Hello beautiful people.
I began my project to swap out a Black Winter and Sentient that were installed into an LTD EC1008 Evertune that I bought second hand awhile ago. Looking to put in a set of Fishman KM8s. This guitar comes from the factory with EMG H sized pickups installed.
The pickups were clearly mounted weirdly and never did respond properly to adjustments. Turns out the mounting ring does not line up with the pickup tabs and they were just sort of forced in diagonally.
This is an issue for the new Fishmans as well (the mounting rings are about 2mm too wide).
Naturally I assume the Duncans originally came with proper mounting rings but the past owner opted not to use them for some reason. The Fishmans don't come with mounting rings of their own.
Could it be that EMGs mounting rings are not standard size? That seems crazy to me as it would prevent EMG H sized pickups from being interchangeable with the rest of the standard sized pickup world, negating the very point of them.
It would seem to me that if I were to purchase "standard" mounting rings that the four perimeter screws may not line up. Unless these current mounting rings are standard but just the pickup height screw holes are a little further out.
Going a little insane on this one because of how stupidly simple this seems.
Thanks for your time everyone.
I began my project to swap out a Black Winter and Sentient that were installed into an LTD EC1008 Evertune that I bought second hand awhile ago. Looking to put in a set of Fishman KM8s. This guitar comes from the factory with EMG H sized pickups installed.
The pickups were clearly mounted weirdly and never did respond properly to adjustments. Turns out the mounting ring does not line up with the pickup tabs and they were just sort of forced in diagonally.
This is an issue for the new Fishmans as well (the mounting rings are about 2mm too wide).
Naturally I assume the Duncans originally came with proper mounting rings but the past owner opted not to use them for some reason. The Fishmans don't come with mounting rings of their own.
Could it be that EMGs mounting rings are not standard size? That seems crazy to me as it would prevent EMG H sized pickups from being interchangeable with the rest of the standard sized pickup world, negating the very point of them.
It would seem to me that if I were to purchase "standard" mounting rings that the four perimeter screws may not line up. Unless these current mounting rings are standard but just the pickup height screw holes are a little further out.
Going a little insane on this one because of how stupidly simple this seems.
Thanks for your time everyone.
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