The P-90 Dogear is one of the most problematic pickups to determine which a guitar needs. They can also be more difficult to adjust compared with other pickup types.
Some guitars have the strings higher off the body than others, if the neck joint is like a traditional archtop with a fingerboard extension, the guitar will often take a tall Dog Ear.
If the guitar has a neck joint like a Gibson ES 335, the fingerboard is at the same level as the top of the guitar so it typically needs a short Dogear.
the “tall” Dogear on the left and “short” version on the right.
The short Dogear cover is .2” tall with pole spacing of 1 7/8”, as opposed to the tall pickup cover is .452” tall with pole spacing of- 1 31/32”.
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