al heeley Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 I'm in the middle of a new build project at the moment, need some advice on pup selection. It's a chambered mahogany tele body I'm putting together with a maple figured cap. I really want to put a P90 soapbar pup in the neck for a really warm bluesy sound, and was thinking of something at the opposite end of the spectrum for the bridge pup, maybe a hot rails tele pup with coil tap. This guitar will have a conventional maple tele bolt-on neck. Any views/advice much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yeah, P-90's do not have a warm, bluesy sound. If there is a word to define a P-90, it would be raw, biting, slashing...they're not smooth at all really. Maybe in a big ole' archtop or something, but otherwise not. If you want warm and bluesy, then use a light-duty HB, around the 6-9K range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 this may seem like a really dumb n00b question (for that is what I am...) but how do the P90 types actually fit into a guitar body? This will have no pickguard, I'm looking at the plain standard cream P90 blocks, not the dog-ear ones. I'll rout out whatever cavity is needed but how are they secured and height-adjusted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 how do the P90 types actually fit into a guitar body? The soapbar style mounts with a couple of screws through the pickup itself, in between the pole pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Do these fixing screws allow any pickup height adjustment, or do you just have to get the routed chamber depth correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Do these fixing screws allow any pickup height adjustment, or do you just have to get the routed chamber depth correct? You could always do the surgical tubing trick if you need to raise them a bit. That's what I do with direct-mounted single coils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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