Can MiniBuckers Be installed in a Epiphone Goldtop ?!?!

[jeremy9222]

Can you replace that gross P-90 With a MiniBucker?

It looks to be the same size and i think it will fit in the P-90's cavity ( I'm a noob so I'm talking about the hole they put the pickup in.

Just Curious if i could get a budget les paul deluxe / goldtop

Thanks in Advance, AND ADD PICS IF YOU CAN ?!

[Grand Pappy]

Before you do anything, check the depth of the pup cavities in your Epi gold top, compared to the thickness spec's on whatever mini's you are planing on using as a replacement. The pup cavities in the Gibson LP Deluxe are much deeper than the Epi's.
I switched out the stock Epi P 90's in my ebony Epi reissue, w/ Gibson P-90's and had to gouge out about 1/8" of wood out of the bridge pup cavity to make the Gibson's fit. The Gibson pups were about 1/4" thicker than the epi pups.
Also, there are 2 threaded inserts in the bottom of each of the pup cavities on my Gibson LP Deluxe for the screws that hold in and raise and lower the mini Humbucks. The P-90's just screw directly into the wood of the guitar body in the bottom of the pup cavities.
I would suspect you would a least have to route a bunch of wood out of the Epi bridge pup cavity to make the mini's fit. Then you still have the problem of the mounting and adjustment screws. Good luck!

[jeremy9222]

Ohh, well if it comes to a point where i have to gouge out any wood, I'll go all they way and put some Humbuckers in there :P

[overdriver]

^ I have seen it done ,never have done it ask Roman.