Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

[guitarmart]

My son just picked up a Gibson Gary Clark Jr. SG guitar with three P90 pickups. The P90's are too hot for his taste. He is looking for more of a vintage tone from the P90's. If he was to install Antiquities which are only available in a neck and bridge model which pickup should he use in the middle position?

Thank you!

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

How is it wired? My three P90 Warmoth is wired like a Strat, so I did:
Bridge: Hot Bridge
Middle: Vintage Neck
Neck: Vintage Bridge

This gives me hum cancelling in “positions 2 & 4”. Most of the time I am just doing a single pickup, so it doesn’t really matter.

A Bridge and two Necks would probably work well.

 

[guitarmart]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

It is wired for all pickup combinations.

3 volume knobs, one tone and a Gibson 3 way selector.

You can play bridge with middle, neck with middle or roll off the volume on the middle pickup to play bridge or neck alone. The middle position plays all 3 pickups unless you turn down the middle volume.

 

[hamerfan]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

I have a lot P90s from Gibson (also vintage ones) and SD Ants and SD Vintage. The Gibsons are not bad, but they are the same wind. Round 8k with double A5. This is too strong for the neck but a little too brite for the bridge.
My suggestion if your son is more on the rock side i would leave the Gibson in the middle and buy a set of SD for neck and bridge. If you son is more on jazz or old style blues, i would get a set of Ants for neck and bridge.
The cheapest way would be to purchase some magnets (round 5 bucks a pop) and mod the existing Gibsons. The are real good platform for modding and you get good results. If modding is your way, apply again for some advice.

 

[gregory]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

I'd put the weakest pickup in the middle.

 

[zionstrat]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

I'd put the weakest pickup in the middle.

+1

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[Mincer]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

Generally, you would use a neck pickup in the middle. But hey, experiment. It probably depends on how you use the middle pickup and what you want to get out of it. The Antiquities are a great choice, btw.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

There are a LOT of pickup combos:

Neck only
Middle only
Bridge only
Neck + middle
Bridge + middle
Neck + bridge

I assume this is wired with a typical 3 way: Neck, neck + bridge, bridge, and the volume on the middle brings in and out.

The typical approach is neck/neck/bridge pup

And what you need depends on what you are doing. For example, I'm a guy who digs a SuperDistortion or a Custom in the bridge!

I say go Duncan antiquities neck/middle and a standard Gibson P-90 in Bridge. If not that - go three antiquities.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Antiquity P90's in 3 Pickup Gibson SG

The Gibsons are not bad, but they are the same wind. Round 8k with double A5. This is too strong for the neck but a little too brite for the bridge.

The cheapest way would be to purchase some magnets (round 5 bucks a pop) and mod the existing Gibsons. The are real good platform for modding and you get good results. If modding is your way, apply again for some advice.

Agree, magnets are by far the least expensive way to change your tones, and are especially easy to do in P-90's. Duncan Ants have A2's, which are lower output and warmer; I'd pull out the A5's and try those. A3's are also an option, again low output but with more treble than an A2. You can also put an A2 and an A3 in the same P-90 to get some of each's tone.

I find middle HB's & P-90's to need more output and use bridge models for those.