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1. A stringed instrument body, comprising: a body having a front surface and a rear surface; a pocket in said rear surface of said body which does not extend completely through the thickness of said body; one or more pickup openings in said front surface of said body which penetrate into said pocket in said rear surface of said body; a mounting for one or more pickups that fits into said pocket in said rear surface of said body; one or more pickups extending from said mounting such that the plane of said one or more pickup is parallel to the plane of said mounting; said mounting includes paired retractable tapered projections acting laterally; said pocket in said rear surface of said body includes slots to receive said paired retractable tapered projections of said mounting securing said mounting in said pocket; whereby said mounting and said one or more pickups can be rapidly removed from said pocket of said rear surface of said body and rapidly replaced into said pocket of said rear surface of said body.
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