Thinlines routed for Fender pickups

[Ted]

Guys -

On the tele thinlines routed for Fender pickups, Would I be able to install P-90's?

I have no idea how to install P-90. Presumably you just screw the buggers down...? Anyone have a cross sectional diagram ?

Thanks Ted  :icon_thumright:

 

[Ted]

Err anyone? Is this a stupid question?

 

[nathan a]

By fender pickups, you mean the big fender humbuckers I assume?

I'm 95% sure you could do that. You're right, you do just screw them into the wood. Use some kinda foam in between the pup and the wood to adjust height.

 

[Ted]

Yeah nathan the big chunky fender humbuckers. Or I might have them installed with and coil split? or even maybe some kind of rotary switch arrangement.

 

[jackthehack]

Which Thinline routings do you mean?

If the body is top-routed like a '72 Thinline for dual HBs you just need order the pickguard cut custom from Warmoth either for the larger 4 screw mount Fender HB or for a "regular" HB as appropriate for the PUs you want to use; you can easily mount P90 in a HB form factor PUs like RG Bastards or SD PhatCats that way. If you want to use "mount to wood" P90s in a body routed like this you can, but need a Warmoth custom order pickguard and will need to install the pickguard FIRST before the P90s to ensure they line up OK.

If the Thinline Showcase body is already routed for a normal Tele PU config, you can have the neck PU re-routed for mount to wood P90 and the bridge for regular HB and use an HB form factor P90 in a Gotoh Tele HB bridge.

 

[Ted]

If you want to use "mount to wood" P90s in a body routed like this you can, but need a Warmoth custom order pickguard and will need to install the pickguard FIRST before the P90s to ensure they line up OK.

Thanks Jack that's what I wanted to know.

 

[nathan a]

I wouldn't do the big fender humbuckers. The fender reissues get awful reviews. The only company that I know of making replacements for those biggies is rio grande, but theirs all have weird pearloid bobbins, I don't like it at all. Wish they made a nickel-enclosed version, I'd buy that.

 

[Ted]

Yeah I keep changing my mind over which pickups to use.

You're not the first to say the Fender HB's are poor and I really don't like the uncovered look on a tele (rio grande).

P-90's are the way forward I think.