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  • P90 appreciation thread?!

    I love P90 pickups,

    My one and only electric, my Epiphone Wildkat "koa" has P90's...

    There is that focused, strong single coil "bite"-

    yet with power, fatness, mids-

    And I get the heaviest tones I've ever gotten- (i play alot of riff based heavy metal)
    along with sweet, chiming clean tones.



    Because of the one-off cover designs on my pickups, I was told by BKP pickups, that I had to send the pickup in for a rewind/magnet change,
    instead of buying replacements.

    But they work fine!! Bridge pickup is 12K, neck pickup 9K (if i remember correctly). Apart from microphonic covers (which I'll fix with silicone), they are superb.

    Any P90 lovers "out there"?

    -Erl
    If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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    Love me some p90s! They're much more versatile than most people give them credit for.

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    • #3
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      Yeah... my P90 guitars, were the only ones I could use the tone control in...

      unless just making more "mush"

      P90's are aggressive, loud and bright-.

      i can turn the tone control down halfway, without any mud- just easening the top end .
      If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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      • #4
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        P-90s are my all-time favorite pup. Singles are a tad thin sounding and most buckers are muffled and muddy sounding (I DO have some favorite buckers, however). I love the aggressive attack and clarity that you just can't seem to get in most (if not all) buckers. And the power that is so hard to find in singles. I totally love the flexability and versatility of P-90s due to having two magnets.
        Originally Posted by IanBallard
        Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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        • #5
          Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

          Someone here told me something along the lines of "if you're aiming for an Iced Earth type tone, you'll need a Les Paul with humbuckers" -

          :o

          I'm getting the heaviest tones EVER! As i said- with my stock bridge P90 .

          There's something about the bite and focus...

          Some day I might try to experiment, with changing one, or two, of the stock magnets.
          because of the special covers, I've heard I need to send the entire pickup in for a rewind, if I need something more done.

          cheers!
          -Erl
          If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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          • #6
            Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

            Are you sure you can't remove the covers on yours?
            Usually it's just a blob of solder on each side.
            .
            "You should know better by now than to introduce science into a discussion of voodoo."
            .

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            • #7
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              Whatever you do, please don't drop the soap bars in the shower...
              I think I took a wrong turn in Albuquerque...

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              • #8
                Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

                Originally posted by eclecticsynergy View Post
                Are you sure you can't remove the covers on yours?
                Usually it's just a blob of solder on each side.
                Yeah,

                Plan is to remove the covers, apply a decent amount of tube- silicone ;
                and solder the covers back on..

                There is a gruesome feedback in the covers, that stops when I hold a finger on the cover, to mute it.

                So I hope some silicone in between will fix it.

                (The pickups are mounted with screws in the covers, "dog ear" style)
                If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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                • #9
                  Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

                  Have you looked at those pickups? The covers are pretty much welded on (they are identical to Casino P90s). Silicone? Molten wax would work much better.

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                  • #10
                    Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

                    Originally posted by Erlend_G View Post
                    Someone here told me something along the lines of "if you're aiming for an Iced Earth type tone, you'll need a Les Paul with humbuckers" -

                    :o
                    That someone was me, and I stand by it. And I also own a guitar with P90s.
                    Guitars:Gibson LP Trad ('57 Classics); Ibanez SEW761FM (TB-16/STK-S7 m&n); Charvel DK24 (TB10/SSL-6/A2Pn), DK22 (HRb/SSL-6 m&n), SoCal Style1 (Distortion set) & SoCal Style2 24 2PT (Fluence OCC); ESP LTD MH-1000HS (TB-14/Lil59n); Effects: Line 6 Helix Floor, Digitech Drop & FreqOut, ME EP-1L6,Shure GLXD16, Headrush MX5;

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