Fig 1 Fig 2
Handmade Pickups For Acoustic Instruments
Dualie Inside’R Pickup Installation Instructions For Guitars and Ukuleles
For Guitars To install the Dualie Inside’R you will need the following tools:
Drill, 3/16", 3/8", and 31/64 drill bits, fluted burr, needle nose pliers.
Installing the Endpin Jack
1) Slack off all strings. Remove or tape out of the way the B,G,D, and A strings
leaving the high E and low E in place. Remove any end pin at the butt of the
guitar.
2) Drill a pilot hole through the end block approximately 3/16" in diameter in
the area you wish to place the end pin jack.
3) Using a fluted burr, chamfer the edges of the hole so that you will not
damage the finish of the instrument when you use the larger sizes of bits
required.
4) Drill through the guitar end block using a 3/8" bit and re-chamfer the hole.
Repeat using the 31/64" drill bit to complete.
5) Remove the outer strap button and the small nut and washer from the
endpin jack.
6) Place the Dualie inside the guitar and reach inside the sound hole and poke the endpin jack through the drilled hole in
the end block. The jack should protrude approximately 5/16" outside the guitar. Reinstall the flat washer and small nut.
7) Insert a small allen wrench or other small round (like a drill bit) through the 2 holes in the end of the endpin jack to
keep the jack assembly from rotating; tighten the small nut.
Installing the Pickup Pickup Placement For
Steel String Guitars:
1) As shown in figures 1
and 2, the exact
placement of the pickup
can vary.
2) Take some of the
inside putty supplied with
the pickup and roll and
knead the putty in your
fingers to soften it up.
Apply it evenly to the
face of the pickup (this is
the side with no label on
it) that will contact the
sound board of the
instrument. Please note
that we supply much
more putty than you will
actually need to use in installing the pickup. A proper layer of putty on the pickup will 1/16" thick.
3) Insert your hand through the sound hole of the guitar and starting with a placement on the treble side of the X brace,
press and slightly wiggle the pickup into place on the soundboard. Retune the E strings that were left in place. Plug the
guitar in and see what it sounds like (remember, you have the outside E strings on and can get a pretty good idea of
what the response is like).
4) Try the sound out along the X brace in the several positions that you have available and then try moving the pickup to
the bass side of the X brace and repeating checking for the best sound. Note that some instruments will have a physical
‘out of phase-ness’ that might show up with the pickup on one side of the instrument. Moving the pickup to the other
side will generally alleviate this.
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