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Hey I have a fender Mexican standard stratocaster. The screws at each end of my 3 single coil pickups have all rusted and i was wondering if i could change them and if so how to change them?
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Remove one carefully and take it to your local hardware store. They should have it. See if they have it in stainless steel. If you replace them one at a time carefully you will not have to take off the pick up plate. There are springs between the surface of the plate and the pick up flange where the screw goes through. If you can take out the screw without moving the spring you can put it the new screw without a lot of work. It is easy to remove the entire pickup assembly by removing all the edge screws, loosening the strings and sliding the assembly carefully under the strings. Now you can replace the pup screws. Be careful. A shot of pot/switch cleaner in the switch and pots wouldn't hurt while they are exposed.
Thanks very much for such a detailed answer. I have one problem though, when i try and un screw the pickup screws at each end of the pickups, it just keeps turning and doesn't unscrew. Do i need to take of the scratchplate first?
or do i need to be more aggressive with it?
thanks in advance!
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