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  • Vintage P-90 frame question.

    Does anyone know what type of P-90 this may be? I never saw one with the frame edges bent up like this one.
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    Someone mangled it. You can see where the pliers bit into the plating and exposed brass. Looks like they were trying to make it sit higher on bare wood I bet...
    Also I can't really see rest of the bottom but it looks like the screws were cut off short on the bottom? That would explain the bent tabs too....
    Last edited by Possum; 02-28-2010, 01:24 PM.
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    • #3
      Yes , upon closer inspection I can see the pliers marks. The pole piece screws seem fine. Thanks Possum.

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      • #4
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        If you remove a screw pole the shank should be 3/4" long. It looks to me like the screws should be protruding out the bottom more....
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        • #5
          Thanks, the pole pieces are fine and they are 3/4 of an inch.

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          • #6
            Looks like older Gibson to me. Ditto on someone bending the frame.

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            • #7
              Perhaps the modification was probably done to make the pickup fit in an existing route, not for height reasons. I say this because I cut off the corners (and edges) of a P90 baseplate a while back so it would fit into the route of a 1960 Melody Maker. The pickup was of my own creation, not a vintage one, of course.

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              • #8
                Okay- I plead guilty! I have bent the tabs on some of my dogears so that the top is parallel with the strings. Isn't that how you are supposed to do that? (Of course, I try to not leave any marks or bruises when I get my pliers out! )

                Steve Ahola
                The Blue Guitar
                www.blueguitar.org
                Some recordings:
                https://soundcloud.com/sssteeve/sets...e-blue-guitar/
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