Pickup Replacment

[shreder13]

Hey this might have been asked before but I couldn't find it. A few months ago I tried to put EMG's in my KV2 but they didn't fit. Now I want to know if EMG's will fit in my new KV2T or will the hole be to small?

[sully]

what part was too small? the rout for the actual pickup? that seems very odd, since there are plenty of KVs in the world with EMGs in there....

sully

[neilli]

EMGs have bigger 'corners' than other pickups (i.e. they're more square) and if a guitar is routed for standard pickups, the EMG will foul the route at the said corners.

To be honest, on a standard guitar, I can't see a problem making the corners right angles rather than the standard curve. I've done it on at least one of my guitars...

[sully]

ahhh, gotcha. so i guess that my next question to shreder13 is....do you have a dremel?

[rjohnstone]

+1 on the Dremel.
Just widen the inside corners of the route up a bit and touch up with some black paint.
Problem solved.

[shreder13]

Thanks, yeah guess I'll have to break out the dremel

[Rich#6]

If you don't use a dremel and you get the pickups in they will never come out. :ROTF: I have a SD blackout that won't come out.

[shreder13]

If you don't use a dremel and you get the pickups in they will never come out. :ROTF: I have a SD blackout that won't come out.

:ROTF:

[69dodgecharger]

Thats odd I have emg's in ALL of my USA Jacksons and I did not have to mod any of them

[shreder13]

maybe its only the newer ones

[Cygnus X1]

If you don't use a dremel and you get the pickups in they will never come out. :ROTF: I have a SD blackout that won't come out.

Common problem in metalworking.
Just gently heat up the interfering area with a...oh, wait.
Nevermind.

[shreder13]

Common problem in metalworking.
Just gently heat up the interfering area with a...oh, wait.
Nevermind.

:ROTF: thats cruel

[Rich#6]

Common problem in metalworking.
Just gently heat up the interfering area with a...oh, wait.
Nevermind.

It's in the guitar from the previous buyer. I just tried to get it out to see what the pickup was and it would move. They even chipped the paint getting it in.

[neilli]

maybe its only the newer ones

Nah, the ones I've done it too are older. Not SD, but still not 'recent'...

[Jaakko]

I had to use Dremel for 2 modern Soloists to get EMG´s in, it´s not a big deal.