How many of you out there have broken out the soldering iron and modified your pickups in some way or other...

I ask because I'm keen to give this a try... the "Twins" (2 A series Seagull Mahogany Folk) currently use D cell batteries, and of course, I have to take the frigg'n strings off the bridge end of the guitars to change 'em... Stephen Fearings gear page mentions something about modifying an existing pick-up to use Phantom Power...

My questions are these...

Is this hard to do?

Anybody know how to do it?

Can a pick-up be configured to do both battery and/or Phantom Power?

What say you Mudcat?