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02-17-2011, 05:39 AM
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M1 install issues
So I got a used M1 passive on ebay to put into my Seagull Anniversary. Perfect condition, it works fine. While doing the install it became clear that "popping the pickup in and out" to share it between guitars was totally unrealistic. i needed to remove all the strings and open the clamps to their widest to get it in. Then I drilled my 1/2" hole for the endpin jack. I used a simple pilot hole and spade bit. Worked fine, looked good. Went to put the jack in, and had to enlist my wife's much smaller hand/arm. Then I discovered the end block was thicker then the threads allowed for on the jack. I can get the retaining nut on (just barely though) but not the part that becomes the strap button! AAARG!
Does Baggs, or anyone else, make a prewired endpin jack with about 3/8" more thread on the barrel? Matt
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02-17-2011, 08:48 AM
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Did you try unwinding the barrel itself from the threads? When I bought mine I thought it came at maximum length and could only be adjusted shorter but that wasn't the case.
Does the passive not have a 1/8" plug-in at the pickup? I have the active version. You can buy an extra jack (about $20) for another guitar and just trade out the pickup itself between two guitars. There's no way I'd take the jack in and out too. But yes you do usually have to take the strings off.
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02-17-2011, 01:37 PM
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