EMG's won't fit! Duncan Blackouts suitable substitute?

[wilkinsi]

HTF did you fit yours? The 81/85's are 2mm too wide and 3mm too deep to fit in my WR1. Did you mod the pups or route the guitar itself? My tech is gonna phone SD on monday to get the measurements. Has anyone fitted SD BO's without having to do any routing? AND, will the standard AHB-1 BlackOuts accomodate an 18v mod?

[KBRR]

i had EMG's im my old WR1 and they went in no problem :think:

[Newc]

It's probably the corners more than the sides. Take a flathead screwdriver or a chisel and shave some of the wood out of the corners. I had to do that once when I put covered pickups in a guitar that came with uncovered pickups. Worked fine.

[wilkinsi]

Sorry, chiselling out my guitar is not an option. I was thinking of trying to shave the pickup rings.

[DrDestruction]

You might also be able to trim a little bit off of the tabs on those 'buckers, too. I did just that on a Dimebucker I had installed on a Dean V a while back- the body routes for the pickup tabs were kinda shallow and I didn't wanna chisel out the guitar, so I went ahead and lightly trimmed the molded plastic tabs on the pickup until they could make their way in.

Of course, you might be in for some trouble if those tabs are made out of metal and NOT plastic.

[Hellbat]

Blackouts will be the same size as EMG's. As far as the 18 volt thing apparently it works, but make no discernable difference over the 9V operation. They use better electronics than the EMGs with more headroom anyways.

[Phantom Hawk]

Hmmm EMG's have fit fine in every Jackson I've ever tried them in. I've had issues with the rings, but never the guitar body itself. Thats really odd.

[javert]

I've had problems fitting covers on my Seymour Duncans. The Schaller covers simply won't fit in any of my Jacksons, the problem being the edges. But I recently installed EMGs in one of them without any problems.

[wilkinsi]

I should find out from the shop what's happening with this tommorow.

[Newc]

Sorry, chiselling out my guitar is not an option. I was thinking of trying to shave the pickup rings.

Is this the Trans Black WR-1 that's already had a refin?

[RobRR]

My KV2 needed the corners of the pup routs opened up to fit the EMG's in. It was done before I bought the guitar, so I havent personally done it. However, I would do it myself if need be, its really no big deal.

[wilkinsi]

Is this the Trans Black WR-1 that's already had a refin?

- and reverted back to it's original condition bar the hardware.

[wilkinsi]

I decided to just let the shop do what they had to, and the EMG's are now in...
BTW, do Blackouts come with quick connect clips too? Just in case I decide to swap em.

[RobRR]

Yes, same as EMG's/

[wilkinsi]

That's great news for me.