getting a shop to install a pickup

[PhilKing]

Sambo - I updated the diagram for your colours and added a few more instructions - check the tech page.  I will be at work today but will check the forum around 5/6 pm your time.

[carlaz]

dont suppose many people on here have had a pickup fitted at a shop seeing as most members are guitar experts.

I hereby renounce any claim that (however unlikely) might have accidentally been accorded to me as a "guitar expert"! :)

but to the few who have- roughly how much do guitar shops charge? does it differ depending on the number and type of pickups???

As a proud member of that few ;) I can report that Machinehead in Hitchin charge £20 to fit one pup and £30 to fit two: http://www.machinehead.co.uk/workshop.php
I got a bunch of other stuff done there at the same time, like fixing some busted wiring and adding a push-pull for coil-tapping.  I haven't got much experience with wiring and electronics and stuff (nor do I even own a soldering iron) so I was happy to leave it to the pros.

[sambo]

ahhhh cheers phil (gonna check the tech page now)

carlaz machinehead is exactly where im gonna get it done thanks for the price...

what did you think of the guys in there? around here they have a reputation for being greedy show-offs and most people i know prefer coda in stevenage/luton...

im kind of undecided at the mo but one thing that did annoy me was that when i got my amps input socket fixed with some switch cleaner, it was done in about 5 seconds but we were in there 15 minutes listening to the guy solo!!!!