Stealth ES-120 (Melody Maker Pickup conversion)

Picture of the guitar prior modification. Note the pickup is mounted the the pickguard and not directly attached to the body.

After removing the pickguard you can see the body route for the pickup to recess into the body. This was a cool find because this allows me a lot of room to hide the new pickup.

A look at the bottom of the pickguard showing the base of the original pickup.

Here the pickup is removed from the guard, the base is removed exposing the bobbin. I also slid out the bar magnet which is used as the blade/magnet.

I custom built a P-90 style pickup with a steel blade instead of poll pieces. I built it so it would fit in the original body route, and with a blade that stood high enough that the Melody Maker Pickup could sit on top of it.

As you can see the blade replaces the bar magnet in height, width and length. Actually the piece of steel was a little wide so you see the excess sticking out the bottom of the bobbin past the magnets.

This picture shows the new Stealth P-90 pickup mounted back on the pickguard which will fit into the original body route.

Put all back together same vintage look with a Killer P-90 tone!