How To Install a K&K Pure Mini Guitar Pick Up

This video is an in depth tutorial on how How to install a K&K Pure Mini Acoustic Guitar Pick Up.

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[rogertinker]

Thank you I bought one of these pickups with the volume control 4 months ago, I'm trying to get the nerve to drill a hole in my 000 15 Martin. Thanks for the instructions

[foofoorabbitt]

With a hundred tutorials on YouTube explaining and showing how to do these types of pick-up installations (and all of them very good in their own way), I found yours to be the best. At least for me, everything clicked and fell into place in terms of my understanding simply because of your way of showing and explaining the process so thoroughly. Thank you so much.❤ a subscriber for life!

[mtacoustic]

PS: The inner part of the jack should protrude slightly beyond the endpin nut. If it does not, there will be connection problems with seating the guitar chord jack.

[mtacoustic]

Great detailed video! Three suggestions: 1) A 1/4 inch wood dowel is a great (and cheaper) substitute for the StewMac tool. 2) DON'T use a 1/2 drill- the hole is too big for the thin washers! Use a 15/32nds, or better yet, 12 mm drill. 3) Once you have the nut spacing on the jack determined, use a tiny (and I mean tiny!) bit of wood glue on all the threads to lock them in place. Less aggressive than LocTite; but too much wood glue is nearly permanent!

[aaron]

Good I would leave jig in place longer like the manual states. Hold for 30 seconds, and leave it 5 minutes before moving.

[TallTreesClub]

Just installing one today. I realized that the shroud inside also threads to move in tight against the inner nut, so the loctite may not be needed. Took me a moment to learn this because my other 3 installs were Journey transducers so I was unfamiliar with K&K. Anyhow, just happened to notice the shroud adjusts also.

[scaira]

Beau, Very well illustrated demonstration on installing these pickups. I really like that you use (Smurfs Blood) on the threads inside & out. A very important & crucial step especially when the player uses the pickup socket as a strap button.🎉🎉

[bathizargupta]

Interesting. K&K must have changed their installation guide since I installed one on an Epiphone Masterbilt. I installed it with all the pickups between the strings per the template. Well I got no sound from the high E string. A guitar tech moved it under the string to fix the problem. I guess maybe they figured out that the strings don't vibrate equally.

[rforssell]

Thank you so much for this video! I succeeded in installing the pickup and am pleased with the result. But gosh was I nervous when drilling in the guitar! 😅. But thanks to your instructions and some thought before going to action I made it through 😊

[Jawmsie]

I now understand why people have been telling me to just do my own piezo install. That jig really is foolproof. Guess it's time to say goodbye to my clip-on bridge pickup on the gigging guitar.

[ldemelo]

Carry on sir. I enjoyed watching. Now I know how I will install it on my 1995 Taylor Grand concert solid spruce top, solid birds eye maple back and sides which has no string pins like a classical guitar

[bischandchips]

Thank you so much! I've had a loose jack for a year and finally was able to fix it

[udowombacher]

Thank you very much for the very detailed installation recommendation - great

[cugir]

I like to use red lock tight to keep the nut from moving on the jack....they will in time because of sound vibration....they can get lose....if it's locked in place and you use a lock washer also then the jack will always stay solidly in place.

[austinbridge]

Would it be better to face the wiring toward the jack instead of the soundhole? It's probably not much stress I guess, but seems like an unnecessary bend. Thanks for the video!

[gerryblodgett]

Great demonstration. If I might suggest, I think watchers would enjoy finishing off with a strum presenting what the amplified signal sounds like.

[officialjohnnybronze]

Very well put together video. Well explained and in detail! Only thing that could top thag video was just strum a few chords so we could hear it. Nevertheless, GREAT VIDEO!

[grahamhall]

Very good. One question, what electronics is there inside the end pin jack or are all of the piezo elements just soldered together?

[mikemcclelland]

I now feel like I could pull this off! Thanks!!

[paulmitchell]

So play the guitar at the end so we can HEAR the tone with the pickups ?