harmonicchaos Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'm thinking about putting a P94 in the neck pickup of my vm lp. What is the process and how large of an undertaking is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:oilpit: Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Get a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat. P-90 in a humbucker size. I might get one in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil325 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 are you talking about the lindy fralin p94s? or is that another pickup i got it confused with? i've never installed a pickup before but i think its just deosldering the original points and soldering the new pickup in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckomf Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The hardest part is snaking the wiring down to the control cavity. I found that I was able to take the quick release terminal off of the BurstBucker by pulling gently on the wire closes to the terminal. Then I fed the P94 wires through the plastic piece and coiled them around the posts, and snapped the plastic piece back into place. When I put the BurstBucker back in, the spade terminal things popped right back inside the plastic piece. No muss, no fuss. The only part that really frustrated me was the fact that my screwdriver slipped off of the flathead screw and put a tiny ding in the top of my VM. I love it, but you can dent it with a well-placed sneeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I've only swapped humbucker for humbuckers and single coils for single, but it's not that hard. 1. make a diagram of how the originals are wired up - what color wire goes where sort of thing along with where all the original wires are connected. Make sure you can read it and understand it. 2. Determine what color wires equate to the originals. DiMarzio colors are different from Seymours whose are different from Gibsons. You can find wire schemes on various sites like Seymour duncans, DiMarzio and Stew Mac. 3. Unsolder the old pup(s). 4. Take them out of the pickup mounting ring - don't let the spring fly off. 5. Put the new pickup into the mounting ring - for me this is the hardest part because that spring won't stay put and wants to fly every where. 6. Run the pup cable into the cavity 7. Solder the new pups in place. 8. Don't forget to solder the ground back in place from the out put jack. Probably the hardest part is double checking the wire colors - what is hot on the new pup and getting the new pup on the mounting ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonicchaos Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 The only part that really frustrated me was the fact that my screwdriver slipped off of the flathead screw and put a tiny ding in the top of my VM. I love it' date=' but you can dent it with a well-placed sneeze.[/quote'] The exact same thing happened to my vm. I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. I'm refinishing my vm and putting a nice thick coat of nitro on to protect the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckomf Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've been thinking about doing that. You'll have to let me know how it turns out for you. I recently cleaned mine up with a little bit of lemon oil, and I'm really happy with the way it looks and feels, but i'm still tempted to gloss it up a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Shouldnt be hard... unlike most modern humbuckers, BB pros (in the VM) have only two terminals... so just desolder them, solder the terminals from the other pickup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaHooomie Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Reply to topic-title: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonicchaos Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Reply to topic-title: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!! Lovely ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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