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  • Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

    Hello, I just finished this project and I’m starting to put together some photos and videos I took during the process. I thought I would post to some of the sites that have helped me out many times in the past.

    This is a 2008 Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z I picked up on kijiji. I wanted to do something really different with this guitar. The plan was to swap out the original HSH pickups with a pair of new P-90’s (I ended up going with Suhr S90s, which are an option on the Suhr JM Classic), install all new electronics, and make a new pickguard to give it a very different vibe.

    In other words I pretty much wanted to take this guitar in the opposite direction from what people tend to do with RG’s, most tend to take what is already a pretty aggressive guitar and make them even more aggressive, in both look and sound. I kinda wanted to go the opposite way and make it I guess you could say more nuanced. The thing is I really love these guitars, they play amazing, fantastic necks especially, great trem systems, and just super well made overall, just not the overall character I was looking for.

    So I found some 3D CAD models of a stock RG on Grabcad and used them as a starting point to create the new design in SolidWorks. I also had some tortoise shell pickguard material kicking around that I thought would work well here. When I get a chance I’ll post some pics of the actual work.
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    Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

    Here are a few pics on the workbench. I was surprised how little routing of the body was needed to fit the P-90’s. I opted to use the drill press and dremel rather than the router and it made pretty quick work of it.
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    • #3
      Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

      good luck man...

      P90's are my favourite pickups

      I wish you all the best,

      -Erlend
      If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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      • #4
        Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

        Love to see projects like this...keep the pics coming!
        Administrator of the SDUGF

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        • #5
          Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

          I made a trial pickguard using a 3D printer from the CAD files, and I’m glad I did because after using the guitar for a couple of weeks that way I decided to make a few changes to the design. Most notably I switched the locations of the tone pot and selector. Final pics of the finished guitar and demo link still to come.
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          Last edited by 720Guitars; 07-20-2020, 06:11 AM.

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          • #6
            Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

            I am really digging the new pickguard!
            Administrator of the SDUGF

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            • #7
              Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

              Pegs my awesomeness meter.
              aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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              • #8
                Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

                That looks really cool.

                Sent from my Redmi Note 8 using Tapatalk

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                • #9
                  Re: Suhr P-90 pickups in an Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z

                  Here are some pics of the finished guitar, and a quick video to show how it sounded in the studio… Thanks!

                  “Pickups demonstrated as they might sound in a finished studio mix”- Ibanez Prestige RG2550Z (2008)- Suhr S90 Pickups (P-90 pickups), neck position- Vox AC15...
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