Betty the Butcher...

[syscokid]

Now if one was gonna go with the soap bar P90 you will be in for a lot more work.The dog ear style P90 is a hair wider i would guess than the soap bar and just the way it mounts is gonna hide alot of the butchering.I like that term hahaha.

This is true. If I would have known that there was a cavity size difference between a Dogear and a Soapbar, I would have paid a little extra for PGK to allow for the smaller cavity width of a Soapbar. I did install a Soapbar, but with the the tiny gaps on the sides and my OCD, it made me crudely fabricate a couple tiny mahogany shims.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

you barely even see them Sysco.

 

[syscokid]

you barely even see them Sysco.

Thanks, it actually was BGood's suggested idea, in a long ago post at ETSG. Obviously I ran with it, but it was definitely a PITA! If I had to make money on this , I would starve quickly...

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Seems to fit well (in fact, provisionally, it seems to line up perfectly) on the faded which has 55mm between the pickups. The 24 fret tribute has the top pickup 5mm lower down and the bridge pickup in the same place, so only 50mm apart (I reckon I could make that fit too if I wanted to, and I might).

 

[Mr Grumpy]

The guitar will be pleased to have these upgrades too:

 

[syscokid]

The guitar will be pleased to have these upgrades too:

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Are you going to replace the bushings, or inserts, too?

 

[JohnnyGoo]

The stock Gibson hardware is good stuff so why the Tonepros ??? Not gonna be any more quality than the Gibby hardware plus you got to mess with allen screws.Or just throw those away like i do with the Tonepros set screw stuff.Makes things sound to damn ridgid for my liking.I like things a little more loosey goosey.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Are you going to replace the bushings, or inserts, too?

Probably not; do you think there's any reason to?

The stock Gibson hardware is good stuff so why the Tonepros ???

Because I can!

You are right, JG, the Nashville and stopbar are good, no need to change them. But, I like Nikel, I like solidity, so why not...

 

[syscokid]

Probably not; do you think there's any reason to?

Nope!

Because I can!

Yup!

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I like Nickel to didnt think of that reason,carry on Grumpy

 

[Gahr]

You putting Bare Knuckles in there, @Mr Grumpy? If you want to experiment with something else, I recommend the forum sponsor TysonTone, made by @Bobby. I dig the P90 I put in my Les Paul Junior.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

You putting Bare Knuckles in there, @Mr Grumpy?

I have a Bare Knuckle for the neck and a Tom Anderson P90 humbucker for the bridge.

I had the Bare Knuckle in the PRS for a while and it's very good, so I'm gonna stick with that. Thanks for the Tyson Tone suggestion, I'll probably get around to one before too long.