Author Topic: BKP soapbar to dogear conversion.Possible?? (Read 4237 times)

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??

Skybone · « **Reply #1 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.

Canadian Steve · « **Reply #2 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.

PhilKing · « **Reply #3 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.

riffpowers · « **Reply #4 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,