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If not, then you'll need to cut more of the wood away and find where the cable shield was attached.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
To be honest I don't like any of the soundhole pickups with a captive trailing cable like this, because if you stand on the cable there's a good chance of damage - to the soundhole rim of the guitar as well as the pickup. When I had one I fitted it with a phono plug and line socket a foot or so down the cable to make sure that would always be the point of least resistance if it got tugged - even though I always looped it through the strap as well. Can't be too careful with a valuable Gibson acoustic.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
The epoxy looking stuff is actually more like hard gluey jelly and can be scraped out with some patience. Inside I found two white wires joined together and a small black wire. After some experimenting I worked out the little black wire needs to be soldered to the copper wrap around the pick up. The joined white wires need to be soldered to the central core of the guitar cable. Finally I grounded the outer shield cables by soldering them to a different point of the copper wrap, covered the joints in electric tape, secured the cable by jamming it in the slot and then 'Sugrued' the hell out of it. A masterpiece it is not. Working (for now) it is. I'll be gentle.
I got the Woody cheap from a friend ages ago. Admittedly it's not great but it does the job at the moment. Always worth having a go at fixing things just to see how they work. Sorry for the bad photo's.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Have a Wow
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself