How to Install a Martin Acoustic Gold Pickup
- 1). Loosen the strings of the guitar and remove them entirely, lifting out the string pins. Lift the bridge saddle out of the bridge to expose the old pickup.
- 2). Push the pickup down and through the small hole it feeds through into the body of the guitar. Loosen the input jack with either a socket wrench set or the wire clippers depending on which tool will be less likely to cause damage. Remove the input jack, pickup and associated battery cable from the guitar. Clip any wire that might be going to a preamp using the wire clippers and discard.
- 3). Solder the leads of the pickup, input jack and battery connections to their marked positions on the small circuit board.
- 4). Install the input jack where the old one went and tighten into place using the socket wrench set or wire clippers depending on which tool is less likely to scratch the finish of the jack. Place the pickup where the old one was removed and carefully reinsert the saddle to cover it and keep it in place.
- 5). Install the battery housing on the back of the neck joint inside the guitar using the Phillips-head screwdriver.
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