Any P90 Afficiandos In Da House?

[Stone]

Sweet, @Stone . You must have purchased those that one time you were NOT broke.

 

[TubeStack]

Hey, I love P90s, had a CS LP Special that was a killer guitar.

It’s funny, I always want to take stock Gibson pickups out and put something else in, like Lollars or Bare Knuckles, but with P90s I think Gibsons are still the best. They have the perfect amount of snarl and rock bite and lots of clarity, too.

 

[Frodebro]

 

[Frodebro]

Hey, I love P90s, had a CS LP Special that was a killer guitar.

It’s funny, I always want to take stock Gibson pickups out and put something else in, like Lollars or Bare Knuckles, but with P90s I think Gibsons are still the best. They have the perfect amount of snarl and rock bite and lots of clarity, too.

I agree, I was never even tempted to swap out the stock P90s in mine. They have the perfect bark.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I’ve been playing an xotic tele thinline with those fralins in it lately and they ARE good - a LITTLE more modern and not quite as “holy haunting mids Batman!!!” as the Lollars, but really good.

 

[la szum]

This guitar is so cheap no matter what aftermarket P90s go in it they will be more
valuable than the guitar.

I'll still keep hunting for a DC Junior, though.

 

[László]

Have a '65 SG Special here, in my family since new (was my brother's, now lives in LA with my son). I had the Tune-O-Matic added in 1971, thereby destroying its value. But sounds good, original everything else.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I had the Tune-O-Matic added in 1971, thereby destroying its value.

Dang. Well since it's not worth anything you can send it to me and I'll dispose of it respectfully.

 

[la szum]

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[Eagle]

I actually prefer BKs to Lollar but both are excellent.

 

[rocknrollshakeup]

I think it’s kinda hard to screw up P90’s? Stock Gibson P90’s are pretty awesome. Currently I’m enjoying this Wildwood spec R4 with underwound AIII P90’s.
For me they have to have 50’s wiring w 500k pots, and be very close to the strings, then you can go chimey fat 3D cleans with vol/tone rolled off, to Godzilla snarl w everything on 10.

 

[Eagle]

I think it’s kinda hard to screw up P90’s? Stock Gibson P90’s are pretty awesome. Currently I’m enjoying this Wildwood spec R4 with underwound AIII P90’s.
For me they have to have 50’s wiring w 500k pots, and be very close to the strings, then you can go chimey fat 3D cleans with vol/tone rolled off, to Godzilla snarl w everything on 10.
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The P 90s you have are actually really good ones and not totally representative of P90s in general.

 

[HomespunEffects]

I actually prefer BKs to Lollar but both are excellent.

Home field advantage?

Wait, I have assumed you’re in the UK. I could be incorrect.

Being a Lollar fanboi, i do actually prefer BK for humbuckers and especially high output humbucker. Lollar is my favorite for all single coils, especially P90s and Gold Foils.

 

[Eagle]

Home field advantage?

Wait, I have assumed you’re in the UK. I could be incorrect.

Being a Lollar fanboi, i do actually prefer BK for humbuckers and especially high output humbucker. Lollar is my favorite for all single coils, especially P90s and Gold Foils.

Yes UK and Tim makes me my stuff.

 

[HomespunEffects]

Yes UK and Tim makes me my stuff.

He always answers emails promptly. He seems like a kind and helpful fellow.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I think it’s kinda hard to screw up P90’s? Stock Gibson P90’s are pretty awesome. Currently I’m enjoying this Wildwood spec R4 with underwound AIII P90’s.
For me they have to have 50’s wiring w 500k pots, and be very close to the strings, then you can go chimey fat 3D cleans with vol/tone rolled off, to Godzilla snarl w everything on 10.
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its pretty easy to make really gross muddy P90s (see the newer Gretsch P90 guitars that are beautiful looking and gross sounding, among others), or to make them sound way too Fendery (see whatever they put in those Harmony Juno guitars).

 

[László]

Dang. Well since it's not worth anything you can send it to me and I'll dispose of it respectfully.

It was the guitar my brother learned to play on, the one I learned to play on, and it was the guitar he learned to play on, too.

So it's worthless, but it has sentimental value to him.

 

[la szum]

its pretty easy to make really gross muddy P90s (see the newer Gretsch P90 guitars that are beautiful looking and gross sounding, among others), or to make them sound way too Fendery (see whatever they put in those Harmony Juno guitars).

One of my friends bought a Gretsch with P90s---after I warned him. May be the worst P90s
I have ever heard.

Totally his fault for not getting a Gretsch with Filtertrons.

 

[ragingplatypi]

I’ve got a Reverend with P90s and I put a Fralin in a PRS Se. I love them both. Reverends are a little hotter.

 

[maguchi]

Just curious if anyone is a P90 Purveyor of Par Excellence. Recommendations? Suggestions?

It's just a glaring blindspot for me, but I now have a P90-equipped guitar here, and am
thinking the minimum requirement for me is to at least consider swapping Pickups and
inquiring about options.

My last P90-er was some P-Rails. They were like Meh x 3. Meh Humbucker tones. Meh Single
Coil tones and I am guessing Meh P90 tones.

I know I could Lollar by default but am open to all kinds of suggestions that are not Meh.

Oh hell yeah! P90s are the bomb ! They're powerful enough to get you some thick creamy dirt and get a really nice OD with the right amp and pedal when you crank 'em! But if you're gentle with them they'll sing like a songbird ! They're more ballsy than a Tele pickup but clear and detailed nonetheless.

I love 'em and got 'em in 4 diffrent guitars. The ones I got are Gibson's in a 2018 Firebird Studio and a 2024 LP Standard '50s Goldtop. Then I got some Gibson dogears in a 2023 Epiphone USA Casino. I also got a pair of aftermarket Harmonic Design VP90s in a older Gibson ES-135. All of them are great sounding with a good variety of sounds.