Floating Pickup Suggestions

[Escondido Bound]

On a Gibson ES125, I would go for a dogear P90 with the spacers and go for a drill to install built in volume and tone but then again that's just me. If the bottom end of the P90 polepieces are no longer than the total height of the pickup spacers, you shouldn't need to drill/cut the top apart for the pickup cable to go through. Of course if you are uncomfortable with this in practice you could have the pickup wire come out of the spacers with all the controls mounted in the pickguard which therefore would only require a couple of tny screw holes to hold the pickup and spcers onto the top.

Hey elektrikdke--

I'm sorry it's taken me a few days, but I have to thank you for what may turn out to be the most helpful post that I've read all year. This is just the sort of info that I have been seeking for months as I've been thinking about modifying my ES-125. I'm not a Tele owner (yet!), and now that I didn't win in the Fundraiser, it will be months before I can even imagine owning a second electric, but I am at a point where your suggestions could help make my Gibby my only necessary electric guitar.

This is what I love about this forum: even if you don't own a Tele, you learn a lot that you can use. I've learned more here than I have anywhere else on the web.

Thanks again. I'll report back once I get your plan moved into a reality on my ES-125.

EB

 

[Hector]

hi guys!

im newly registered here but i've been reading the forums for quite some time now for help and tips for my telecasters.

i need help from all you tele experts out there!

i recently purchased an EMG 91 active jazz pickup, it's actually a floating pup made for archtop guitars. and of course, being the genius that i am, i only asked myself "wait, how am i gonna mount this thing on my tele? aarggh" after i ordered it. i really wanted to kick myself.

i tried contacting EMG (they have great customer support btw, at least in my experience) and they said that it would be hard to near impossible to mount the normal EMG 91 onto a tele and that i should've gotten the EMG 91FS - the same pup in a humbucker housing.(this made me want to kick myself even more)

anyway, the place i ordered it from doesn't have the EMG 91FS and i'd really hate to have to sell the EMG 91 i got. i really, really love the tone Ron Eschete gets out of this pup.

so guys, maybe you can help me!

is there any casing or hardware out there i can buy online or have a my guitar luthier make to be able to house or mount the EMG 91? any way at all guys!

thank you!