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Putting a pickup in a CF guitar
Quick question: I'm currently looking at CF guitars and some I'm considering don't have a pickup. Let's say I wanted to have a K&K installed. Are there any special considerations that have to be taken when reaming the endpin hole to accommodate the jack, or is it similar to doing so in wood?
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With Emerald CF guitars the surface area needs to be modified properly where the K&K pickups are attached.
When I ordered my X7 and X20, I had the folks at Emerald do the installation of my K&K pickups.
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I've installed K&K's and MiSi Trio's (Baggs Element UST) in different RainSongs over the years with no particular issues to report. I have a StewMac endpin reamer which I use after drilling out the endpin hole a bit, but I imagine drilling directly to the final dimension would also work well.
I am a little concerned about mounting a K&K directly on CF as the removal technique using a razor blade is not going to work on something not as smooth as a maple bridge plate. However for the CO-DR1100N2 I put a K&K in, I just went for it. To do it again, I might put a little sacrificial veneer between the disks and the top such that a future uninstall might be easier.
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It's a moot point for me now. I ordered a Journey RT 660 which comes with a pickup installed. But, some good info here. Thanks!
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