Author Topic: P90 Style Pickup Adjustment (Read 9935 times)

chrisheyes · « **on:** January 16, 2007, 12:15:23 AM »

I've just dropped a BKP92 into my Tokai Les Paul Special

Can anyone offer advise on how to adjust the pickup height on these P90
style pickups so that I can get a better ballance with the neck pickup.
At present the pickup screws directly to the body.

Should I put some packing under the pickup to raise its height or raise the individual pole pieces ?

Cheers

Twinfan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2007, 08:36:03 AM »

I'd do a combination of both. Raise the pickup first, and if you need more height pull the polepieces out a tad.

PhilKing · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2007, 12:28:49 PM »

Gibson used to use a foam pad under the bridge pickups in the early guitars. In later models they made the rear pickup sit higher with a spaced inside the pickup. BK make copies of the original pickups, so you will need to add a foam pad underneath. The other thing you can do is put the Strat pickup tubing around the mounting screws before you put the pickup into the guitar.

I have a friend who always screws the pole pieces out a lot to compenstate, but I really don't like this look and prefer to pad the pickup to raise it.

Philly Q · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2007, 12:44:58 PM »

Off topic Chris, but is that a TonePros bridge or a Pigtail?

chrisheyes · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2007, 12:55:22 PM »

Quote from: Philly Q

Off topic Chris, but is that a TonePros bridge or a Pigtail?

Well spotted Pilly Q - It's a Pigtail

chrisheyes · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2007, 12:58:46 PM »

Thanks for the advise PhilKing & Twinfan

I'll give putting some compressible material under the pickup.

At present the bridge pickup is way too much treble/top in comparison
with the deep woody Gotoh LP-OLD stock neck pickup.

Philly Q · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2007, 01:08:31 PM »

Quote from: chrisheyes

Well spotted Philly Q - It's a Pigtail

Thought so! :D

They're excellent bridges, I've got one on an SG and one on my Melody Maker. The TonePros looks almost identical but the Pigtail's much lighter.

Twinfan · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2007, 01:15:57 PM »

The P-92 is a hot BKP-90, so I'm not surprised it's very different from the neck pickup......

chrisheyes · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2007, 01:37:03 PM »

Quote from: Twinfan

The P-92 is a hot BKP-90, so I'm not surprised it's very different from the neck pickup......

It's different in a unexpected way - Lower output than the neck and considerably brighter than the pickup it replaced

ToneMonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:19:51 AM »

Out of curiosity, could you tell me how deep the routes are in your guitar. I'm just about to route for P90's in a guitar that I'm building and I'd like to double check my measurements. Cheers mate.

chrisheyes · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:04:19 PM »

Quote from: ToneMonkey

Out of curiosity, could you tell me how deep the routes are in your guitar. I'm just about to route for P90's in a guitar that I'm building and I'd like to double check my measurements. Cheers mate.

Bridge pickup = 16mm depth

Neck pickup = 20mm depth