Hi all,
This should probably be in the Guitar Shop but I thought more people would see it here.
I've got some old hardwired 90s era EMG 89s / 81tws lying around. I'd like to put the 89 in the neck and the 81tw in the bridge. I'll probably flip the 89 logo upside down to make it like an 89r with the split coil near the neck. In humbucking mode they will closely mimic an 85/81 setup.
The problem is the 81tw is 1.1" deep. Normal EMGs are .9" deep.
I know Schecter had some Hellraisers back in the day with this 89r/81tw configuration. The thing is I'm not sure if they were factory modified to accommodate the 81tw in the bridge of if they were deep enough stock because of their carved top and possibly thicker bodies. I could buy a Hellraiser without these pickups but I thought it might not be deep enough and Schecter isn't my first choice of guitar if I have to pay a lot for it.
Pickup cavity depth is something I haven't paid attention to until recently. An Epiphone Floyded Gothic I have has an absolutely massive neck pickup cavity (it actually has what looks like toothpicks inside to hold up the pickup) but a very shallow bridge pickup cavity. My Gibson 496r/500t with Triple Shots retrofit would barely fit inside the bridge. Meanwhile the 496r almost fell in.
It's my perception from pics that carved top guitars are often thicker than flat pointy guitars, but I imagine this differs from guitar to guitar. So I'm leaning toward something like an Eclipse for this, which I hope will have deeper pickup cavities. Many LP guitars are also designed around the long legged Gibson pickup design.
I'd prefer something Floyded, so again I'm thinking a Floyded Eclipse or a Kramer Assault.
I don't have a proper power/hand tool to deepen the cavities. I thought perhaps some patient work with very coarse sandpaper could deepen the pickup cavity if done slowly and carefully as it's only .2".
Many pickup cavities I have seen have a grounding screw at the bottom of the cavity that is then attached to the grounds. Since EMGs do not need a grounding wire to the bridge I am not sure these cavity screws will be necessary.
Thanks so much for help and feedback.
This should probably be in the Guitar Shop but I thought more people would see it here.
I've got some old hardwired 90s era EMG 89s / 81tws lying around. I'd like to put the 89 in the neck and the 81tw in the bridge. I'll probably flip the 89 logo upside down to make it like an 89r with the split coil near the neck. In humbucking mode they will closely mimic an 85/81 setup.
The problem is the 81tw is 1.1" deep. Normal EMGs are .9" deep.
I know Schecter had some Hellraisers back in the day with this 89r/81tw configuration. The thing is I'm not sure if they were factory modified to accommodate the 81tw in the bridge of if they were deep enough stock because of their carved top and possibly thicker bodies. I could buy a Hellraiser without these pickups but I thought it might not be deep enough and Schecter isn't my first choice of guitar if I have to pay a lot for it.
Pickup cavity depth is something I haven't paid attention to until recently. An Epiphone Floyded Gothic I have has an absolutely massive neck pickup cavity (it actually has what looks like toothpicks inside to hold up the pickup) but a very shallow bridge pickup cavity. My Gibson 496r/500t with Triple Shots retrofit would barely fit inside the bridge. Meanwhile the 496r almost fell in.
It's my perception from pics that carved top guitars are often thicker than flat pointy guitars, but I imagine this differs from guitar to guitar. So I'm leaning toward something like an Eclipse for this, which I hope will have deeper pickup cavities. Many LP guitars are also designed around the long legged Gibson pickup design.
I'd prefer something Floyded, so again I'm thinking a Floyded Eclipse or a Kramer Assault.
I don't have a proper power/hand tool to deepen the cavities. I thought perhaps some patient work with very coarse sandpaper could deepen the pickup cavity if done slowly and carefully as it's only .2".
Many pickup cavities I have seen have a grounding screw at the bottom of the cavity that is then attached to the grounds. Since EMGs do not need a grounding wire to the bridge I am not sure these cavity screws will be necessary.
Thanks so much for help and feedback.
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