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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 03/28/2008 : 12:39:55
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I have had a couple of P90 equipped guitars in the 80�s, a Les Paul Special and a Les Paul Junior, both from the late 50�s. I really liked those guitars and their pickups; P90 is the ultimate rock pickup in my opinion.
A couple of days ago I was in �my� music store and found a used Gibson Les Paul Special DC (reissue, of course...) with P90�s, and I fell for it right away. The price was good and I traded in a Yamaha jazz-box I didn�t like that much.
And what a guitar, singing stinging tones with that lovely chime only a P90 can give.
The one pictured is not mine, but it looks the same.
Anyone else here who likes P90�s?
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 12:48:03
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I Have no experience with P90's, but nice guitar Goran   |
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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 13:25:58
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goran could you elaborat a bit on the uses of p90's.
have always been intrigued, ie, seeing townshend use them etc... are they nice and chunky, yet capable of bell like tones?  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 14:22:02
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Not bell-like tones I suppose, they are single coils but far away from Strat pickups sound wise.
P90�s work best in crunch or slightly distorted modes, clean they are quite snappy and I think of rockabilly when I hear them clean.
I would say that they are between single coils and humbuckers, they have the bite of single coils and the growl of humbuckers (without the wooliness of HB�s). The defininion of the tone is very good even when lots of distortion is used.
This is hard to explain�.
Listen to something by Mountain and you will hear how good P90�s can sound.
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 15:23:48
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I'm a huge P-90 fan.. though I don't have a guitar w/any.. yet..
I'd say they're definitely among the heaviest single-coils you can get.. but you better not be afraid of hum! The guitar tech @ my work owns a 58 LP jr... its P-90 is sweet and raunchy. It has lots of bite, and rolls off nicely as well..
Duncan makes good P90s, but gibson aftermarket P90s are pretty comparable in price..
Another option is the P-94 which is a P-90 housed in a humbucker casing.. see the Gordie Johnson SG for an example. I think the gibson page has a bunch of sound samples. |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 15:29:46
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I've always been intrigued by P90s...and the Squier Custom II Tele has P90s... |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 18:38:56
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Originally posted by Goran
Not bell-like tones I suppose, they are single coils but far away from Strat pickups sound wise.
P90�s work best in crunch or slightly distorted modes, clean they are quite snappy and I think of rockabilly when I hear them clean.
I would say that they are between Fender single coils and humbuckers, they have nearly the bite of Fendersingle coils and the growl of humbuckers (without the wooliness of HB�s). The defininion of the tone is very good even when lots of distortion is used.
This is hard to explain�.
Listen to something by Mountain and you will hear how good P90�s can sound.
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 18:42:14
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Originally posted by Goran
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Originally posted by Goran
Not bell-like tones I suppose, they are single coils but far away from Strat pickups sound wise.
P90�s work best in crunch or slightly distorted modes, clean they are quite snappy and I think of rockabilly when I hear them clean.
I would say that they are between Fender single coils and humbuckers, they have nearly the bite of Fendersingle coils and the growl of humbuckers (without the wooliness of HB�s). The defininion of the tone is very good even when lots of distortion is used.
This is hard to explain�.
Listen to something by Mountain and you will hear how good P90�s can sound.
Well I messed up here.... I was going to correct singel coils to Fender singel coils above... and pressed the "answer with quote" - knob...
It�s Friday, I�m tired, I need a beer 
And maybe, one more |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 20:45:15
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| That's a nice guitar Goran. Is it Classic white, or cream colour? I have an old Univox Hi-Flyer with P-90's and although it's no Gibson, I think it's great. It likes pedals better than my humbucker equipped Les Paul. I have some feedback if I have the volume control all the way up, but I just turn the control down a tad and, turn the amp up a tick and that goes away. |
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leonard d rock
Silver Member
Philippines
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 05:39:42
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"Another option is the P-94 which is a P-90 housed in a humbucker casing.."
hi guys! what company sells p94's? that would probably nice to add in les paul without changing the appearance. are there also P90's in a strat casing for the same reason as above?  |
Edited by - leonard d rock on 03/29/2008 05:40:48 |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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Caliban
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/30/2008 : 00:28:33
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| The Little '59 is a great pickup (I have one in the bridge position of my Burns Marquee) but it's nothing like a P90. I don't think that you can get that sound in a narrow pickup format - it's something to do with the area of string that the pickup "sees". The thickest sounding pickup you'll find in the narrow format is the Burns Tri-Sonic, the one that Brian May uses; those are marvellous thing, especially when you've got a guitar like the Red Special, with all three pickups on in series! |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/30/2008 : 04:05:10
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Another fat single coil option would be a quarter pounder by Seymour Duncan.. 1/4" Alnico V rods make this thing one truly fat coil.
For strat, it's the SSL4 or 7.
Won't have the searing smoke of a P90 though.. |
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 03/30/2008 : 10:12:36
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On a curious note:
Does anyone know if P90s fit into a Mosrite routed pickup space?
I can't seem to find measurement anywhere. |
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Fabius
Silver Member
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Posted - 03/30/2008 : 15:21:09
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| Goran, yesterday I've seen a guitar same as yours but natural dark, immediately it reminds me to this post, so I've decided to try it in a Marshall 100w valves combo (full of knobs than an astral ship) and to be sincere I don't like it too much, a good guitar at an honest price (it's ever a Gibson!) but I prefer the sound of a Fender's single coils, also if I'm a Gibson devote. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2008 : 12:11:58
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Originally posted by Fabius
Goran, yesterday I've seen a guitar same as yours but natural dark, immediately it reminds me to this post, so I've decided to try it in a Marshall 100w valves combo (full of knobs than an astral ship) and to be sincere I don't like it too much, a good guitar at an honest price (it's ever a Gibson!) but I prefer the sound of a Fender's single coils, also if I'm a Gibson devote.
Well as for single coils and reasonable clean sound I also prefer Fender single coils. But P90�s have a sound in between humbuckers and Fender single coils, and I don�t think P90�s sound that good clean. They should be distorted a bit to sound any good, but when the sweet spot is there they shines.
I like all kinds of pickups, but if I had to chose one it would be the Fender single coils. But I had lots of Fenders and humbucked guitars so it was really nice to have one with P90�s.
An old dream has been to have a Strat with P90�s, that would be a hell of a rocker!!
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I finally found a P90 guitar!
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