Bliggick Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Okay, some of them are obvious: I would get a pair of Gibson P-90s, a Switchcraft jack and a Gibson pickup switch (do you use the straight one or the one that has the connecting terminals at a 90 degeree angle?). Then there are the pots: what K? audio or linear? long or short shaft? I assume split shaft unless the preferred knobs have mounting screws. What type caps? orange drop, bumble bee, black bee or reproduction 1954? Anything else? I wouldn't attempt this myself but I might try to gather the parts. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 A lot of what you are asking depends on how you want to wire it. You, also don't have to have Gibson stuff. As for the switch. Gibson uses 'switchcraft'. For pots. The most popular brand for upgrade is CTS, You will need audio taper for the tone pots, and for volume, this depends on which wiring scheme you want (modern or 50's). The most popular ohms rating for use on P90s.is 300k . And most likely short shaft. However. There are no set rules and you can use pretty much any value from 100 to 1000k ... The. Higher the number the brighter your guitar will sound. And for caps again, personal choice most folk use between. 022 to. 047 uf with. 033 being a popular choice for P90 pickups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spamonkis Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 What parts do you NEED? None! Everything works and the stock pickups sound great. But... If you are a tinkerer like me: Stock pots are 500k. Get them with push/ pull switches so you can do some Series/ Parallel, Phase, Vari-Tone type mods. That way you will not have spent a lot of money and not see (hear) any difference. God bless, Spamonkis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliggick Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Thanks for your replies. I'd like to get my Casino up to this level with the electronics: ES-330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foglesre Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 What is the stock capacitor for the Casino that goes with the stock 500k pots? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliggick Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 You need a good amp to hear all the $$$ you put in the guitar ..... Yeah, I've got that covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Many people are pleased with the stock Casino pickups, but here are some other options. If you want to replace the pickups and like chrome covers, Kent Armstrong (WD Music) sells a set for the Casino. Lindy Fralin sells sets with black or crème plastic covers that, like the Kent Armstrong set, have the short (sloped) dogear cover for the neck pickup. I chose to have JS Moore rebuild my stock set and am glad I did. The stock pickups in my Korean Casino were 11K-12K ohms (not RWRP) and after the rebuild the pickups are in the 8K-9K ohms range wound RWRP for hum-canceling in the middle switch position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukex Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Okay, some of them are obvious: I would get a pair of Gibson P-90s, a Switchcraft jack and a Gibson pickup switch (do you use the straight one or the one that has the connecting terminals at a 90 degeree angle?). Then there are the pots: what K? audio or linear? long or short shaft? I assume split shaft unless the preferred knobs have mounting screws. What type caps? orange drop, bumble bee, black bee or reproduction 1954? Anything else? I wouldn't attempt this myself but I might try to gather the parts. Thanks. I put one of these in my Epiphone Dot http://bcsguitars.com/?page_id=2760 And two of these SD Antiquity HBs http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/antiquity/humbuckers/ Almost a year later and I still grin ear-to-ear every time I play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemans335 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 What parts do you NEED? None! Everything works and the stock pickups sound great. But... If you are a tinkerer like me: Stock pots are 500k. Get them with push/ pull switches so you can do some Series/ Parallel, Phase, Vari-Tone type mods. That way you will not have spent a lot of money and not see (hear) any difference. +1. I put Duncan P-90's in my Casino, added a varitone (don't know that I'd do that again) and push-pulls for series and phase. Lots of tone options. Probably overkill for most guys though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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