Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

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Can anyone provide my a link/site that explains this step by step. I never done it before and its time I learn.
I'm gonna be aquiring a SH-14 Custom 5, and need to learn this so I can stop paying others to do it for me. Its important to me that I learn to do this.
Thanks.

[DonP]

Re: Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

Might want to tell us what type of guitar. Is it like a strat with a pickguard ot just with humbucker rings?

In general, you need a soldering iron. Get to the point where the pickup lead connects with a switch or pot, unsolder the hot lead and ground (it can get more complicated if you have 4 conductor wiring). Remove the old pickup, replace with the new. Fish the lead from the new pickup through the body and solder where the old one was removed.

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Re: Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

Ooooppps...my bad, sorry for that.
Yeah, single bridge humbucker and only a volume knob and jack.
SD JB bridge humbucker is what I'm gonna be sampling and a couple of other SD's. A Duncan Distortion and Duncan Custom are the others. I've got an old beat up strat copy geeter that has just a single bridge humbucker that I'm sampling these puppies in. I got the solder gun awhile back from radio shack. Its very basic plain jane gun, its 15 watter. Will it do the job?
Thanks.

[Ace]

Re: Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

It will, but 25-35 watts works faster.

[Sunbane]

Re: Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

Soldering can be tricky in the beginning though. I suggest you try to find some soldering tutorials on the 'net, and practice on junk parts first.

You'll need a soldering iron of at least 25W, or you'll have trouble heating up the pots. For solder, ordinary radio electronics solder will do.

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Re: Installing a bridge humbucker pickup?

Thanks, good to know.
radio shack 25 watter it is.