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.

 

[Piing]

Harmonic Design Z90 is the way

They raise my DIY built with AliExpress cheap (but not bad) body and neck into a priceless level.