Emg's in my schecter SWAP?!?

[bobjenkins]

PUP action? Im not sure if thats the right term but Im going to attempt to put emg81/60 or 81/85 in my schecter c-1 classic guitar. And It seems pretty simple ,, before I buy the emg's I am going to make sure that I will be able to do it (take apart and sift through the current pickups and see if the battery will fit)

What Im wondering is ...someone somewhere I read that the active emg's aren't as magnetic. Does this mean I should try to put close as I can to the strings? How close would this be in like mm?

Also can anyone explain in how I would go about rigging it so the battery would not drain when I'm not using the guitar?

Soldering :toohappy: I do have a solder gun its a fairly old one, is there a certain kind of solder gun I would need? Or is anything fine that will solder? (I guess what I mean is, is there a certain amount of wattage/ampage (I know they different not sure how they measure soldering guns :confuse: )

Also on a different note, has anyone ever swapped out the pickups on a schecter c1 classic? Can you remember if there is enough room for a 9v? And even better has anyone ever put emg's in the schecter so you could give me a few pointers!

Thanks guys I probably will have alot more question if I take this further and buy the emg's. I really would like to be able to learn how to do these kind of things easily I guess this is a good place to start!

thanks

I forgot to mention that I found this http://www.emginc.com/downloads/wiringdiagrams/Humbuckers_active.pdf installation instructions... I think diagram 4 is the closest to my schecter the only thing is that diagram is for a 3 position switch and the schecter has a 5 position lever switch?! Is this not going to work?

thanks again

[dime_jammer]

Hey,
I have 81/60 in my Ibanez RG 350. Me being the non-technical person i am, there was no way i would've put them in myself. Since i had passive pickups in there before, it was a hassle changing the input jack, and making sure the battery fit and all that. After all the hell, it was really worth it. The 81 is completly amazing when it comes to hard rock and metal. The 60 sounds really "blusy" so you can get that good soft sound from it. If you run an acoustic simulator through it, it sounds very realy. When it comes to draining the battery, and you might already know this, is to make sure you unplug the guitar when your not playing it, and its still plugged in, it'll run it down. Even thought you get ONLY 3000 hours per pickup and battery right? I Hope this helps.

[bobjenkins]

Hey dime jammer did you pay someone to install it for you? I am thinking of just doing this what are some places that will do this?