Putting an 87 Standard back on the road..

[korinafan]

Hello all, I am restoring and 87 standard that is missing some parts.
But I have Questions,

I have a beater 1996 CE 22 with the wing tuners on it, will those tuners fit the stock holes in the headstock of the 1987?

Is it easy to pull the collars off the wing tuners to slide them back through the holes in the 87?

Would it be cool to put the CE 22 Dragon 1 pickups into the 1987 standard Mahagony body?

Can the Dragon 1's be wired with the Volume knob, Rotary knob and Sweet Switch on the 1987?

Trying to get the 87 back to stock but Finding T&B Pick-ups has been frustrating..

Thanks for any info,
Korinafan

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Not sure about the wings on the tuners, but if they have the shared DG string screw they should line right up.

As to the Dragon 1’s question, I have a set in my ‘91 Standard with sweet switch and they are fantastic! They are the best pickups that I have had in that guitar.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Yeah, the tuner swap should be easy enough, just don’t lose the E-clips that the winged collars sit on.

 

[gush]

Expand your search to include reissue T and B. They don't come up for sale very often.

I picked up a set 10 years ago or so. Mine are square bobbin and I'm putting the T in my McCarty.

 

[gush]

Do you have the blue wafer style rotary?

 

[Rider1260]

Thought I read someplace the 85/15 pickups were a reimagined T + B pickups

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Thought I read someplace the 85/15 pickups were a reimagined T + B pickups

I believe it was “the 85/15’s are what the T&B would have been had he known what he knows after all the years of pickup design”. Something to that effect

 

[gush]

Thought I read someplace the 85/15 pickups were a reimagined T + B pickups

Not sure about that. I would be inclined to think that's not true as I love the T pickup but not 8515 treble pickup.

To me there is a substantial difference between the two.

 

[korinafan]

Great stuff everyone, keep the coming!

 

[Rod/]

You can buy the T and B pickups new from PRS or dealers