DavyR
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I had a 2005 EJ160E and never liked the stock pickup. You are right it is an oddball. Despite what Epiphone claims in the specs it is NOT a P100,a Gibson P100 is 2 stacked P90s.
Anyway I had mine yanked and rewound by Duncan. They did the work around 10 years ago for me so you might contact them.
My direction was to try to make it as close to a P90 as possible. Once you remove the pickup to ship to them for rebuilding you will find, it more resembles a Fender single than a P90 of any kind.
Duncan did a good job on mine and I think just under $100.00 plus shipping.
The stock pick up can be rebuilt, so hope this helps.
Thanks for the response! So, how does the rewound pickup sound? Did they replaced the wire with no other changes? The specs on this say, "Pickup Mini Acoustic Humbucker":
http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Acoustic-Electric/John-Lennon-EJ-160E.aspx
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The original pickup in my 2005 Korean-built EJ160e was terrible. Even with different strings that were supposed to do better, still sucked. I had a Fishman Matrix Infinity pickup installed - the only permanent "damage" it does to the guitar is enlarging the strap button hole on the bottom of the guitar (for the guitar cable), but otherwise no permanent alteration. I left the original jack and controls in place, so the external appearance is unchanged. Inside the soundhole, barely visible but easily accessible, are the tone and volume controls. This pickup made a huge difference. In March 2017 I played with a Beatles cover band at the famous NYC venue, The Bitter End. I handled JL's rhythm guitar part on my EJ160e. Sound guy ran my sound through a DI to the PA. It sounded great on stage and my friend's video's of some of the songs proved how nice my guitar came through. The Fishman has a pre-amp inside the body located back where the cable jack is and elsewhere in the body, attached with Velcro, is the 9 volt battery to power the pre-amp. As long as you don't leave the guitar cable plugged into the guitar, the battery will last a long time. For about $250 installed, it has transformed the plugged-in use of the guitar. It would probably be pretty easy to save part of that cost by installing yourself (it seems pretty easy to do), the cost would be more like $150 plus tax. I am very happy that I did it. I highly recommend the Fishman as an effective fix that minimizes any permanent alteration to the guitar.
Thank you for the info! Mine is Indonesian. I was hoping to replace the pickup but it's a oddball and a regular P-90 won't fit in its place. Maybe have a pickup made? I also wanted to stay with electric guitar strings. In other words, keep it as it was intended (an electric guitar) and not turn it into another acoustic guitar with a pickup under the saddle, bronze strings, etc. But, thanks again...
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I bought the Behringer pedal and it improves the volume a lot but it still sounds a bit like a semi acoustic electric guitar - like a Casino maybe.
I have a fishman sonitone pickup that a fine Epi forum member very kindly sent me; still considering having that installed. It has the 2 dials in the soundhole and goes through the end strap pin hole so pretty non-evasive and I can keep the old pickup installed too.
Thanks! I'd like to replace the pickup because I'd like to stay with electric guitar strings and with running it through an amp, like an electric guitar. A real P-90 will not fit. I guess the only option would be to have a pickup built?
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Hey Rev what are you plugging into?
I have one of the older John Lennon signature models and the pickup doesn't sound very good - weak and not very loud - considering either installing a new pickup or a Behringer AD121 pedal between the guitar and mixer.
I have one of the Lennon signature models and would like to replace the pickup. Did you replace yours? Thanks...
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Beautiful well built guitar, the EJ-160E JL Signature. A steal for the price. But, I sold it! I didn't want to replace the pickup or modify it, etc...