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chip39
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converting to a p90

A forumite "soulsurfer" GAVE me out of the kindess of his heart a P90 to try out in my Les Paul Deluxe. It has that PCB board which seems like it would make it easier to swap seeing as all I have to do is splice the new wires to the connecter. But the p90 only has one wire coming from it. I assume it is the hot and the metal shielding is the ground so I think I am going to try to splice it all together somehow.

How do I get this:




into this:




Any suggestions?


And again thank you soulsurfer you da best
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Re: converting to a p90

hey can we see the front of that geetar . IIRC Green is ground and black is hot , perhaps you can push back that ground braid and solder a wire onto that . If you cut the other pickup off that connector , leave enough wire to solder onto .


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Re: converting to a p90

hey can we see the front of that geetar . IIRC Green is ground and black is hot , perhaps you can push back that ground braid and solder a wire onto that . If you cut the other pickup off that connector , leave enough wire to solder onto .


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Re: converting to a p90

That is what I was thinking.

here is a high quality phone pic

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Re: converting to a p90

That is what I was thinking.

here is a high quality phone pic

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Re: converting to a p90

Nice axe ! Is that a bridge or neck P90 ?


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Re: converting to a p90

Nice axe ! Is that a bridge or neck P90 ?


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Re: converting to a p90

Bridge. Have never had a p90 guitar or a mini hum so its going to be interesting. So far the mini hums were a bit bright and sounded better with lower gain stuff I'm still not sold for my style yet.
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Re: converting to a p90

Bridge. Have never had a p90 guitar or a mini hum so its going to be interesting. So far the mini hums were a bit bright and sounded better with lower gain stuff I'm still not sold for my style yet.
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Re: converting to a p90

if it were mine I'd yank the PCB and put in a Jonesyblues 50s kit or somesuch . There are many mini's or P90's to choose from so eventually you get'r dialed in . Not that the PCB is a bad thing , IIRC it has Bourns pots , which I like and use but I like oldschool better .


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Re: converting to a p90

if it were mine I'd yank the PCB and put in a Jonesyblues 50s kit or somesuch . There are many mini's or P90's to choose from so eventually you get'r dialed in . Not that the PCB is a bad thing , IIRC it has Bourns pots , which I like and use but I like oldschool better .


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Re: converting to a p90

+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
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Re: converting to a p90

+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
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Antoria Custom Agent
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Re: converting to a p90

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+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
I did that


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Re: converting to a p90

Quote Originally Posted by Seano Porno View Post
+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
I did that


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Re: converting to a p90

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+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
Seriously.


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Re: converting to a p90

Quote Originally Posted by Seano Porno View Post
+1 on pulling the PCB nonsense out!
Seriously.


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Re: converting to a p90

i thought that initially and it seems like that's everybody's advice. But it was pretty damn easy changing that pickup and if had the connnecter on it to begin with it would have been instantaneous. What's the beef with the circuit board? I'll be the first one throwing it under the bus if it goes out but it seems fine.
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Re: converting to a p90

i thought that initially and it seems like that's everybody's advice. But it was pretty damn easy changing that pickup and if had the connnecter on it to begin with it would have been instantaneous. What's the beef with the circuit board? I'll be the first one throwing it under the bus if it goes out but it seems fine.
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Re: converting to a p90

not sure about those , but the older ones had craptastic wiring and the pot values were all over the place , still sounded good though so perhaps it doesn't mean anything ?


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