Trouble changing pickups in JP6, Gibson 496R will not fit

I am not satisfied with the stock pickups in my JP6, so I’ve been changing them. I love the Gibson 496R in the neck position from my other guitar, but when trying to get it into the JP6 neck cavity it won’t fit. See pic with the Gibson on the right and the stock JP6 neck pickup on the left.

Has anyone else figured out how to work around in this situation? Or know of one and can share a link.

thanks!
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