Innervision
Active Member
Hey guys,
I would like to replace my stock bridge pickup (new7) on my Ibanez RG7620 (7 strings) with a D Activator. This is my first time doing a pickup replacement. I read many articles covering the subject and watched videos on youtube. When I decided to take the plunge, I opened the back of my RG7 and was puzzled by how tiny the cavity is... and it's very hard to imagine myself working with a soldering iron in this tiny space.
When I see how it's done in the Seymour Duncan vid posted on youtube, the working space seems quite bigger and easy to work with.
How To Change Guitar Pickups - YouTube
Here's mine:
Here's the pickup I would like to install in the guitar:
I'm lucky that the wire colors are the same as the new7 stock pickup, so this is the easy part. But I honestly have no clue how to solder in a such tiny cavity without burning/cutting/soldering wrong cables, especially while working on the volume knob. Everything is packed there!
Do you guys have any tips that could make the job easier? Remember it's my first time changing pickups.
Thanks![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I would like to replace my stock bridge pickup (new7) on my Ibanez RG7620 (7 strings) with a D Activator. This is my first time doing a pickup replacement. I read many articles covering the subject and watched videos on youtube. When I decided to take the plunge, I opened the back of my RG7 and was puzzled by how tiny the cavity is... and it's very hard to imagine myself working with a soldering iron in this tiny space.
When I see how it's done in the Seymour Duncan vid posted on youtube, the working space seems quite bigger and easy to work with.
How To Change Guitar Pickups - YouTube
Here's mine:
![p1020250fd.jpg](http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3102/p1020250fd.jpg)
Here's the pickup I would like to install in the guitar:
![p1020256n.jpg](http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7910/p1020256n.jpg)
I'm lucky that the wire colors are the same as the new7 stock pickup, so this is the easy part. But I honestly have no clue how to solder in a such tiny cavity without burning/cutting/soldering wrong cables, especially while working on the volume knob. Everything is packed there!
Do you guys have any tips that could make the job easier? Remember it's my first time changing pickups.
Thanks