Pickup rewinds in the UK?

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Pickup rewinds in the UK?

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Got an old pickup that might need a rewind. Any recommendations for such services in the UK?
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There’s a company called oil city pickups. Rewound/repaired a tele neck pick up for me. Was very pleased.
www.lowrisemusic.com

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gusman2x wrote:There’s a company called oil city pickups. Rewound/repaired a tele neck pick up for me. Was very pleased.
Did it cost much?
plopswagon wrote:I like teles and strats because they're made out of guitar.
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What pickup is it Chris? I bought a set from mojopickups earlier his year, and he is brilliant.
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lorez wrote:
gusman2x wrote:There’s a company called oil city pickups. Rewound/repaired a tele neck pick up for me. Was very pleased.
Did it cost much?
Not 100% sure. It was sent to him by a guitar tech who was setting up the guitar. So he subbed it out. Not cheap I don’t think.
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gusman2x wrote:
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gusman2x wrote:There’s a company called oil city pickups. Rewound/repaired a tele neck pick up for me. Was very pleased.
Did it cost much?
Not 100% sure. It was sent to him by a guitar tech who was setting up the guitar. So he subbed it out. Not cheap I don’t think.
I'll look them up and see.
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http://www.oilcitypickups.co.uk/custom-shop

From £30 a coil. Seems reasonable I guess?
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Catswhisker Pickups also does rewinds, but I've not used him since 2010 when he rewound a Simeto single coil for £20.
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benecol wrote:What pickup is it Chris? I bought a set from mojopickups earlier his year, and he is brilliant.
missed this Tim, it is off the 60s duo sonic so want to make sure its done properly. I will check them out
timhulio wrote:Catswhisker Pickups also does rewinds, but I've not used him since 2010 when he rewound a Simeto single coil for £20.
I will also check these out.

Also spotted The Creamery also do rewinds.
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Post by BearBoy »

I contacted Mojo pickups about a rewind a year or so back but they said they were too busy making pickups to take on repair work. Not sure if that’s still the case.

Still haven’t got that pickup rewound so interested to find out how you get on.
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Post by johnnyseven »

Mojo and Creamery are both exceptionally busy these days. I've bought pickups from Oil City which are great so i'm sure he'd do a good job.
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benecol wrote:What pickup is it Chris? I bought a set from mojopickups earlier his year, and he is brilliant.
I'll second Mojo I've bought a few sets from him now and they've all been great.
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dezb1 wrote:
benecol wrote:What pickup is it Chris? I bought a set from mojopickups earlier his year, and he is brilliant.
I'll second Mojo I've bought a few sets from him now and they've all been great.
Mojo's Broadcaster and Esquire bridge pickups are superb! I also have a set of mixed alnico 5/3 Mojo Strat pickups that I put in recently but i've not had time to give them a proper go yet.
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Did you find someone to rewind your pickup Chris?
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Another vote for Mojo. I have a set in my AVRI Jaguar.
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BearBoy wrote:Did you find someone to rewind your pickup Chris?
most people were busy who I asked and now everything is in storage as we started having building work done (which stopped with the lockdown)
plopswagon wrote:I like teles and strats because they're made out of guitar.
robroe wrote:I dont need a capo. I have the other chords in my tonefingers