P90 building and size ?

[AndrewLP1081996]

I'm hopefully gong to do a precision lp jr kit and wanted to see how hard it is to make pickups. Going to read barnabys thread on it as well. Also are soapbar and dogear p90 s routed the same? Thanks!

 

[EagleOnyx]

They are routed similar, I can only guess the dog ears route isn't as deep. Making pickups isn't as hard as I thought it would be. It's kinda fun. I didn't w ant to make my own winder so I bought one for $300. I planned to make a buttload of pickups though, so the cost and ease of use will eventually be absorbed which makes it worth it.

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Thanks on the kit I was planning to do a double cut jr gold, no pickgaurd , faux binding a single soapbar p90 ( cream) and a natural colored back.

 

[slapshot]

so a goldtop Jnr

 

[Barnaby]

I've wound some P90s and they are basically just big single coils. The best way might be to get a pickup kit from Mojo and a roll of wire. You could wind by hand (takes a long time) or rig something up using anything from a fishing reel to a hand drill. Lots of people have done this in lots of ways.

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Thanks ill check it out.

 

[markadam]

Don't forget that Stew Mac has a P90 p/u kit as well...

STEWMAC.COM : P-90 Pickup Kits

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

so a goldtop Jnr

Yes !!!

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Planning on doing a pickup build with a stewmac kit. Maybe use a sowing machine to wind it dont know about a counter. Does it matter?

 

[EagleOnyx]

you could technically just wind the bobbins till they are full. you really only need the counter if you have a specific ohms range you want to hit. I did some poor math that actually seemed to work and was able to calculate the turns I needed.

I personally like buying my stuff from mojotone.com for pickup parts. check them out if you haven't

Pickup Parts

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Thanks will do.

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Just realized I couldn't do a jr with no pickguard because of the nick tenon showing oh well I'll do a gold jr with black pickup and pickgaurd

 

[AndrewLP1081996]

Here's what I'm going for.
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