Stingray 5 PU/preamp swap ceramic for alnico?

[Mu5icM@n]

I always think swapping out a MM pickup is heresy. BUT...this is about swapping one awesome MM pickup/pre for another awesome MM pickup/pre so it's ok. Really.

Anyway...I really like the post-2008 alnico SR5 pickups/preamps. My SR5 is a 2000 model and has the ceramic pickup in it...is there any semi-officially-sanctioned way to swap out the ceramic pickup/pre for a post-2008 Alnico pickup/preamp? If not does anybody wanna trade....? Or am I totally out of my mind for wanting to do this?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Golem]

The only sanctioned path is to trade your '00 for an '08+.

You might find an owner of an'08+ that has decided he'd
rather have the ceramic set up, but if I were considering
swapping innards with a stranger, it would hafta be local
face-to-face. And perhaps we'd just decide to swap our
complete basses instead ;-) The latter you could attempt
on the Trade and Sell thread here. Such trades are often
a long shot but sometimes the planets align .....

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

If you do decide to mod then you should save parts so it can be restored to it's original condition.

 

[danny-79]

If you do decide to mod then you should save parts so it can be restored to it's original condition.

That's what I have done with one of mine, the original parts are stashed up safe so it can be put back to original condition as and when needed, if the day ever comes that I have to sell (not that it will!) I have a all original Stingray to offer plus some extra parts that can also be sold separate.

At the end of the days its your bass to do as you wish with. you might not make it better by making modifications but you will make it different and providing your using to it play music with that's never a bad thing !

Good luck (just keep the original parts !!!!)

 

[b-unit]

Just so you are aware, the ceramic and alnico SR5 pups are different shapes so swapping them out will likely require routing and modding the pick guard. Not worth butchering a perfectly good SR5 in my opinion.

 

[Mu5icM@n]

Unless I could find someone with one of the originals from way back....but unlikely. And the truth is I really like my SR5 and I'm not changing it. I'll just have to buy another one with the alnico pickups! Or a SR5 Classic, which I've always lusted after.

Tom