EC-256: Changing to active pickups

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Richard R.

Hello,

I am new to the forum here so please bear with me.  I have been considering changing out my passive, stock pickups on my ec-256 to the EMG Het Set pickups.  Has anyone done this and is it possible?  If it is possible, how much of a pain in the a** is it?

 

Mark M.

Done in many times   its pretty easy with emgs if you are going the solderless route just follow the instructions that come with the pickups and you should be good to go 

Richard R.

Thanks!  The new pickups come in today.  The stock pickups, which sound OK for what they are, are not EMG's so it will be a re-wire from what I can tell as I would like to keep it solder less for future adjustments/upgrades etc. Especially when changing out EMG to EMG product.  

I will post updates as I move ahead with the swap.

 

Balint G.

Hi! I am looking forward to the same change that you made. Where did you put the battery of the pickups? These guitars doesn't have a hole for the batteries.

Pushead

There's plenty of room for the battery in the control cavity.

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