Humbucker to P90 Conversion and Refinish - 1978 Yamaha LP Copy

The home DIYer performs a humbucker to P90 pickup conversion and refinish on a beaten-up 1978 Yamaha LP copy:
I purchased this project guitar without hardware and decided to convert it to P90 pickups, and give it a new paint job - Koi fish themed of course.
The completed guitar was used for the sounds in this video, along with the following gear:
- Suhr Shiba Drive overdrive
- JTM 45 clone amp from Ceriatone
- Hotbox 60i MkV2 attenuation from Audiostorm
- Jensen Vintage C12N speakers X 4
- Shure SM57 mic
- Audient evo 8 interface
- Reaper DAW
- Eventide Space reverb
- Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series plugins from Waves
Most of the ideas and techniques in this video came straight from other RUclips videos/channels. Most notably:
- Patching a Big Hole in a ’53 Telecaster - StewMac
• Patching a Big Hole in...
This video inspired the approach to apply a maple patch to fill the humbucker route before routing for P90s
- The Trogly's Guitar Show
/ mrtrogly
The animal themed decals were inspired by comments made on this channel, as well as being a fantastic source of daily detailed rare and fancy guitar history/info.
- New Pickups For PRS McCarty Soapbar: Mick's Vlog - That Pedal Show • New Pickups For PRS Mc...
This video inspired the choice of Lollar P90 pickups used in this build
- Get an Awesome Guitar Finish with Duplicolor and 2K (BEAUTIFUL RESULTS) - Brad Angove
• Get an Awesome Guitar ...
Virtually everything I needed to know to get started on guitar painting with spray cans
- How to perfectly prep and prime for painting a guitar body - Devil & Sons Guitars
• How to perfectly prep ...
This provided all the info I needed get started sanding, prepping, and priming
- The Best Way To Spray A Sunburst Finish, Part 1... Prep Work & Masking The Binding - Texas Toast Guitars
• The Best Way To Spray ...
I wish I had see this video before attempting to scrape the binding using a scraper (and the major problem I ran into as you can see in the video). This looks like a much better way to do it and I'll be doing it this way in the next build
Stay Tuned ... a new guitar build will be underway soon.

[@jasonunwin5897]

Man that was alot of fun to watch, I loved the suspenseful part with uplifting happy riffs when you didn't quit the build hahaha. Huge amount of work with awsome results mate, look forward to the next build vid!👍👍

[@dgreenshloff]

Thanks mate!! Yeah got a little carried away in some bits ...hmmm maybe the whole thing. Haha Good fun to do though. ...mostly

[@maxducker3176]

Hell yes Dan! Tidy job man!

[@dgreenshloff]

Thanks matey!!

[@DevilAndSons]

Those decals look great, really good job.

[@dgreenshloff]

Thankyou so much!!

[@OtRatsaphong]

Great job!! A lot of work there. Beautiful finish. Well done. I built an LP kit from Artist Guitars at the beginning of the year. Enjoyed the learning process.

[@dgreenshloff]

Thank you. Have plans for many more. Hope you do too!!

[@rrrayrrray]

Greatness! Gorgeous guitar and cool video. The fail part was awesome too.

[@dgreenshloff]

thank you so much!!

[@scottwoodside4458]

Sick work brother...and nice riffage too! \m/

[@dgreenshloff]

Thanks heaps man. That was fun to be back recording even if it was just guitar.

[@scottwoodside4458]

@@dgreenshloff picked up the guitar again meself recently after neglecting it for ages, so this vid was nice timing

[@dgreenshloff]

@@scottwoodside4458 cool. Do you still have the tele or another guitar?

[@scottwoodside4458]

@@dgreenshloff still the tele...needs a tune up though, action is terrible, so been bashing away on an old nylon string acoustic for now til I can take it in for a service

[@ItsaCatsLife]

Boy, you really put in the work. Good job.. 👍🏻
Did you consider the humbucker sized P90s that just drop in? Or were you after the soapbar look?

[@dgreenshloff]

Thank you!! I did consider the humbucker sized p90s but mainly wanted to have the full p90 sound, and look. From memory the winding is quite a bit different. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ClairvoyantEntertainment]

man, that is a masterful job, do you think a p90 conversion would be possible on an es 335?

[@dgreenshloff]

Thanks mate!! I'm sorry I don't really know. I'm not all that familiar with the construction of the 335 and I wouldn't want to give you bad advice.