K&K Sound Pure User manual

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Jig Installation for K&K Pure Pickups
Before you actually work with the pickup, you should practice using the jig without a pickup or putty. This ensures that
you are comfortable with the jig technique so that the pickups are positioned perfectly. It may be possible that your guitar has a
tighter bracing on the high e string side and the jig may have to be trimmed down a little bit.
1. Cut a piece of corrugated cardboard out of the sales-box your
pickup came in. It has a white and a brown side. Size: 1" x 1.25"
(2,5cm x 3,5cm). Mark center to center distance of 2 pinholes on
the white side.
2. Use a large nail (or similar pointed object) to punch two
holes about 3/8" (10mm) from the front edge of the jig.
3. Widen the holes with the wooden pin. 4. Stick the headless wood pin though the hole, as shown on
the photo (cardboard brown side down, make sure the pin is
straight). Use some superglue (supplied with the Pure
pickup) to glue the white pin into the cardboard, let dry for a
minute and wipe off excess glue.
5. The finished jig should look like this. 6. Place the jig on top of the bridge, insert the dull end of the
headless pin into the high e string pinhole and press the golf
tee into the b string hole. Remove it several times in order to
widen the hole in the jig a bit. The golf tee should slide into
the jig hole easily.
NOTE: Now practice step 11 - 16 without pickup or putty
to learn to handle the jig!

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7. Cut off 1/3rd of the gray putty strip. 8. Form a putty-ball and place it on the jig over the saddle
between the high e and b string.
9. Get the Pure pickup and place the jack into the sound hole.
Press one transducer with the golden side up on the putty as
shown in the photo. Make sure the pickup is placed precisely
over the saddle.
10. Make sure the pickup sits absolutely flat and level on the
jig.
11. This is a very important step! Remove the golf tee and
hold the jig as shown (between thumb and forefinger on the
headless pin). The tip of the headless pin must be flush with
the fingertips. I use my left hand although I'm right-handed but
you may feel more comfortable using your right hand for this.
12. Once you feel confident,
make sure that the putty securely holds the pickup and
apply a generous amount of superglue. Spread it over
the entire golden surface of the transducer.
Be careful not to touch the pickup and superglue after this
step.
Make sure you've practiced the whole procedure before
super-gluing the pickup!

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13. Place the hand that is holding the jig into the guitar and try to
bring your fingertips near the high e string hole. Your goal is to
stick the headless pin through the high e string hole from the
inside. HERE IS THE TRICK: Use the golf tee as a guide by
inserting it into the high e string pin hole. This way you will be
able to feel it on the inside and find the high e string hole fairly
easy.
14. Remove the golf tee and carefully push the headless pin
a little bit up from inside (not all the way yet!).
15. Align the jig to the desired square position by feeling its
edges (make sure not to touch the pickup as there will be
superglue). Insert the golf tee into the b string hole and push it
through the corresponding hole in the jig. Make sure to feel if
you indeed hit the hole.
16. Push the jig up until it is flush against the bridge plate
and apply some pressure to the pickup. (With the final
installation you should slowly count to 30 to allow for the
glue to set.) This photo shows the jig inside the guitar (yes -
we cut a hole in the bottom for the photo).
Remove the jig by pulling out the golf tee and carefully
pulling the cardboard off the pickup. Remove the used putty,
which will either stick to the cardboard or to the pickup.
7. This picture shows the high e/b string pickup perfectly placed.
You may use a rag or tissue to wipe off any superglue that
oozed out around the pickup. Be extremely careful not to get the
rag in contact with the guitar's finish! Use a new piece of putty
for each pickup.
18. To finish, simply repeat this procedure with the remaining
pickups, one between g and d string and the other between
the low e and a string. Make sure all pickups are located
precisely UNDER THE SADDLE!