I actually cut off the right and left lip when I got my first Mk2, The original empeg only had lips on the top and bottom, so I modified my new sled. So you can do it, but like Tony said, now they are hard to come by so you might not want to.
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Brian

-See my empeg <a href="www.hulkster.net/empeg" target="_blank">here</a>-