{"id":203,"date":"2017-05-16T21:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paradis-guitars.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=203"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:28:48","slug":"ibanez-afr-piezo-pickup","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/paradis-guitars.com\/shop\/product\/ibanez-afr-piezo-pickup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibanez AFR piezo pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here a little manual that Rolf wrote for the exchange of the pickup:<\/p>\n

yes, the AFR electronics are not designed for easy servicing. but it is not that complicated. you’ll need soldering experience.<\/p>\n

– cut the wire of the defect pickup(s) 20mm from the connector
\n– attach a temporary wire or cord to the pickup-wire
\n– loose 2 screw of the monorail bridge
\n– pull out the saddle \/ bridge, pass the pickup-wire until the temporary attached wire comes out of the hole
\n– loose the pickup-wire from temporary wire
\n– loose the center-screw of the saddle for disassembling bridge<\/p>\n

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mounting refurbished pickup-saddle:<\/p>\n

do the steps above vice-versa. you find it helpful to have the temporary wire ready to easily insert the pickup-wire to the electronics
\n– assemble the bridge parts and attach it to the body
\n– cut overlong pickup-wire as short as possible, solder it to the wire-snag of the connector. don’t forget to insulate the soldering connection (by shrinking tube).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rolf Spuler designed the first series of the Ibanez AFR (Afirma) 4 and 5 string basses<\/p>\n

Matthias Grob made the pickups for those instruments and can still make them in at least the same quality<\/p>\n

you can choose\u00a0the color of the wire. it does not really matter but the original code was:<\/p>\n