P90 to humbucker pickup conversion
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2024
- 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’ll use templates and a small hand router.
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I would have used a screwdriver, a hammer, and a 6 pack of Budweiser.
hell yeah bruh
All I had to do was watch this in reverse and it was awesome! Those P90’s are killer!
thanks!
My thought too :-)
No chit chat. No annoying music. Just a bundle of solid technique and sound ideas. Perfect video.
I have an epi gold top. I took a utility blade and precisely scraped the gold paint off the thin face edge of the binding, to reveal it, and give it the proper '56 look.
I bet those deluxe mini humbuckers would have been a good idea. Those p90s can sound amazing when set up correctly.
Literally like watching someone be tortured to Christmas music. Like that scene in Reservoir Dogs, but instead of cutting off the ear it was a P90.
Very clean and precise work. Amazing!
This is literally the only video i can find on this kind of conversion. Is it possible to have a guitar center do this?
I wouldn't trust a Guitar Center to even tune my guitar.
Well funny story. I took it to them. At first it was a $40 job... Then when i picked it up all of a sudden was a $120 job. I was like dude you said $40. He goes "oh i did? Ok $40 then"
.......last time doin that
@@TheGhostNotePodcast guitar center routes cavities now??
Nice job but I cant help think your better off just buying one with HB pickups.. There are so few P90 LP's out there and so many HP ones... I hate to see one with P90's adapted...
Fantastic job done by tech. But I would suggest buying a Les Paul with humbuckers. Rather than doing all that work to replace P90 ‘s . Especially if the guitar has any age or vintage value
I recommend GFS P-90's in HB size when you are ready to go back and don't want to do that in reverse. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
Nice conversion job, looks well done ... I didnt read the discription and took a deep breath as i saw the epiphone headstock. Its a Epiphone so its Ok ;) ... but people please dont do that to like 60s gibsons :D With a old gibson please go for Humbucking options that will fit p90 routing (like mini humbuckers, soapbar sized humbuckers, noiseless p90 etc.... there are a few pickups types that will fit very well while beeing fully reversable to original)
I done this in the late 8os to my 70s Gibson lp and its still going strong..
Great work and craftsmanship, but man! why would you do that to one of the best guitars that epiphone has ever made? But you know, to each its own..
Currently doing this to my Squier baritone Cabronita tele. Love the styling, but they don’t even have an option for HH, so this is the way I suppose, lol! Thanks for posting the video, I was stuck on the ring mounting screws!
Excellent woodworking and video!
Easier fix trade the Epi w/P90s for an Epi w/humbuckers.
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?
Es para el tornillo de ajuste de altura, porque es bastante largo. thanks!
Really WONDERFUL perfect work. -who’d Thumbs Down this?!
Man you make it look so easy! I have a 60's Tribute Les Paul that I want to put humbuckers in. Off to the luthier on Monday!
+ludblight thank you so much!
I know this is an old comment, but did you ever get that Tribute’s pickups converted? Thinking of doing the same. I have a Tribute and, man, are the P90’s super dark and dull sounding.
@@ronmorey3475 Hi Ron! Yes I did get it converted and I didn't like it. The guitar was chambered and had a prominent upper mid range and that was before the humbuckers went in. No matter what pickups I tried in the guitar, it never sounded that great.
The guitar was better suited for P90s in my opinion. If I were you, I would look for different P90s, humbucker P90s, mini humbuckers or get rid of the guitar and buy something else.
I would only have it converted to humbuckers as a last option if you really loved the guitar and you took it to someone that knows what they're doing.
@@ludblight Thank you for responding! Yes, I think you’re right. I may try some different P90’s in it. I like the guitar a lot, but it just needs to open up more sonically. Thanks again and Happy New Year!
Se puede instalar una p90 dog ear a una guitarra que tiene humbuckers?
I was told years ago that P90 pick ups were a weak pick up and were weak as far back as ohm output? I prefer to to use at least a 15 ohm pick ups like Dimarzio Super Distortion or something like Seymour Duncan SH-4 pick ups that ohm out at 15-16 plus ohms
I have the same exact guitar and I wanted to convert it to humbuckers lol. Where’d you find em
You mean you HAVE to dremel out some and it won’t just fit straight in ? Dang it man
Wow! What an enormous amount of work for an Epi Lp.
It is a common modification for many people that can not buy a Lp, thans for comment!
In fairness this video illustrates how to do this on any instrument and it is freely given. Also routing out is not really that much work. Couple of hours.
I have the same guitar. I was interested in converting to buckers. After watching this, screw that idea………
Que buen trabajo!!!! Yo estoy pensando en hacerselo a la mía. Muchas gracias por compartirlo!!
gracias Jose!
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 :) good video
everything is possible! You would have to make a wooden or plastic lids to cover the hole, but it would be perfect!
www.guitarfetish.com/Humbucker-Rout-adapter-ring-Fits-Strat-pickup-Straight-THREE-COLORS_p_4348.html
How its the name of this dremmel?
why did he cut off and reglue the back binding on the neck?
because it is necessary to remove some material from the fretboard
why not just pit the pickup back a bit more. ?
You do good work, btw
Because then the pickguard would not fit. ;)
The soundtrack is lovely
what about humbucker to p90?
it is also possible!
Paoson WoodWorking alright thanks!
I'm trying to do this. Any ideas how to start?
you can get humbucker size p90s
I still feel a knot in my stomach whenever I work on a finished guitar & I need the router. Measure 10 times cut once. Mostly tremolo cavities.
Amazing work
Is is possible to swap a Single Coil pickup INTO a P-90 cavity ??
Not on a Les Paul
You changed the music?! I used to just watch this for the music! Can you tell me the name of the song please?
sorry!, I think the band is called "The Underscore Orkestra"
Thats why i dont like p90.. humbucker can replace with p90 like seymduncan phatcat
very clean. great work!
why are you making a hole on 2:11?
that hole is for the height adjustment screw, that protrudes from the own pickup.
Well done indeed! R those Iommi hums?
they are seymour duncan pickups, thanks!
If I send you my guitar and a new set of pickups could you do this exact job for me? How much would you charge?
+Joesified Hi Joesified, I'll do it, but I am afraid the shipping costs would be much more expensive as I could charge you for the job. I don't think it'd worth it. You better find a luthier in you country, I am sure it will be cheaper.
+Paoson WoodWorking About how much does it cost? Im thinking about doing the same
como se llama esa canción
hola Pedro, no lo recuerdo! es de la librería de música de youtube, tienen miles de canciones sin copyright para poder usar sin problemas en los vídeos, me sería imposible volver a localizarla en la librería, lo siento
+Paoson WoodWorking Ohh, Gracias de todos modos!!!
So it can be done!
Good job but I prefer white cover pickups and pickguard
masterful.
lol should be a disclaimer on this video “don’t try this at home leave to a professional” there is always someone out there who will do this without the proper tools and experience and mess up their guitar. Then down a pack of beer while doing it like this others guy said and see how good you did!
Why would you do this?! I’m trying to go the other way and put p90s in my guitar
Thank You very much for this video!
+Matouš Červenka You're welcome
You could've replaced the pickups with soapbar humbuckers, and make them split coil capable, and you can always go back to the originals...
The P90's were the best part of this guitar...☹
Don't do it, man! Put in mini humbuckers instead.
Shit dude,can you do mine too,not really diggn the p90’s but I love me guitar
I’m doing this to a Les Paul Jr double cut kit I’m building. Can’t find any Jrs with a single humbucker.
Thanks for the video.
very clear very informative, thanks!
Wow, surgical quality
Please, turn off autofocus in your camera! Great work!
If you want humbucker les paul, why not you buy another one with standard humbucker? I don't want to ruin that beautiful guitar
I kept the neck pickup as a P90 and just replaced the bridge, but he did it way cleaner! I need to make some of those corner pieces so I can fit the humbucker ring, since the P90 cavity is wider. Nice work!
wow
Thanks!.
Why someone would exchange the neck p90 for an humbucker is beyond me.
I get the bridge exchange but the neck? Unless you want to exchange the soapbar with a Seymour Duncan P-rail 90 the neck exchange made zero sense to me.
Lol.
But good job anyways. Nice and clean.
no shave the headstock and make it look like a gibson, that would be a hell of a nice guitar 🍻
I want to put P90s into a humbucker LP. I suppose there is no way without refinishing the top. 😢
All you need to do is purchase humbucker sized P90s
Seymour Duncan, Tonerider and more companies build a P90 that will drop right in any humbucker guitar.
The Tonerider Rebel 90s are fantastic true P90s that are made for a humbucker routed guitar.
Would've preferred a basic instructional talk-through, to the Christmas muzak. Just sayin'.
Should have left it alone and just by one
Nice job! As an aside having nothing to do with doing this on a new guitar like you are doing in the 70s this was done to alot of vintage guitars and later they wanted to put P -90s back in to restore it which is possible but a mess to hide glue lines and match the finish! Just for a historical anecdote. Oh well..
This video was uploaded June 2015, yet plays christmas music. WTF?
lalalalallalala xD
I would rather buy a new one with selling it out.