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Can you replace Fishman under saddle pickups with LR Baggs under saddle pickups...
...without further modification to the guitar?
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You would need to adjust the saddle as the Baggs element will fill more of the saddle slot than the Fishman.
What Preamp have you got? If it’s the sonitone it will all swap out easily. If you have barn door Preamp you may struggle to not do further mods. If your talking about just swapping the piezo out and leaving everything else I wouldn’t bother.
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The drill hole for the wire is vertical for a Matrix and 45 degrees for a coax such as an Element (and presumably a Sonicore). Installing an Element into a vertically drilled hole risks shorting out the transducer. However, several people have reported on the AGF doing it over the years with no problems.
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It's easy enough. Out of curiosity though, why switch from one UST to another? The Matrix and Element will sound very similar and if anything, the Matrix tends to impact the unplugged tone less than the Element IMO.
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I was a local shop that had some new Eastman guitars in and I was playing a little 00 body that has a Fishman Sonitone pickup factory installed. I have an LR Baggs Anthem SL pickup sitting in a box at home and I was wondering if I would be able to swap those two pickups without further modification to the guitar.
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Reading the installation instructions for the Sonitone:
ftp://ftp.fishman.com/Installation%2...ce%20Guide.pdf It has the pickup hole being drilled at 90 degrees. |
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The one nice thing about the Sonitone is the coax is spliced onto regular wire which means the wire between the saddle and preamp is not microphonic and does not need special treatment. I find when installing a Baggs Element it is important to tie it down on the top near the saddle so that the entire flattened portion is well secured. And not letting the rest of the piezo coax flop around is also important.
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