Humbucker sized P-90 pickups

[GarethFlatlands]

Right, sorry for the delay. Soundcloud wouldn't let me upload a track, saying I needed to confirm my email when I already did. It's now working.

Hope it works this time.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/garethflatlands/rebel-rider-p90"]https://soundcloud.c...rebel-rider-p90[/url]

Edit:- sorry for the tuning issues. I think the neck is a little warped.

Edited February 2, 2014 by GarethFlatlands

[OldG]

Cheers Gareth, sounds good... were you using neck, bridge or both on the clip there?

[Noisyjon]

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1391355864' post='2356107']
Right, sorry for the delay. Soundcloud wouldn't let me upload a track, saying I needed to confirm my email when I already did. It's now working.

Hope it works this time.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/garethflatlands/rebel-rider-p90"]https://soundcloud.c...rebel-rider-p90[/url]

Edit:- sorry for the tuning issues. I think the neck is a little warped.
[/quote]

Thanks for that Gareth and nice sounds!

[Noisyjon]

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1391172255' post='2354052']
A little late, but can I recommend [url="http://bg-pups.com/pure90/pure90/"]BG pickups Pure 90s[/url]. Bryan has a great reputation on Harmony Central among builders, modders and players.
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Thanks for the link AM.

I had a look at this site and what I found interesting is where he mentions about using plastic covers.
Now, I know some guitars had/have P-90s with chrome covers but when I thought about it the sound I'm shooting for is that plastic covered vintage P90 sound.

So with that in mind this pickup ticks all the boxes for me and at a reasonable price from a UK supplier:
[url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/p90-pickup-humb-retrofit-black-plastic-1163-p.asp"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/p90-pickup-humb-retrofit-black-plastic-1163-p.asp[/url]

[GarethFlatlands]

[quote name='OldG' timestamp='1391412600' post='2356719']
Cheers Gareth, sounds good... were you using neck, bridge or both on the clip there?
[/quote]

Just the bridge P90, the neck is an unknown make regular tele style pickup and I'm having some phasing issues with both pickups at once so I just ignored it for the clip.

[Ancient Mariner]

[quote name='Noisyjon' timestamp='1391418414' post='2356782']
Thanks for the link AM.

I had a look at this site and what I found interesting is where he mentions about using plastic covers.
Now, I know some guitars had/have P-90s with chrome covers but when I thought about it the sound I'm shooting for is that plastic covered vintage P90 sound.

So with that in mind this pickup ticks all the boxes for me and at a reasonable price from a UK supplier:
[url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/p90-pickup-humb-retrofit-black-plastic-1163-p.asp"]http://www.wdmusic.c...stic-1163-p.asp[/url]
[/quote]

You're welcome. The one thing I'd say is that for the price of that generic Korean made pickup, you could have a hand-wound model from a boutique builder.

[Noisyjon]

I'll keep you posted as to how it sounds!
My other plan is to go for a Fralin P-92 if this one doesn't work out.

[Noisyjon]

So, manufacturing location aside this pickup sounds absolutely fantastic and does what it should so I can only recommend the Kent Armstrong WPU900BP Humbucker size P90 with a back plastic cover.

I bought mine from WD Music who are the exclusive dealer and they had the unit in stock and ready to go. Can't be bad!






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Edited February 10, 2014 by Noisyjon

[skankdelvar]

Happy news. I shall bear this in mind when next shopping for a P90.

[Noisyjon]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1392055726' post='2364159']
Happy news. I shall bear this in mind when next shopping for a P90.
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Thanks Skank!

And the advice I gleaned on the net somewhere about getting the pickup height of P-90s right is no joke.
Literally a single mm too low makes the world of difference

[Kiwi]

I wonder what a strat loaded with P90's would sound like?

[ezbass]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1392814061' post='2372978']
I wonder what a strat loaded with P90's would sound like?
[/quote]Fat! PRS did a triple P90 loaded guitar and Vintage/Fret King do one each too I think.

[Kiwi]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6znya5WhqY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6znya5WhqY[/url]

Here's one too. Sounds uber stratty.

[OldG]

I made a partscaster with GFS Mean 90s in the neck and bridge (lipstick in the middle). The video posted above gives you an idea but the sound quality makes it hard to actually listen - I'll get a clip recorded...

[OldG]

Ok,clip sorted.. linkage > [url="https://soundcloud.com/mick-hastings/p90-pickup-demo"]https://soundcloud.c...p90-pickup-demo[/url]

The sloppy pentatonic wibble is the neck p/u - the rhythm power chords are the bridge... backing track kindly supplied here > [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/dw1664?feature=watch"]http://www.youtube.c...4?feature=watch[/url]

The guitar is made from a budget Tanglewood strat body,cheapie Wesley maple neck,GFS pickups/upgrade electrics and Wikinson hardware.

Soundwise - very stratty still,but louder,fatter and a bit darker with an extra sting that responds to pick dynamics - I get a lot of fun from it.

Edited February 22, 2014 by OldG

[NancyJohnson]

Just spotted this thread. In the last week I put a pair of Warman HBP90 into my Epiphone Phant-o-matic, following a long and unfruitful wait for some Gibson P94s to arrive on eBay. They cost just £25.00 for the pair - I just figured if they were rubbish, I'd just recycle them here. That said, they sound a-fecking-mazing...genuinely shocked at how good the tone is and my chosen finish (chrome surround, black case) looks suitably bling. Gone is the mushy/squeally output from the stock Epi humbuckers; from a clarity perspective, it's kind of halfway between a traditional Stratocaster pickup and a humbucker. (Which I suppose sums up what a P90 is anyway.) Lovely!
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http://warmanguitars.co.uk/store/hybrids-and-hot-rails/14-warman-hbp90.html