https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:30:30 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-85679 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:39:26 +0000 :D]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-85679 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-85498 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:16:27 +0000 Thanks for the help!!!!!!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance xg5a https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-85498 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84915 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:52:57 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84915 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84804 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:49:15 +0000 You remove all the knobs, then attach the dental floss to the pot shafts and tie all the other ends together. You can now undo the nuts and let them slide down the dental floss. Once you have them all up by the knot, you can put a short length of dental floss around the long strands, to keep the nuts from sliding down and scratching your guitar.

When you pull the pot back through the body all you need to do is release the relevant nut, which can then be dropped over the shaft of the pot and tightened, without having to remove the dental floss first and risk the pot dropping back into the inside of the guitar without nothing attached.

Last thing is to remove the dental floss from the pot shafts and put the knobs back.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance lederhoden https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84804 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84714 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:29:53 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84714 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84711 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:24:39 +0000 Oh, and by the way, I don't really want to cut a hole in my guitar at the present time, as I am happy with everything else on it, and don't envision myself modifying it any further.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance xg5a https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84711 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84673 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:11:42 +0000
If you're careful and use thread as ricochet recommends (tie the other ends together, so that they can't lose themselves in the bowels of the guitar), it will take less time and be non-intrusive to your guitar - the time it takes to cut the hole and fashion a well-fitting cover is likely to be longer than using the f-holes.

The guitar is 43mm thick on the OUTside. What sort of saw are you going to use that will give a clean cut in a short amount of time and not destroy the finish of the guitar around the cut?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84673 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84670 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:52:02 +0000
Why suggest such a radical operation? Normally, I wouldn't. But I really don't think you will devalue this particular guitar, as the OS is budget line. Plus even Gibson uses this approach on its ES-333, which is the $999 budget version of the 335. If you end up doing a lot of changes, an access cover will make things much easier.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84670 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84529 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:22:55 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84529 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84525 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:43:58 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance xg5a https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/335-pickup-replacement/#post-84525