Rings - Direct mount

[Eco]

Im not really looking at doing this, im just curious.

Is it possible to convert a guitar with ring mounted pickups to direct mount them into the body and what mods would be needed?

Is it simply filling the rings screw holes and screw the pickups into the body or is it much more complicated than that?

[bpd111]

It really depends on what you mean by direct mount. Pups w/out rings usually have a gap between them and the body thats made up for w/ long screws and springs or foam. Or really direct mounting them would mean filling the hole with wood and directly mounting the pups to it.

Then, as you said, you're left with the nasty holes left by the screws. On a natural finish, those will be tough to cover up.