bruzmuse
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I have a few Westerlies and I've put Martin Thinlines in a couple and (my favorites) a couple K&K's. I've got a D30-AB for sale with a Thinline in it.
The topic is, what do you prefer when you're looking to buy a Westerly Guild, pickup or no pickup and why?
I know the "purists" will always prefer stock but many, many Westerly Guilds and post - Westerly Guilds came with under saddle pickups from the factory. Those are certainly "stock" too, yes? They are original factory produced guitars.
K&K's are installed without moving or changing the bridge saddle. The hole where the endpin jack goes is only slightly larger than the one made for the original end pin. That's a very minute change to the guitar and in no way would affect playability or the sound of the guitar when played unplugged.
The undersaddle pickups do require a more precise install since you're removing, modifying and replacing the bridge saddle to accomodate the space being taken up by the pickup. But if professionally done, the action remains the same. Do we know if the undersaddle pickups change the original tone at all just by being between the bridge saddle and the guitar? I can't really say for sure.
Does the value of the guitar change if it has an after market pickup installed? If so, how? Up? Down?
Comments?
The topic is, what do you prefer when you're looking to buy a Westerly Guild, pickup or no pickup and why?
I know the "purists" will always prefer stock but many, many Westerly Guilds and post - Westerly Guilds came with under saddle pickups from the factory. Those are certainly "stock" too, yes? They are original factory produced guitars.
K&K's are installed without moving or changing the bridge saddle. The hole where the endpin jack goes is only slightly larger than the one made for the original end pin. That's a very minute change to the guitar and in no way would affect playability or the sound of the guitar when played unplugged.
The undersaddle pickups do require a more precise install since you're removing, modifying and replacing the bridge saddle to accomodate the space being taken up by the pickup. But if professionally done, the action remains the same. Do we know if the undersaddle pickups change the original tone at all just by being between the bridge saddle and the guitar? I can't really say for sure.
Does the value of the guitar change if it has an after market pickup installed? If so, how? Up? Down?
Comments?