Interesting day yesterday for me. First of all, I finally got some new pickups in the mail. While the ones provided in the kit were functional, they did not have the toan I was after. These are DiMarzio DP126 for a PJ bass. From my research, these are very good "standard" bass Pups.
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Lo and behold, the jazz pickup didn't fit in the cavity, but just barely. So, I took my router to widen the opening just enough to fit. For the record, taking a router on a finished guitar body is incredibly nerve wracking. I had to redrill where the screws would go, but that wasn't a big deal. Then the wiring. My goodness....the amount of wire pickups have is ridiculous, but I understand why. It's just unnecessary.
Pups did not come with springs for the screws to keep the pickup height, but I bought some screws via Amazon and they worked just fine. I had to trim some of them, but no big deal.
Stick a fork in her. She's done!
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