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Originally Posted by RotelliCaster
Man, I'd snag a set in a heart beat if they were in my range. Maybe even a kit with the core of the pickup, the good stuff. I could always do the swap of the innards in my WRHB shells. On another guitar of course.  |
One of the hardest parts of doing the retro-fit is quelling the microphonic feedback. I don't know why, but these are very problematic where that's concerned. We have had a couple that were slightly microphonic so we took them apart only to find that they were a solid block of wax and that there simply is no way they could be squealing. But squeal they did. We test every single one to make sure it's silent.
Since the holes on cover and the base on the re-issue pickup don't align properly, the base needs to be modified slightly to fit with the bobbins and it all kinda gets massaged into place so it all works without removing too much metal from the base and leaving enough meat between the holes for the mounting screws to grab. It really is quite tedious to put these together. I'm not saying it can't be done of course, but it's probably more difficult than most people think.
If you recall, there were several people who were going to attempt their own version of this and so far, I haven't heard of anyone else doing it successfully. I didn't know what I was in for when all this nonesense started either! YIKES!
