Guitar with P-90's

[benjaturner]

I really want a guitar with P-90's but my left-handed spaziness means I can't find a guitar with stock P-90's. I'm either gonna buy a tele-type and fit them, or look for a mahogany slab type body (everyone's always banging on about mahogany and P-90's)

Basically, my question is two-fold.

Firstly, how much re-construction is involved in fitting P-90's? Do they have the same dimensions as humbuckers? Anybody got any suggestions for which guitar I should get?

Secondly, what are the tonal differences between a mahogany/P-90's setup (like an LP Junior) and a tele-type/P-90's setup? I want the guitar for playing 'nicer' music. Got my LP for palying rawk!

Please Help!!!

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

I really want a guitar with P-90's but my left-handed spaziness means I can't find a guitar with stock P-90's. I'm either gonna buy a tele-type and fit them, or look for a mahogany slab type body (everyone's always banging on about mahogany and P-90's)

Basically, my question is two-fold.

Firstly, how much re-construction is involved in fitting P-90's? Do they have the same dimensions as humbuckers? Anybody got any suggestions for which guitar I should get?

Secondly, what are the tonal differences between a mahogany/P-90's setup (like an LP Junior) and a tele-type/P-90's setup? I want the guitar for playing 'nicer' music. Got my LP for palying rawk!

Please Help!!!

A tele with P-90's will sound pretty different that a LP Jr...do this, find a good lefty guitar with 2 buckers, get it and drop in 2 Phat Cats...the PC's are humbucker sized P-90's and they kick ass!

[fishgiven]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

I like the last answer better than my own but I, like, bought the ticket so here goes.

Pick up a beat up Ovation Viper on Fleabay for about $200 and build a Maple or Alder Lefty body and see what goes.

I recently installed some Phat Cats in a Viper body for a friend it sounds anywhere from "nice" and clean to "nice" and dirty.

[twoheadedboy]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

That's a good idea. So far, I actually like the Phat Cats more than any stock p-90 i've tried.

[beandip]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

Phatcats are awsome. I dont own a pair, but I was able to play a guitar with them in it. So just find you a lefty guitar, and drop those bad b*tches in there.

[rocketsoul]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

www.rondomusic.net has a lot of leftie axes for reasonable prices. I've heard a lot of good reviews. I bought a bass there, and its just... yes.

[hans-jürgen]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

Another alternative is the Gibson P-94, a single coil in humbucker size. I'm testing them in my Tokai, and they give any humbucker a hard time in terms of clarity, warmth, punch and bloom, too, especially at the neck position.

[dd12939]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

http://www.dillionguitars.com/guitar/electric/DL/DL600/index.html

[Dirt123]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

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Secondly, what are the tonal differences between a mahogany/P-90's setup (like an LP Junior) and a tele-type/P-90's setup? I want the guitar for playing 'nicer' music. Got my LP for palying rawk!

Please Help!!!

I built a tele type with P-90s. I lucked out & got a used alder tele style body that was routed for a humbucker bridge & a single coil neck. I also picked up a Saga maple tele neck. I routed the neck pocket for a humbucker, and put in a JB and a Jazz, but it sounded a little dull, I think because the quality of the wood wasn't so hot. I put in 2 P-90s; an SD antiquity in the neck and an SD Vintage in the bridge. I wired them to a 4-way lever switch and have a push-pull pot to switch the bridge PU in & out of phase. It's quite fat twangy.

Currently, I have it set up with heavy strings & use it for slide, but with the right pots & caps, it makes for a very versatile guitar, but is is much brighter that an SG special with P-90s

Does Gibson make lefty faded SGs? Those faded SGs are pretty inexpensive, & you could drop in a pair of Phat-cats easily.

[frankencat]

Re: Guitar with P-90's

I will second rondomusic.net. Bought two guitars from them (Agile) and besides the guitars being incredible for the price, the customer service is outstanding with a great return policy. You can get a killer guitar there for right around $200 and they have lots of lefties

Here's a cool one: http://www.rondomusic.net/al2500goldp90left.html

They have less expensive and more expensive ones. I have a righty AL-2500 in Heritage Cherry and I don't have to make any excuses for it - it is a GREAT sounding "LP" in it's own right. Solid mahogany with a carved top, bound body, neck, and headstock. Threw a set of SD's in there and can't put it down.