anyone have a bridge Hot P-Rails Humbucker ?
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Mikelamury
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I have one that I had made by MJ in the custom shop. Mincer was right about the series mode on the original the p90 mode is pretty dark too. I had one made with this in mind and I requested it not be so muddy and cut through the mix easier. Mine came out great, like a bright p90 but still retaining a little p90 character in the mids(no spongy bass usually associated with p90's) mine came out with a DCR of 24.0k and sounds great. Not muddy in the least.
Mikelamury
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Fair warning the standard hot p-rail is way too hot and Muddy in series and p90 to be of much use to me and I like hot pickups.
dystrust
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That sounds intriguing; do you know which magnets MJ used? I have no complaints about the P90 coil in my P-Rails, but I wouldn't mind a bit more from the rail coil and a bit less mud in series.
I've got quite a few P-Rails and the regular bridge model (used to be considered the "hot" model, at about 18k) is muddy in series. If the additional 4k is from increased winds on the rail coil only, that MAY be an improvement for the rail coil, but it will really be too muddy in series. Even the neck P-Rail is on the hot side in series, but it's useable. Either of the former versions of the P-Rail sound great in parallel, P-90, or rail. I'm sure the newer "hot" P-Rail at 22k will also sound great in parallel, P-90, or rail. But the increase in power and in mids will surely sound like pure mud.
What I have done to increase the rail coil is to put an A8 mag next to the rail and an A5 (or A3, or A4) next to the P-90 coil. Works great.
What I have done to increase the rail coil is to put an A8 mag next to the rail and an A5 (or A3, or A4) next to the P-90 coil. Works great.
Mikelamury
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She used 2 alnico 8 bar mags but she wound it differently.
Mikelamury
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Here's the box.
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"Spongy bass usually associated with P-90's?!?
Every P-90 I have (probably at least 2 dozen) have very tight bass. What P-90 specifically are you referring to? (You made a very generalized statement that certainly can't be true).
Mikelamury
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Your right that was a generalized statement I should have said "in my experience", the p90's I've heard from DiMarzio and Gibson don't have the tightest bass maybe spongy wasn't the best word.
Yeah, that makes more sense. I haven't tried any DiMarzio P-90s but I find that Gibson's just don't have much bass...still, what bass they DO have doesn't sound spongy to me. Do you know what magnets are in the DiMarzio P-90s that you have tried?
Mikelamury
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Im not sure, it was not on a guitar that I own. I'm assuming alnico 2.
Then that makes sense that the bass would sound spongy in those.
