Stevie Nazarenie Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Black-Pearl-Gibson-SG-Classic-Pickguard-P-90_W0QQitemZ270287861285QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 i saw this on ebay and at first i thought the 2 holes by the pickups were for dog ears? i measured the distance i see quoted on a site for the pickups and if they sat on the pickguard the distance is about the same as i have with my pups now. i have not found a pic like this can you do it this way? the distance quoted between the pickup screw holes are 96.8mm neck and 98mm bridge is that the same as a dogear screw hole? if so i won't have to mess with routing. also whats the original p90 alnico or ceramic? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Nazarenie Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 whoops seems the distance is different here let me look again... i think the pickup height quoted is wrong. i'm not sure how tall it is? (depth.) http://www.artecsound.com/pickups/index.html on the sixth diagram down it shows the dimensions. in the middle it shows a symbol "h**" the key says available as 6mm or 9mmbut the diagram also says it's 15mm??? oh well i guess that would be 2 close to the strings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiEric Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The SG Classic uses soapbars rather than dogears, so the holes are for the height adjustment screws. I think that the holes would be too far apart to mount a dogear. It might take you too close to the strings as well. Most modern P90s use Alnico V. Early Gibson versions were Alnico III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Nazarenie Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 i thought th screws go through the body of the pickup on this one. i'm seeing ceramics alot for p90's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiEric Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i thought th screws go through the body of the pickup on this one. i'm seeing ceramics alot for p90's? Right, the actual mounting screws are between the polepieces on a soapbar vs. the side mount on the dogear. The holes on either side of the pickup aren't to mount the pickup. Now that I've gone and looked more closely at a Classic, looks like the side screw holes actually just hold the pickguard down and don't have any other function. Anyone with a Classic know? A true P90 (at least not Gibson style) won't have ceramic magnets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Nazarenie Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBFBV i'm sure someone said firebirds were ceramic thats why i'm now confused. anyone got a history on the early pickups? gibson did use ceramics... not sure if in any p90s though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiEric Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBFBVi'm sure someone said firebirds were ceramic thats why i'm now confused. anyone got a history on the early pickups? gibson did use ceramics... not sure if in any p90s though. That's a Firebird V with ceramic mini-humbuckers. Firebird I and III models have P-90s. Gibson.com doesn't mention construction on the P90 page' date=' but if you look at their P-94 (humbucker sized P-90) page here: http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/P%2D94/ it says "The P-94 is a unique combination that provides the best of both worlds - the classic Gibson P-90 sound in a traditional humbucker-size housing. Replacing a humbucker with the P-94 requires no routing or other damaging modifications to the guitar. The P-94 features uses the same enamel coated vintage wire and [i']Alnico V[/i] magnets as the P-90" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Nazarenie Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 mmm... yes i see. i guess the switch with firebirds to ceramic was because the pickups were thought week? seems odd i'm seeing the ceramic p90's. i know gfs true 90's are alnico 5 and my mini hums on my lpd copy are alinico 5. but the wilkinson ones are ceramic and on some of the agiles. i guess they are not getting true vintage tone over output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiEric Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 mmm... yes i see. i guess the switch with firebirds to ceramic was because the pickups were thought week? seems odd i'm seeing the ceramic p90's. i know gfs true 90's are alnico 5 and my mini hums on my lpd copy are alinico 5. but the wilkinson ones are ceramic and on some of the agiles. i guess they are not getting true vintage tone over output? They probably switched to ceramic on the Firebirds for a hotter sound. The original Mini Humbuckers were Alnico, also. The Les Paul Classic had ceramic pickups as it was designed to have a classic look but a more "modern" sound. So I'd guess the Firebird was the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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