Hi all, one of these Rosser bodies on the way, and just wondering if you have any pickup suggestions. P90 pickup routes. Are there any that would jangle similar to a Jazzmaster? P90s have a bit of jangle anyhow. Options I think could be something like the TV Jones T90 or possibly mini humbucker / firebird size pickups that have a Ric flavour? Or a Jazzmaster flavour.
I will put a standard strat style neck on this.
As a total noob, any recommendations on how to finish this without using any special power tools etc, which I don't own.
Crimson guitar stain and finishing oil? Any other brands? Thinking of staining it as black as I can get it, then applying some kind of protective coat over that so it doesn't get easily dinged? Any advice there?
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Do JMs jangle? Maybe, Sixties versions do a bit. My AV'65 has the darker, higher output Fifties versions.
The Creamery does some interesting variations on conventional pickup themes.
Gibson does a pickup that amounts to a P90 with six rod magnet polepieces. This might answer the brief.
I haven't tried these, but he did make me a non-adjustable Dyna style pickup to fit a P-90 cover before they were an option.
I don't think you will find a wider range of designs built around the P-90 format
https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product-category/pickups/p90/
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You can now buy these covers with screws in 2 of the corners which make life much easier and act like a normal ring
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epiphone style
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Here are Firebird pickups in mini-humbucker rings.
They're attached using Gibson brackets which work with P-90s and mini-humbuckers
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1) Height/depth
They do not ride up and down with the pickup the way that the Gibson type does. This means that they might be too short to protrude enough from some routed cavities.
2) Mounting screw location.
The screw in the (let's call it) bottom right hand corner of the ring wants to bite into the bridge/Treble pickup cavity floor almost exactly where the all of the pickup and switch cables pass to/from the control cavity on a Les Paul.
I do prefer the look of a traditional ring, but prefer the practicality of these
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