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Recently bought a new J45 Vintage and want to fit a decent pickup to it. What sounds good?
Ideally, I'd want a pickup that involves the minimum of hacking up the guitar.... but the sound quality / response is the main thing... so don't mind drilling etc if needs be.
As it's the Vintage model, there's no hole at the bottom of the guitar... there's just a wood screw holding the plastic strap button... so I'm going to have to get a hole drilled for a jack plug socket. Any opinions on the mini jack sockets like this one... http://www.tapastring.com/vintagejack.htm using something like that would mean a smaller hole is required.
Thanks.
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There is a big thread on acoustic pickups in the acoustic section. It would be worth reading. You might get a better response if you move this thread there as well.
If you're going to have to drill the guitar for an endpin anyway I would use a standard 1/2" Switchcraft endpin barrel jack whether you get the K&K or any other pickup. I would use the Vintage Jack only if the guitar already has a normal taper-fit endpin.
If you use the Switchcraft, connect all the unused terminals (ring, or ring and second ground contact if present - depends on the spec) to ground as well - that improves reliability. The K&K doesn't come wired like that but it's easy to do.
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The Vintage Jack is a nice enough idea but you're tied to either a special lead or an adapter and if you leave either of them at home, you're shagged. Drilling the endpin really doesn't affect value on a modern guitar so I wouldn't worry about it.