[Sofakingloud]

I have a lower end Washburn Dime 36 G16 and I want to swap out pickups. Will EMG pickups fit in this guitar?

 

[Leon]

It should, those are standard sized pickups

 

[WombCannon]

Yea it should fit in there just fine. Now keep in mind, you're switching from passive to actives. You have to change out the pots, jack, and I think the switch too but I could be wrong on the switch.

 

[Lozek]

Yea it should fit in there just fine. Now keep in mind, you're switching from passive to actives. You have to change out the pots, jack, and I think the switch too but I could be wrong on the switch.

The switch is fine, but higher value pots and a trs jack are needed.

 

[Sofakingloud]

To be specific I was looking into putting in An EMG 81/85 set to get some Zakk tone. Anyone do this? Are installing higher value pots and trs jacks a big job for a guitar shop?

 

[1]

If you're not at all handy with a soldering iron, I'd have a shop do it. If you're comfortable with basic DIY (eg: you can install your own pickups/pots normally) it's not a big deal.

 

[HamBungler]

If you get a newer set of EMGs I think they use quick connect for pretty much all of the wiring, and from the looks of their website they sell aftermarket quick-connect switches and jacks as well. Should be as easy as putting in the pickups, routing the wiring into the control cavity and hooking everything up.

 

[Rev Drucifer]

To be specific I was looking into putting in An EMG 81/85 set to get some Zakk tone. Anyone do this? Are installing higher value pots and trs jacks a big job for a guitar shop?

The EMG's will definitely help....especially with those pinch harmonics! I'm one of those people that hears a sound in EMG's that I don't like and I'm starting to believe it's the exact tone EMG fans love.