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How do remove the controls on LR Baggs systems
I'm trying to remove the LR Baggs Element system from my J-45 because I want to swap it out for a Lyric. What I'm finding is that the control knobs on the underside of the soundhole are stuck on pretty darn good.
Any tricks to remove? Do I just pry? |
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Here's a bit of advice, forget the Lyric in a J45. For the last 3 years I've been gigging with a J45, and my favorite vintage guitar is a 1964 J45. In all of the pickup experiments I did with the J45 to get it where I liked it, I tried a bunch of pickups, and I can say without doubt the Lyric was the absolute WORST of everything I tried. Their were two very un-natural sounding mid frequencies to EQ out along with a compression tone that I could never remove. And on my pedal board I have a Empress Para EQ which is a surgical EQ.
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Just rock back and forth until it gives. It will.
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And sometimes it will take some splinters with it, and yes, I've had to learn that the hard way If I had to, I would probably slide a safety razor blade between the controls and the wood, inching it in very carefully until it pulls free.
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I would spray some contact cleaner onto the side of the pad first, then rock the preamp gently while the alcohol works it's way into the adhesive.
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