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Originally Posted by Chriscom
Why is that? Do you simply mean it's easier to replace a completely outboard system (just plug the thing into something else), or is the internal installation on the guitar particularly challenging? I mean if/when it dies, I can see how changing the circuit board that processes everything and the volume etc. controls it's attached to could be a pain......
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Speaking from my own experience, the OEM "barn door" electronic modules can break, and replacements are sometimes simply not available. The end-user is left with the prospect of getting something else to fit a large hole already cut into the side bout of the guitar. (As an aside, this would be less of an issue if there was a consistent size hole.....but there is not). Sometimes the hole is too wide or too long, etc. I have thus tried to only have the under-saddle pick-up -- but no electronics panel on the guitar -- as much as possible.