Hi guys,
I'm looking to get a bit of work done to my strat and I've asked around a few techs and got what I see as some very high prices.
Basically it's an AVRI that I've had modded into a delonge esque thing as it works perfectly for all my live stuff. Since selling my CS Strat I'm missing the neck pickup so I thought I'd put one into this. It's got all the routing for it so it's literally just a case of cutting a pickup shaped hole out and one for a switch and wiring it up. The cheapest I've been quoted is £80 and I've had quotes of upwards of £100 which to me seems on the high side considering my usual tech made the whole custom scratchplate for £70. Can anyone A - tell me if I'm being a tightarse and if that's about the going rate and B - recommend anyone who might be able to do it on the cheap with a semi fast turnaround time that's either Leeds or East Nottingham based.
I'm tempted to attack it myself with a dremel or take it to my usual tech but they're a fair distance out my way and the turnaround times can be fairly long and I can't really be without it for too long.
Ta
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Pay the pro what they ask for: it will save a lot of heartache.
Also, in my experience a (reasonably) long turn around time indicates someone getting lots of work.
There will always be somebody who does a job a little cheaper and a lot less well.
Looks like my dremel might be getting some use soon!
My go to for everything is usually Cat and Jenna at Xperience in Carlton but unfortunately (for me atleast) their quality is no secret so turnaround times are pretty lengthy and it seems silly going to them and waiting for ages for something so small
Wait, is that £80 *including* the pickup + switch?
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this job is:
*take it apart
*remove everything from the plate
*cut a pickup hole
*find the best position for a switch(its non-standard)
*drill a switch hole or route a slot
* wire up a non standard wiring scheme(although not a difficult one)
*reassemble
*test
*make sure it plays at least as good as it did before
I really don’t think £80-100 is that bad at all
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i do. I still remember when I didn’t. I don’t assume most guitarists do.
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I'm either going to go for a Gibson style toggle or potentially one of the mini ones so I don't knock it.
There's a Dan Erlewine video where he makes his own jig for a Dremel that's tempting me. I'm not too fussed if it's a little rough around the edges providing it's functional and won't die on me.