your originals and test on THEM, then when you're comfortable install the new ones and solder that badboy up!

P.S. They look like this:

my other guitar's connection was fucked up in the input jack got disconnected so yesterday after i got a sort of a grip in the iron i soldered in and fixed it myself

do they sell potentometers in major stores like sam ash??

If you lived close enough to me I'd do it for you for free

aww then i wish i lived close to ya
lol

Back to the original question: I paid 50$ for a 2-pick-up install. It took about half an hour.

was it a 5 way connection?? or just a 3 way??