Kahler Delete Advice

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I have an old set neck all maple Tele with P90's and a Kahler. I am installing the Fishman Greg Koch P90 set and I'm having trouble fitting in the battery pack.

I'm thinking of putting the battery and charging port PCB in the Kahler route, add a wraparound bridge, and cover the hole with a little square pickguard.

The new bridge studs would only have 3/8"-1/2" of wood before the cavity edge on two sides. Is that enough in hard maple? Is this too ugly to try?
 
I had two different Kahlers on my 2008 Gibson Shred V, and I had tuning stability, tone, and ghost note problems with each. After more effort than I've put into any other guitar in my life, I finally relented and replaced the Kahler with a Hipshot Tone-a-matic. All three problems were fixed instantly. The tone was so much better I couldn't believe it.
 
PatF said:
I'm hoping to fix those problems too, State of Epicicity.
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Oh then I'd definitely consider the Hipshot unit for sure, if you're cool with something other than a wraparound. The guitar had one note that would completely disappear when you played it on any string, and it would turn into a shitty harmonic. When I installed the Tone-a-matic, it rang out as a full, beautiful note. The sustain on the instrument was off the charts, and overall, it turned from a flimsy, papery tone, to something like a thick Les Paul. And this was with a pair of EMGs (an 85 in the bridge and an HA-X in the neck)!
 
State of Epicicity said:
Oh then I'd definitely consider the Hipshot unit for sure, if you're cool with something other than a wraparound. The guitar had one note that would completely disappear when you played it on any string, and it would turn into a shitty harmonic. When I installed the Tone-a-matic, it rang out as a full, beautiful note. The sustain on the instrument was off the charts, and overall, it turned from a flimsy, papery tone, to something like a thick Les Paul. And this was with a pair of EMGs (an 85 in the bridge and an HA-X in the neck)!
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Kahler cam trems are a horrendous tone suck.
 
PatF said:
I have an old set neck all maple Tele with P90's and a Kahler. I am installing the Fishman Greg Koch P90 set and I'm having trouble fitting in the battery pack.

I'm thinking of putting the battery and charging port PCB in the Kahler route, add a wraparound bridge, and cover the hole with a little square pickguard.

The new bridge studs would only have 3/8"-1/2" of wood before the cavity edge on two sides. Is that enough in hard maple? Is this too ugly to try?
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Fill the rout with a wooden block and yes that is ok in maple.
 
Frankencat, I'm not sure of the model but I think it is a 2300. All brass, from about 1984.

Attached is a picture of how big the pickguard would be. The battery pack will not fit without routing the cavities. Thanks and Happy New Year.

Tele_Mock Up.jpg
 
Since the hole is already there you could route it a little deeper and make a cover for it and use that for the battery and whatever other electronics. Otherwise you route and fill in the top where the Kahler route is and relocate the battery box to the back somewhere, possibly the control cavity. For the latter scenario you are going to need to refinish the guitar, at least the top.

Then you just locate and drill for the stoptail.
 
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