Non-standard Pickups On A Schecter Omen-6? Options

[kebsis]

Hi everyone.

Just for something to do, I decided to spruce up my old, non-functioning Omen 6 a bit. To start out I changed out the standard pickups with Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro IIs. I installed them, and I changed the pots because the original ones no longer worked. Unfortunately when I went to put the tone and volume knobs back on, I realized that the pots I was using didn't fit in the bore holes. I went back and looked at the original, and realized that I had not noticed a small difference between the standard pots and the ones that had come on the Omen; the screw that sticks through to the front which the knobs attach to are a few millimeters thinner on the Omen's stock pots.

So now, my choices are either to bore out the holes further (which my brother is advising against, saying it would ruin the finish), or buying new pots and redoing all that stuff I worked on today (which is a pain but shouldn't be too bad.

Is boring out the holes really that bad of an idea, or is it doable? Also, if I need new pots, what kind do I need?

Thanks for any help guys.


edit: the topic title should have said 'non-standard pots', not pickups Will teach me to type too fast!

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This post has been edited by kebsis: Feb 26 2009, 06:26 AM