Pickup Service

Rewinds, Repairs, & More.

Starting At: $30

  • Rewinds
  • Customizations
  • Repairs
( 20 genuine reviews)

Rewinds, Repairs, and More! If you need work done for your pickups, this is the place. If you’re sending in a pickup for Rewind, Repair, or Wax Potting, fill out this form below to get started. You’ll need to pay the required $30 Diagnostic Fee plus Return Shipping in order to initiate a rewind or repair.

Update 2024
To ensure your safe delivery of your precious rewind, we’re shipping all pickups back to you Signature Required. Return shipping is now $25.
Before We Begin
We do not work on all pickups. If you haven’t contacted us first, please Contact Us before sending in your pickup(s). Also, you do not need to pay the Diagnostic Fee more than once.”

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Shipping Options

Additional Options For Shipping. Starting March 2024, all pickups will be shipped back to you Signature Required.
You may request Additional Insurance in case your shipment becomes lost.

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Notice

Due to the nature of Raw Nickel, Raw Nickel may contain slight cosemetic defects or abrasions.

Recommendation:

We recommend using 2-Conductor With Shield Lead when purchasing a single pickup. 2-Conductor lead allows you to reverse the phase should you have phase issues. Learn About Lead Choice

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Things You Should Know:

  • What Pickups Do You Rewind?
    • Only standard Fender or Gibson Pickups. For all other models, please call the shop and speak to Lindy to determine if we work on them.
  • Do I need to pay the diagnostic fee more than once if sending in multiple pickups?
    • No. The Diagnostic Fee covers multiple pickups.
  • How Much Does A Rewind Cost?
    • $125 per coil. For example, a single Strat rewind would be $125. A Humbucker would be $250.
  • How Long Does The Process Take?
    • It depends on our shop capacity at the time, but an average is 4 Weeks.
  • Why do I need to pay a Diagnostic Fee?
    • The $30 Diagnostic Fee covers the processing of your rewind or repair as well as determining what is wrong with your pickup(s). The Diagnostic Fee is non-refundable but goes towards the price of any repairs needed.
  • How Much Is Shipping?
    • $25 for standard shipping within the continental US. $45 for standard shipping to Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii, and $60 for international shipping. Additional insurance and fees may apply if shipping to a residence. Starting March 2024: All Rewinds will be shipped back to you Signature Required
  • Why am I paying shipping to send the pickup(s) to you?
    • Paying return shipping upfront ensures a quicker delivery and process of your pickup(s). When your pickup(s) are done, they return to you!
  • What should I send with my Pickup(s)?
    • We do not accept wiring harnesses. Please send as little as possible - don't send mounting hardware, covers, grounding plates or height adjustment foam. All we need is the pickup.

Customer Reviews

20 Genuine Reviews for Pickup Service

  1. Steve Henningsgard

    Verified Purchase

    My previously-dead PRS Dragon Treble pickup sounds better than ever after a re-wind – thank you!!! Not cheap, but totally worth it.

  2. Kenneth Scribner

    Verified Purchase

    My 1966 Telecaster bridge pickup that was repaired was restored to its old, unique glory.

  3. Peter Trauth

    Verified Purchase

    I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my pickup repairs.

  4. Rich Hardesty

    Verified Purchase

    I asked Lindy to rewind an old Gretsch pickup and not only was it restored to its original condition but he was very generous with his time on the phone answering my numerous questions. This kind of service and dedication to customers is something that needs to be cherished and rewarded.

  5. Rob Cimler

    Verified Purchase

    I’m very happy with the service I received. When my beloved ’73 P-bass had a faulty coil, it didn’t take long to decide where to turn. Fralin has a stellar reputation and now I know why. The process was smooth and trouble-free from my first call to when my pickups came back. I really appreciated the time that Lindy took with me on the phone to answer my questions. It’s that kind of personalized service and care that is most appreciated. My pickups are now good as new and sound great. Thank you, Lindy, and everyone at Fralin Pickups. If any of my friends need pickups serviced, I will definitely send them your way.

  6. Billy Steele

    Verified Purchase

    Lindy, thank you for bringing my 1950’s Strat pickups back to life. A friend of mine gave me these pickups many years ago in the same condition I sent them to you. I had forgotten about them till recently. They sound great! I don’t know if the old magnets make any difference or not but these pickups have a very nice tone to them. The output levels you suggested work very well together. I installed your volume kit and it works great. If interested you can hear them at http://www.BILLYSTEEELMUSIC.COM on “Swing 59” Thanks, Billy Steele

  7. Phil Crescenzo

    Verified Purchase

    After receiving my brother’s 53 Tele and finding out how much of a mess it was I chose Fralin to get the pickups back into shape. I was very impressed with the entire crew and Lindy. Professional and attentive. From here on in I would not chose anyone else to do this work. Thank you Fralin.

  8. GLSmith

    Verified Purchase

    Lindy is the best. So personable and professional. His Pure PAFs (unpotted) are the best out there! And his pickup repair service is quick, courteous, and fair. We use Lindy Fralin for all our pickup rewinds and repairs. GLSmith, NWVG

  9. Quentin Perrenoud

    Verified Purchase

    I sent pickups from a 68 telecaster I had just purchased for restoration to Fralin pickups. The neck was working ok but the bridge needed a full rewind, both needed to be re-potted and re-magnetized. A few days after mailing my pickups I got the honor of a call from Lindy himself, asking me how I wanted the job done. I opted for a 2% overwind on the bridge. I got my pickups back less than a week later. They sound fantastic. Thanks a lot guys!

  10. Samuel Michael

    Verified Purchase

    I’ve had several rewinds preformed by Lindy and he always calls me personally before he begins to ask questions of how I would like the pickup rewound what am I looking for from this pickup. Great personal service by someone who cares what I want and always delivers exactly what I asked for.

  11. Miles

    Verified Purchase

    Had Lindy rewind a ‘66 Jaguar neck pup. It was shorted out. I’m restoring a 100% original Jag, and Lindy’s rewind service allowed me to keep it all original instead of a new Fender pup. This means a lot. Haven’t got the guitar all back together yet but can’t wait!!

  12. Alan MacLeod

    Verified Purchase

    FANTASTIC rewind on my Tele bridge pickup. Sounds GREAT and Thank You Lindy for helping to identify the vintage…it had been a mystery. I’m One Happy Twanger!

  13. Joshua Sklair

    Verified Purchase

    Personal and caring service from Lindy Fralin and Jon Brown. The Big T neck pickup sounds really great in my 69 Tele and after wax potting and re-polarized magnet, it is quiet and silent in combination with the original bridge pickup. Great pickups, good guitar people!

  14. Kevin Lindgren

    I had been thinking about getting the pickups in my early 60s SG repaired for some time. I’ve had the guitar since 1975, so it’s an old companion to me, although it had fallen out of favor a little bit in the 1980s when everything was pointy or a super strat (Flying V and Charvels at the time). I decided if I was going to get them repaired (I guessed rewound), and that I wanted someone of the highest reputation to do the work, so I chose Fralin Pickups. Almost immediately I got a call from Lindy so he could deliver the news that a rewind was in order. He spent time determining how I would like to proceed. We settled on going basically standard PAF specs, since they are in virtually every way vintage PAFs. The guitar had a Duncan Designed JB in the bridge and an old Duncan pickup that I couldn’t even identify in the neck. The guitar sounds like it did when it was my main axe back in the 70s. Now I need to decide if I want to restore the SG back to it’s original state, or leave it as a record of a 50 year journey that it’s taken with me. Pickups work just as expected and I received them in very short order. Thanks!

  15. Brian Michael

    Verified Purchase

    I sent my favorite vintage Strat neck pickup in because it had become intermittent. Lindy called me personally to talk over the details of what I wanted, and we decided on a slightly hotter wind like the early 60’s pickups. It came back and sounds perfect!

  16. Thomas Hansen Skarbye

    Verified Purchase

    Im very happy for excellent service and repair of my broken Fender Jazz 1978 pickups. I had them rewound and also raised the middle poles so they align better with the 7.25″ radius. And the price and shipping is perfect. Highly recommended!

  17. David Vespoint

    Verified Purchase

    Lindy Fralin team:
    nice work! You rewound one of my 1974 P-bass coils, and it sounds fantastic! Thank you!

    DV

  18. Doug C

    I sent in a lightly damaged new boutique strat neck pickup that didn’t work. After a quick phone call and assesment, you guys fixed my pickup. It is now installed and sounds great. Made my day. This is a great service that I highly recommend for anyone.

  19. Michael Jordan

    Verified Purchase

    I finally got a moment to install my pickup which put my Strat back to original condition, as far as tone goes. I can’t remember when I installed the aftermarket neck P/U but the original had been out of commission for several years, and I had forgotten what the original sounded like. I recorded a sound byte of the the replacement P/U before installing your rewind so I could A/B them to hear the difference. All I can say is I haven’t even recorded the “B” yet because when I fired the Strat up I could tell the difference right away. I really missed that Strat neck sound!!

    Thanks, Lindy,

    MJ

  20. Bruce Atkinson

    Just a huge “Thank You” for your help getting my vintage CAR strat bridge PU back to sounding fantastic. Even though the news regarding the “original” PU was not good your honest/professional consult and repair/replace was awesome.

    The guitar now sounds like a vintage strat should in all PU positions once again! (as well as the repair to the 62 DuoSonic PU – great there as well!!).

    Outstanding professional service and products!

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