Les Paul Without Pickup Rings

Replacing the neck pickup ring in a gibson les paul discussion in luthier s guitar bass technical discussion started by rocknpop mar 21 2014.

Les paul without pickup rings.

A customer sent me this pickup mounting ring for repair not a guitar just the mounting ring. It pleases more of your senses and that has everything to do with inspiration and creativity. As a test these would not fit in a 1974 les paul deluxe without filing sanding or heating. Pickup height adjustment is usually a pretty simple task on a les paul guitar.

All images on this site are the property of guilford guitars inc and may not be duplicated or used in any way without written permission. Aug 7 2010 1 hi im thinking of installing my humbuckers in my epi les paul studio without the mounting rings. Neck burstbucker 1 with pickup cover on and off. However they fit snugly in a 2010 sg special tribute without modification.

Start date aug 7 2010. 2008 gibson les paul 1959 standard reissue r9 through a 2016 pure. Joined oct 29 2009 messages 1 058 reaction score 77. I ve been a long time acoustic player and thinking of getting into an epiphone les paul.

The schaller tremolo les paul is considerably less intrusive than the floyd rose frx but the market leader seems to be the stetsbar stop tail. Sometimes the pickup rings are produced with the grain running from top to bottom as is usually the case with maple. At the base the rings i received are 35 5mm x 87 6mm you get just over to an extra 1 64. Mar 21 2014 1.

It s a creme one from a 59 les paul. How does the pickup cover influence sound. The beauty that these pickup rings bring to the guitar give the player a higher form of experience when looking at or playing the guitar. If your guitar has humbuckers or p 90 style pickups there is usually 2 height adjustment screws used to change the height of the pickup in relation to the strings to achieve the best tone.

This is the case for both the cream and black rings i received. He feels this plastic ring could be worth as much as 10 000 and far be it from me to say that he s jiving. I bought a replacement neck pickup ring because for some reason the stock one warped. Like the gibson bfg sort of thing.

He says that keeping the guitar 100 vintage will make that much difference in the resale value.