So before anyone tells me a p90 isn't the right pickup for me: I own an Epiphone 1955 Inspired Les Paul which is stock with Gibson P90s.
It sounds fantastic under high gain, perhaps even perfect to me, but I'm no longer jiving with the les paul body type (ironic given my user name) due to the upper fret access, balance point, etc (I'm a bedroom/seated player) and bought a 2016 SG Standard P90 because it plays amazing and sits perfect for me.
As a bedroom player, feedback isn't an issue for me.
My SG sounds really good in most aspects but no matter how I dial it in, compared to my epiphone, it's a bit woofy/wooly, sometimes it sounds almost like it's hitting a fuzz petal in the distortion, more loose and grungy than the tight snarl I get from my Epiphone. It cleans up a bit by scooping the mids but then it loses a lot of its fullness in the mix. I've tried raising/lowering the pickup but didn't really help much.
Both have Gibson USA P90s, so some difference definitely from the construction of Les Paul vs. SG, and I'm not sure if the cap values are the same. SG should have 500k stock but who knows, I suppose I could open it and test with a multimeter.
I'm wondering what my other options are for a P90 that will have a tighter snarl in disortion, and take out some of those unpleasant mids.
I would consider the DiMarzio P90-sized Super Distortions but I'm not sure the baseplate on these has holes where that pickup does since they're not in standard P90 configuration. I didn't really buy this to be my "P90 guitar," I bought it because it was available and has the exact neck profile I love and sounds like it has a really good base tone.
I'm looking at Bareknuckle Pig 90 or Supermassive P90.
It sounds fantastic under high gain, perhaps even perfect to me, but I'm no longer jiving with the les paul body type (ironic given my user name) due to the upper fret access, balance point, etc (I'm a bedroom/seated player) and bought a 2016 SG Standard P90 because it plays amazing and sits perfect for me.
As a bedroom player, feedback isn't an issue for me.
My SG sounds really good in most aspects but no matter how I dial it in, compared to my epiphone, it's a bit woofy/wooly, sometimes it sounds almost like it's hitting a fuzz petal in the distortion, more loose and grungy than the tight snarl I get from my Epiphone. It cleans up a bit by scooping the mids but then it loses a lot of its fullness in the mix. I've tried raising/lowering the pickup but didn't really help much.
Both have Gibson USA P90s, so some difference definitely from the construction of Les Paul vs. SG, and I'm not sure if the cap values are the same. SG should have 500k stock but who knows, I suppose I could open it and test with a multimeter.
I'm wondering what my other options are for a P90 that will have a tighter snarl in disortion, and take out some of those unpleasant mids.
I would consider the DiMarzio P90-sized Super Distortions but I'm not sure the baseplate on these has holes where that pickup does since they're not in standard P90 configuration. I didn't really buy this to be my "P90 guitar," I bought it because it was available and has the exact neck profile I love and sounds like it has a really good base tone.
I'm looking at Bareknuckle Pig 90 or Supermassive P90.
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