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I'm about to install a K&K Pure Mini into my J-180. This will be my second K&K PM installation into a guitar and I wanna do it different this time.
I hate the whole combined endpin / Jack socket thing. I got them on an LR Baggs equipped guitar, a guitar with a Fishman, and the K&Ks. They all have the same issue. It doesn't take long for them to come loose and they constantly need tightening / at risk of the strap falling off.
Instead I want to replace and the endpin with something like what is used on my Matons (easy enough) - like the Nuetrik in this picture.
I have a couple of Matons which I've owned for close to 20 years. Not ONCE has the jack ever come loose.
I also much prefer having my jack located in the same position as a Les Paul, which is what my main question is about - placement.
There is an extra block of wood where the endpin normally goes so is more stable and will probably hold up to the constant plugging in/plugging out.
I've had a look and the J180 has no additional reinforcement in the area I want to drill into. I'm worried it wont hold up.
What do you guys think? Good or bad idea? Anybody had experience doing something similar?
I hate the whole combined endpin / Jack socket thing. I got them on an LR Baggs equipped guitar, a guitar with a Fishman, and the K&Ks. They all have the same issue. It doesn't take long for them to come loose and they constantly need tightening / at risk of the strap falling off.
Instead I want to replace and the endpin with something like what is used on my Matons (easy enough) - like the Nuetrik in this picture.
I have a couple of Matons which I've owned for close to 20 years. Not ONCE has the jack ever come loose.
I also much prefer having my jack located in the same position as a Les Paul, which is what my main question is about - placement.
There is an extra block of wood where the endpin normally goes so is more stable and will probably hold up to the constant plugging in/plugging out.
I've had a look and the J180 has no additional reinforcement in the area I want to drill into. I'm worried it wont hold up.
What do you guys think? Good or bad idea? Anybody had experience doing something similar?