replacing a pickup on a stingray?

pike · **Joined:** February 14th, 2020, 5:01 pm **Posts:** 47

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

tim · **Posted:** December 1st, 2020, 11:48 am

Paulo just dropped a cool aftermarket pickup into a Sterling. Maybe he can chime in.

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

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

paulo · **Posted:** December 1st, 2020, 2:09 pm

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.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 2:54 am

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.

What kind of cable is that - it looks massive....

pike · **Joined:** February 14th, 2020, 5:01 pm **Posts:** 47

thanks for the help everybody, I really appreciate it

paulo · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 12:27 pm

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.

What kind of cable is that - it looks massive....

Just the Fender Custom Shop chord!

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 12:31 pm

Paulo, that Sterling looks awesome.

bobjones2260 · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 2:02 pm

All of Paulo's basses look awesome! Great Taste and unique colors at times.

tim · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 2:44 pm

He has equally great taste in beer, too :-D

paulo · **Posted:** December 2nd, 2020, 7:20 pm

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!

boostlee · **Joined:** July 13th, 2019, 8:28 pm **Posts:** 15

I should really post my sterling it's 1 of 1 you guys would enjoy it

Jeroen · **Posted:** December 4th, 2020, 12:50 am

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-)

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