Let me try this again: vintage LP Special question, somebody must know this
I'm restoring a '55 Special. Somebody deepened the bridge pickup cavity, I'd like to plug and rerout it. I should know this, but I've never paid attention: were the P-90s mounted directly onto the wood with wood screws (like a '50s Goldtop) or were they mounted on a metal bar with machine screws and foam in between to be height adjustable? I know I've seen this on '70s RI Specials.
I would think they were mounted onto the wood, but on this Special the wiring channel runs right where one of the woodscrews would go, so there's nothing to screw into.
Come on y'all, all you have to do is take one mounting screw out of the bridge PU of your vintage Special and tell me whether it's a wood screw or a machine screw. Of course, a picture of the cavity would be even nicer.
Thanks, hogy
I'm restoring a '55 Special. Somebody deepened the bridge pickup cavity, I'd like to plug and rerout it. I should know this, but I've never paid attention: were the P-90s mounted directly onto the wood with wood screws (like a '50s Goldtop) or were they mounted on a metal bar with machine screws and foam in between to be height adjustable? I know I've seen this on '70s RI Specials.
I would think they were mounted onto the wood, but on this Special the wiring channel runs right where one of the woodscrews would go, so there's nothing to screw into.
Come on y'all, all you have to do is take one mounting screw out of the bridge PU of your vintage Special and tell me whether it's a wood screw or a machine screw. Of course, a picture of the cavity would be even nicer.
Thanks, hogy
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