Change pickups on a Shawn Lane?
Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:24
Hi!
The Vigiers with pickguard have 3 mounting holes for each humbucker, while normal humbuckers have only 2 (1 each side).
My understanding was that if I need to replace pickups I need to either:
a) drill 2 new holes of the treble side on the pup plate.
b) Or, if I use Dimarzios which have a very narrow plate, make a small plate with 3 holes in it and attach this small plate to the pickup with the middle screw while using the outer screws for mounting pickup.
c) Use Duncan trembuckers which have 3 holes already. But then Duncan support says the 2 outer holes are not threaded, they're just dummy holes from the manufacturing.
All clear, but then I stumbled upon this thread: http://www.vigierguitars.com/forum/message.php?id_question=3773
Here they talk about some "kit" for mounting the pickups for 3 holes that is supposedly already on the pickups and can be moved to the ned ones? Can someone clarify what this is all about?
Also, is the distance between the center of two outer holes 8mm?
Thanks!
The Vigiers with pickguard have 3 mounting holes for each humbucker, while normal humbuckers have only 2 (1 each side).
My understanding was that if I need to replace pickups I need to either:
a) drill 2 new holes of the treble side on the pup plate.
b) Or, if I use Dimarzios which have a very narrow plate, make a small plate with 3 holes in it and attach this small plate to the pickup with the middle screw while using the outer screws for mounting pickup.
c) Use Duncan trembuckers which have 3 holes already. But then Duncan support says the 2 outer holes are not threaded, they're just dummy holes from the manufacturing.
All clear, but then I stumbled upon this thread: http://www.vigierguitars.com/forum/message.php?id_question=3773
Here they talk about some "kit" for mounting the pickups for 3 holes that is supposedly already on the pickups and can be moved to the ned ones? Can someone clarify what this is all about?
Also, is the distance between the center of two outer holes 8mm?
Thanks!