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James
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12 Dec 2008 21:20

I am now an extremely proud recipient of a Excalibur Ultra In Emerald Green (maple f/b and matching headstock) and am looking to change the EMG's in the guitar to BareKnuckle pickups as i am a big fan of these having put a set in my Japanese Signature LP.

My problem is...that the pickups come with two options for humbucker mounting baseplates both long leg (1/2") and short leg (1/4") and i am unsure which to use, Tim at BKP thinks that the short leg is necessary (as per strats) however the forum users have stated that emgs are normally mounted with long leg baseplates.

Has anybody replaced the p/ups in an ultra and if so can they share any info re the above?

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17 Dec 2008 06:03

Hi,I have BKP's on all my Vigiers and they are all short leg pickups, Emg doesn't have any legs at all on their pickups they have mounting tabs straight from the pickup covers.......hope this helpsBj?rn
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17 Dec 2008 17:14

Thanks for the reply, BKPs will be ordered, installed and unleashed on 2009.
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17 Dec 2008 17:25

"unleash" is the correct term.....yes
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19 Dec 2008 08:12

I would go short legs
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19 Dec 2008 19:45

Thanks for the responses, i have just ordered a set of BareKnuckle Nailbombs, with a trilogy suite single coil, all uncovered in black with matching polepieces.Now i play the waiting game...............................
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19 Dec 2008 20:15

Great, just remember that the BKPs are more sensitive to height adjustment that your average pickup.....just take about half an hour to find the correct height that suits your playing style, but I'm sure you'll enjoy them, they're very nice, harmonic sounding pickups.
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