Anyone has DEAD PRS Core "Covered" pickups ?

[docteurseb]

No it's not a new model you have never heard of, I'm searching for two dead/non-functional USA Core covered pickups you would otherwise be thrown away. PM me if you have any.

I scored a set DGT pickups last week but the score wasn't as good as planned:all legs had been cut and glued back very inelegantly by a prior owner. The seller was so embarassed he refunded me and asked me to keep the pickups... so here we are.

My two options are to either redo this hack job in a more elegant way, or ideally transplant baseplates from other PRS Core covered pickups.

It would have to be "covered" USA/Core pickup only (no SE/S2, no squabbins) in order to have an identical baseplate though (otherwise I'd get some from Stewmac that look potentially compatible).

 

[ViperDoc]

Stewmac would be an excellent move, no reason to hack apart other pickups IMO. Are the coils intact?

 

[SinSir]

There's a few places you can send for rewinds. I'd guess they'd do a baseplate swap. I was talking with Wolfe at wolfetone the other night and he said he has short leg baseplates that work well in shallow PRS pickup cavities. I'm not sure if he would transplant, but he's who I'd personally reach out to.

Good Luck!

 

[docteurseb]

Stewmac would be an excellent move, no reason to hack apart other pickups IMO. Are the coils intact?

I view replacing the baseplate with a generic one as the worst option: as difficult and risky as transplanting it from a set of already dead PRS pickups, and it completely kills the value compared to just re-soldering the amputated legs.
No harm in hacking dead pickups if I could locate some. Otherwise I'll just re-solder the amputated legs hoping to do a better job than the prior owner did (not a big challenge ).

I do indeed need to check the bobbins are intact, pretty sure they are but at this point I'm not going to be terribly shocked if they were non-functional too...

 

[SinSir]

Is there enough leg left to bend and tap thread holes for shorter baseplate legs?.

 

[docteurseb]

Is there enough leg left to bend and tap thread holes for shorter baseplate legs?.

The cut parts are all there and glued (except one that became loose in shipping).
I'm sure they are usable once I glue that last one, but it's an extreme hack job.

 

[SinSir]

The cut parts are all there and glued (except one that became loose in shipping).
I'm sure they are usable once I glue that last one, but it's an extreme hack job.

I don't know the DGT leg length, 1/4" or 1/2", but what I was asking is there enough leg on the uncut part to make them into short legs? If so you could bend new feet and tap a hole for the adjustment screw to keep the stock baseplate

 

[ViperDoc]

I view replacing the baseplate with a generic one as the worst option: as difficult and risky as transplanting it from a set of already dead PRS pickups, and it completely kills the value compared to just re-soldering the amputated legs.
No harm in hacking dead pickups if I could locate some. Otherwise I'll just re-solder the amputated legs hoping to do a better job than the prior owner did (not a big challenge ).

I do indeed need to check the bobbins are intact, pretty sure they are but at this point I'm not going to be terribly shocked if they were non-functional too...

Your call, but if you have a hacked PRS pickup, your value is already gone. You figure taking this job to a pro could be more expensive than a new pickup. To properly repair the baseplate, you’ll need to remove it. Solder is not meant to be a structural material, so you’ll need enough heat to braze or weld it back together. Sounds like a neat project. No idea about your value preservation. Good luck!

 

[docteurseb]

I don't know the DGT leg length, 1/4" or 1/2", but what I was asking is there enough leg on the uncut part to make them into short legs? If so you could bend new feet and tap a hole for the adjustment screw to keep the stock baseplate

Ah I see what you mean now. The guy cut the legs specifically to convert it into a short leg version. It’s just that how he glued/soldered them is less than pleasing.

 

[Rod/]

Your call, but if you have a hacked PRS pickup, your value is already gone. You figure taking this job to a pro could be more expensive than a new pickup. To properly repair the baseplate, you’ll need to remove it. Solder is not meant to be a structural material, so you’ll need enough heat to braze or weld it back together. Sounds like a neat project. No idea about your value preservation. Good luck!

Just send the pickups to Wolf at Wolfetone……..