Epiphone Casino Change Pickups
Upgrading the stock Casino pickups for a more vintage sound
- Take measurements of the pickup height from each string so you can reset it. If the new pickups are different resistances from the current ones you will need to adjust the height to get an even, balanced output between the two pickups. My old tech used to charge $35 for pickup installation and it was an extra $35 on top for having to do a.
- Epiphone Casino Coupe (Image credit: Epiphone) The Casino Coupe has been reborn in a smaller ES-339 body size. The updated Casino Coupe also features new Epiphone Dogear P-90T Classic single coil pickups, a Mahogany neck and vintage styled machine heads. For more on Epiphone's updated Casino line, head on over to epiphone.com.
Yesterday i bought an Epiphone Casino Inspired by John Lennon model, Serial Number: 6. I took off both pickups and i noticed they didnt said any gibson usa p90t and p90r inscription, instead there is a label inscribed with epiphone USA EP90.
Creamery - Upgrading Stock Epiphone Casino Pickups
I recently ran one of my regular competitions to wind a set of handwound pickups and the winner, Mike, asked whether he could have his Epiphone Casino pickups rewound/upgraded for a more vintage tone - 'No problem', I said. The stock pickups had a very high output, 12.1k in the Bridge & 11.6k in the Neck, an unsubtle set especially for a Hollow Body guitar.
Mike wanted to tone them down with a rewind and new magnets.
Upgrading Stock Epiphone Casino Pickups - What's inside
The first task was to remove the covers and see what's inside. The Epiphone Casino has custom bobbins with a string spacing narrower than a standard P90. The option was to either make new bobbins to match the cover pole spacing or simply use the existing ones. Mike had no issue with me utilising the existing bobbins so the challenge now was to remove the existing overwound coil wire in such a way as to not nick the sides. Any cuts or scratches to the very thin top & bottom layers of the bobbins could catch on the new coil wire when winding, snapping or pulling it leaving a few thousand turns of coil useless.
Upgrading the stock Casino pickups for a more vintage sound
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Creamery - Upgrading Stock Epiphone Casino Pickups
I recently ran one of my regular competitions to wind a set of handwound pickups and the winner, Mike, asked whether he could have his Epiphone Casino pickups rewound/upgraded for a more vintage tone - 'No problem', I said. The stock pickups had a very high output, 12.1k in the Bridge & 11.6k in the Neck, an unsubtle set especially for a Hollow Body guitar.
Mike wanted to tone them down with a rewind and new magnets.
Upgrading Stock Epiphone Casino Pickups - What's inside
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The first task was to remove the covers and see what's inside. The Epiphone Casino has custom bobbins with a string spacing narrower than a standard P90. The option was to either make new bobbins to match the cover pole spacing or simply use the existing ones. Mike had no issue with me utilising the existing bobbins so the challenge now was to remove the existing overwound coil wire in such a way as to not nick the sides. Any cuts or scratches to the very thin top & bottom layers of the bobbins could catch on the new coil wire when winding, snapping or pulling it leaving a few thousand turns of coil useless.