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.

 

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