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P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:10 pm
by Slowy
I want to play with the height of some P90s. They are currently screwed into foam blocks. If I put Strat springs on the screws instead, would there be any unexpected issues?

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:14 pm
by Bg
I've always just put some packing underneath the foam

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:59 pm
by Single coil
Not really, though the foam can sometimes be a c u next tuesday to pop off.

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:04 pm
by Slowy
Single coil wrote:Not really, though the foam can sometimes be a c u next tuesday to pop off.
Dealt to the foam; it's so last week.

:D

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:06 pm
by Slowy
Bg wrote:I've always just put some packing underneath the foam
Refer to "I want to play with the height of some P90s. " in the post above.

I should have added, "Without having to remove the strings every time I want to increase the height a bit".

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:11 pm
by sizzlingbadger
Just use thicker foam so you can screw the pickups up and down. With springs the pickups are likely to tilt.

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:22 pm
by Bg
Slowy wrote:
Bg wrote:I've always just put some packing underneath the foam
Refer to "I want to play with the height of some P90s. " in the post above.

I should have added, "Without having to remove the strings every time I want to increase the height a bit".
Put a bit of packing in there now, I presume you think they're too low? the foam gives maybe 5-6 mm height adjustment?

I don't see any reason you can't use surgical tubing/springs but if it isn't broken...

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:42 pm
by Slowy
Bg wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Bg wrote:I've always just put some packing underneath the foam
Refer to "I want to play with the height of some P90s. " in the post above.

I should have added, "Without having to remove the strings every time I want to increase the height a bit".
Put a bit of packing in there now, I presume you think they're too low? the foam gives maybe 5-6 mm height adjustment?

I don't see any reason you can't use surgical tubing/springs but if it isn't broken...
Quite the opposite; I've lowered them to flush with the pickguard and they work well (Yeah, not normal, I know). Now I want to incrementally raise them to see how far I can go before encountering the reason I pushed them down that far in the first place.

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:43 pm
by Slowy
sizzlingbadger wrote:Just use thicker foam so you can screw the pickups up and down. With springs the pickups are likely to tilt.
Yeah. The existing foam is very dense. And 'have springs, don't have springy foam.'

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 6:59 am
by sizzlingbadger
Scouring sponge from the local shop + sharp knife.

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:36 am
by GrantB
P90s do have a sweet spot quite close to the strings. On vintage style routes I use slivers of mahogany to lift to the right height then I screw it down. For new style routes, yep, foam is the go. You might need longer screws. Gibson standard ones are only just long enough at stock height.

Re: P90 adjustment

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:04 pm
by Bg
pararubber stock all kinds of excellent material for this kind of thing