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    InVinoVeritasXXX
    I just got a SD Invader to put in my Epiphone SG, but unfortunately, I lack the financial wiggle room to pay to install it right now. I have access to a soldering iron and the tiniest shred of experience with soldering and wiring (me and my grandpa wired a lamp one summer), should I attempt to install this bad boy on my own?
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    Green Machine
    Green Machine wrote

    i wired a single emg81 with just a volume knob by myself with fairly limited soldering experience and it works perfect, so its doable, really depends on the controls your going to connect to it.

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      InVinoVeritasXXX
      InVinoVeritasXXX wrote

      Vol/Vol/Tone/Tone, two humbuckers, three-way toggle.

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        Green Machine
        Green Machine wrote

        Vol/Vol/Tone/Tone, two humbuckers, three-way toggle.

        Im not going there...

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          Bridge The Void
          Bridge The Void wrote

          Seymour Duncan's website should have a wiring diagram somewhere.

          I did my first pickup install a few years ago, with only the knowledge of how a soldering iron works. As long as you're careful, its surprisingly easy - I am now fully confident with the majority of pickup installations that I do...and I think I've modified most of the guitars I've ever owned. It turned into an addiction for me:P

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            ampartic
            ampartic wrote

            I switched out my old stock pickups w/ EMG's, new wiring and everything. It was my first time and it was easier than I thought. Wiring diagrams look more complex than they are, good luck and don't go crazy w/the solder.

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