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Please note that removing a superglued pickup may
damage the pickup, plus handling these sharp tools could
result in personal injury. Please read and understand
the section on removing superglued pickups towards
the end of this manual.
4. PREPARATION (FOR ALL GUITARS)
• If you have a pinless bridge, remove the strings.
If you have a pin bridge, loosen the strings and
clamp a capo on the 10th fret. Pull out the string
pins and the ball ends of the strings. The capo will
hold the strings on neck and tuners. This way you
don’t have to remove the strings entirely and can
quickly re-install them after the pickup is installed.
• Place the guitar on a table (use a blanket
underneath) so you can comfortably put your
hand into the sound hole and feel the internal
structures underneath the bridge with your fingers.
• Locate the X-bracing and the bridge plate.
The size of the bridge plate and the bracing of
your guitar might be different from the bracing
structure shown in the pictures in this manual.
• Use a handheld mirror (one which fits into
the sound hole) and a flashlight to examine
the bridge plate area. Make sure that the
bridge plate is level, clean and smooth.
• Drill or widen the endpin hole to ½” (12mm). In
my opinion, this is the most difficult part of the
installation. First you have to determine what kind
