So for my resurrected EA-250 I installed some home scatter wound P90s. But the pickup tops ended up at quite an angle (~4.5 degrees) with the strings due to the higher neck angle than on a Casino. So I made (3D printed) some wedged spacers for them. For this guitar I found it to provide much better sound, dynamics, and “smoothness”. I think it’s definitely worth doing. You might be able to see on the marked up photo of the bridge pickup attached.
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The mod is done!
Humbucker out of the neck position, P90 in and all soldered up. I'll post the link to the video of it later when it goes live on Youtube.

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The Gibson Theodore… a lot of people hate it. I… I guess I… I guess I don’t hate it. I sure don’t love it, but I don’t think I hate it. I almost think it’s cool.

I’ll embed a video below that goes into depth, but the deal is that a few years ago Gibson unearthed a guitar design that was unused back in the golden era of the 1950’s and did a short, very expensive, run out of their custom shop. Recently they released a standard production model that is also grossly expensive, but a whole lot less expensive than the original version.

Yeah the body shape is kinda dumb. I liked the custom shop’s use of P90 pickups rather than the USA version’s use of humbuckers. I like the four knobs on the custom shop over the two master controls on the USA. I very much greatly prefer the bridge on the USA version.

I don’t know. Like I said, I don’t love it but I don’t really hate it. Weird, huh?

Change of subject: unrelated, both the Bruins and the Red Sox won today. The Red Sox snapped a really ugly four game losing streak. The Bruins… I think… clinched the Atlantic Division title… I think… didn’t they? No… did they? I knew they needed a win over Pittsburgh tonight, but I can’t remember if it was a win OR a Florida Panthers loss would clinch things, or was it a win AND a Panthers loss? Also, did the Panthers need to lose, or lose in regulation? I don’t remember. The Bruins won in regulation and the Panthers won in overtime. I guess I’ll find out the answer to this question in the morning. Whatevs, both of my teams won today. Happiness.

Back to the main topic. Where does the Theodore sit on my Gibson Guitar I-Want-One list?

• Les Paul Junior
• Les Paul Standard 50’s with P90 pickups
• Firebird, but not a studio. I want the Firebird mini-humbuckers, not standard humbuckers
• Les Paul Deluxe
• Insert the Theodore here? Maybe.
• Les Paul Special, or SG Special, or SG Junior
• ES-330

Damn… that’s a long list. It’s also an insanely expensive list. Come on, Gibson USA. Help a brother out. Bring those prices down. I don’t want to start thinking about Epiphones. I’m a Gibson snob after all.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/13/i-dont-hate-it/

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I challenge myself with at least one new technique or skill (or both) on each consecutive guitar I build. I did several new things on this build, but my “one more step” this time was learning to make the pickups too. I designed these and it turns out they sound and look great. Since the guitar is called NM Desert Rat (aka The Rat King) these needed to represent NM as well. I’ve decided to see if I can sell a few sets at the upcoming luthier show so I present the inaugural set of NM Red P90 pickups 🌶️

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