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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: riffpowers on December 10, 2006, 12:43:00 PM

Title: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible??
Post by: riffpowers on December 10, 2006, 12:43:00 PM
I've got a BKP p90 I bought for a new guitar.
Its a soapbar, but I want to convert it to a dogear.

Is it as easy as just taking the soapbar cover off and putting a dogear cover on??
Title: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible??
Post by: Skybone on December 10, 2006, 06:33:13 PM
Talk to Tim or Steve, I'm sure that if you send 'em back in, they'll convert them for you.
Title: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible??
Post by: Canadian Steve on December 11, 2006, 02:22:31 AM
I'm pretty sure you can just swap covers but I would check first as I think if you remove the cover of a humbucker it voids the warranty.
Title: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible??
Post by: PhilKing on December 11, 2006, 11:53:49 AM
It is not that simple.  A dogear P-90 has a different base plate to the soapbar.  The dogear has tabs which the mounting screws go through.  In a soapbar the screws are through the pickup between the A&D and G&B strings.  In theory you could convert a soapbar to a dogear, but you would need to pack something under the pickup to hold it in place.
Title: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible??
Post by: riffpowers on December 11, 2006, 12:08:04 PM
Quote from: PhilKing
It is not that simple.  A dogear P-90 has a different base plate to the soapbar.  The dogear has tabs which the mounting screws go through.  In a soapbar the screws are through the pickup between the A&D and G&B strings.  In theory you could convert a soapbar to a dogear, but you would need to pack something under the pickup to hold it in place.


Thats basically what I was hoping, whack the dogear cover on and use a shim.Sorted,