Active to passive pickup re-conversion

[fishbonetabby]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the process of removing an active EMG 707 pickup from the bridge of my Jackson RR7R and replacing it with a Seymour Duncan Invader. There is already an invader in the neck position. The original owner of this guitar had removed the passive pickup in the bridge and replaced it with the EMG 707. It's pretty obvious they routered the bridge pickup cavity to fit the soap bar style EMG and installed pegs to directly mount to the body.

In order to have enough clearance for the height adjusting screws on the Duncan Invader I'm going to have to drill out these pegs or try to remove them. They feel like they're pretty well seated in there so I was curious what other people would suggest. Would it be enough to just drill out enough to make clearance for the height adjusting screws for the invader or should I really try to remove these pegs all together? My best guess on the amount of depth clearance I would need is under 5mm.

This is my first pickup install so really any advice from people with this kind of experience is greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much in advance.

 

[jeremy]

welcome to the forum!

drilling them out is fine, if there is a little extra wood in there it isnt an issue as long as the adjustment screws are clear of anything

 

[Artie]

I've always found humbucker screws to be much longer than they need to be. Maybe just hold the mounting ring in place, and put the mounting screw down through the hole, (without the pup in place), to see how much extra there is. You might get by, by just cutting a 1/4" or 1/2" off. (The screw, I mean.)

 

[fishbonetabby]

welcome to the forum!

drilling them out is fine, if there is a little extra wood in there it isnt an issue as long as the adjustment screws are clear of anything

Thanks a lot. I couldn't imagine why just drilling them out a little just for clearance would be a problem I just really wanted to clear it up before I took a drill to a guitar I love.

 

[fishbonetabby]

I've always found humbucker screws to be much longer than they need to be. Maybe just hold the mounting ring in place, and put the mounting screw down through the hole, (without the pup in place), to see how much extra there is. You might get by, by just cutting a 1/4" or 1/2" off. (The screw, I mean.)

Now that's an idea I hadn't thought of at all. If I were to do this I legitimately wouldn't have to cut off more than 2-3mm.

 

[PFDarkside]

Im not sure if it helps, but have you seen Duncan sells the 7 string Invader in a housing similar to an EMG?

 

[fishbonetabby]

Im not sure if it helps, but have you seen Duncan sells the 7 string Invader in a housing similar to an EMG?

I was aware of these but I already have an invader in the neck and I wanted the pair to match. Talk about first world problems lol!