ikay Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) Can anyone recommend someone who specializes in vintage pickup rewinds? (I have an old Hofner staple pickup with weak output that needs attention) Most of the ones I've found by Googling (Creamery, MOJO and others) aren't taking in rewind work at the moment due to having big backlogs of repair work. Looking at the cost of rewinds (seems to be around £80-90 for two humbucker coils - ouch) it would be cheaper to buy a replacement but I'd prefer to retain the original mojo if possible. Any suggestion appreciated. Cheers Edited September 2, 2018 by ikay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyfretaboutit? Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I recently had a pair of ghost pickups on my 64 violin bass rewound by Ash Scot-Lockyer at Oil City pickups. He was very knowledgeable about the common issues with Hofner pickups from this period. His charges were I felt very reasonable and the service I received was very prompt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Thanks for that. I eventually had mine rewound by Alex Exley at projectguitarparts.co.uk (good job and very reasonable rates) but it's always useful to know of people with specialist knowledge of these things. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I think it might be the case with these pickups that it is the hook up wires are soldered to the coils with an aggressive flux that corrodes after many years. This could make it a simpler repair (hence cheaper), but I may have just dreamt all this up, I really can't remember where I got that nugget of info from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 minute ago, MoonBassAlpha said: I think it might be the case with these pickups that it is the hook up wires are soldered to the coils with an aggressive flux that corrodes after many years. This could make it a simpler repair (hence cheaper), but I may have just dreamt all this up, I really can't remember where I got that nugget of info from. No, you are absolutely correct - I know ash from oil city pretty well and he has said this before.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 That's a relief! I find it hard telling dreams from reality these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Just now, MoonBassAlpha said: That's a relief! I find it hard telling dreams from reality these days If it was a dream then it was bloody accurate 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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