Swapping P90 pickups for Humbuckers in a Les Paul-style Epiphone guitar. I’ll need to make extra room for the pickups and adjust the binding and fretboard a bit.
I’ve also drilled some holes in the pickup slot for the height adjusting screws of the new Humbuckers. In all my years as a luthier, this kind of job has been rather uncommon.
You normally replace Humbuckers with P90s, not the other way around, but in this case, the change has yielded remarkable sound improvements! As you can imagine, this is a very delicate job.
One false move or a small mistake with the router could ruin your guitar forever. It’s best to leave these adjustments in the hands of experienced people, or practice with cheaper guitars or pieces of wood until you have the necessary experience.
Great video! Why did you drill the holes in each pickup cavity? Are they for the prongs on the pickups to sit in so the poles are at the correct level above the guitar surface?
thanks! It is for the height adjustment screw of the Humbuckers, it is quite long.
is possible to change P90 to single coil? is there any kind of ring adapter? is because I want to install a fernandes sustainer on my P90 guitar (yamaha rgx a2) thanks 🙂
yeah! check this out:
Hi Suso, very nice work. One question if you don’t mind, what material are you using as the router guide / straight edge?
hi Jeffrey, it’s called Compacmel. Here more info:
Great Video! I have a epiphone p93 riviera that I’ve wanted to swap the three p-90’s for a more classic HH configuration for the longest time. Would this be possible to do for my guitar, just asking bc I’ve somewhat unfamiliar with p-90 routing and mine has dogears so idk if that’ll make a difference or not.