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    You could upgrade the supplied pickups by using the baseplates and fitting standard humbucker coils. plenty of forums and youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj8CFIjH_n0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa2bbXRMwzM
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    Quote Originally Posted by vh2580 View Post
    You could upgrade the supplied pickups by using the baseplates and fitting standard humbucker coils. plenty of forums and youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj8CFIjH_n0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa2bbXRMwzM
    Possible, but not really stuff for new kit builders. You might have to also drill or enlarge screw holes in the baseplate for adjustment screws. You may run into pole spacing issues depending on the 'good' pickup spacing and the baseplate angle. And depending on the angle, the 'good' pickup's magnet may be too short to get full coverage to the two worst-case end pole pieces.

    All mights and mays, but they still need to be considered. And as these guitars are almost certainly going to be used in high gain situation, I'd certainly want to wax-fix the baseplate and spacers to the bobbins to reduce any risk of vibrations and microphonics. There's a fair bit of work involved that's not to be undertaken lightly.

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