Are there any humbucking p90s?
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Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
You could wire any 2 p90 guitar to do that.
Tonally see above.
Why not just buy a humbucker or a p90 stack. You'd spend extra money to wire up something like 2 p90s next to each other, and lose anything good or special that the p90 would have given you in the first place.
You could wire any 2 p90 guitar to do that.
Tonally see above.
Why not just buy a humbucker or a p90 stack. You'd spend extra money to wire up something like 2 p90s next to each other, and lose anything good or special that the p90 would have given you in the first place.
beaubrummels
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Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
My Casino has one of them RWRP so they are humbucking in the center position.
My Casino has one of them RWRP so they are humbucking in the center position.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
I've wired a couple P-90 guitars a push-pull to be able to link the PU's in series instead of parallel, making them a virtual HB. It's a useable tone for solos (warm, powerful), but not what you'd want all the time. If the two coils were actually side-by-side in the same PU, they'd be way too dark and overpowering. Same thing happens when you link two HB's in series (like in the Jimmy Page system); it's really only useable if the neck PU is in coil cut.
I've wired a couple P-90 guitars a push-pull to be able to link the PU's in series instead of parallel, making them a virtual HB. It's a useable tone for solos (warm, powerful), but not what you'd want all the time. If the two coils were actually side-by-side in the same PU, they'd be way too dark and overpowering. Same thing happens when you link two HB's in series (like in the Jimmy Page system); it's really only useable if the neck PU is in coil cut.
jtougas
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Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
I will say that I built a mahogany P-90 Tele for a friend of mine, and used the 4-way Tele wiring, with the 4th position being both pickups in series.
Sounds freaking huge, but there's no frequency cancellation due to the humbucker effect since one is not RW. Also, the pickups are farther apart than if they were a single mammoth humbucker.
Hm. Might be worth trying, with one in the middle and one in the bridge, for maximum treble content.
I will say that I built a mahogany P-90 Tele for a friend of mine, and used the 4-way Tele wiring, with the 4th position being both pickups in series.
Sounds freaking huge, but there's no frequency cancellation due to the humbucker effect since one is not RW. Also, the pickups are farther apart than if they were a single mammoth humbucker.
Hm. Might be worth trying, with one in the middle and one in the bridge, for maximum treble content.
beaubrummels
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blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
Technically no, but it was implied in the way he asked. If you want two P-90's in parallel, you have that in the middle position of any dual P-90 guitar. What you don't get is series.
Technically no, but it was implied in the way he asked. If you want two P-90's in parallel, you have that in the middle position of any dual P-90 guitar. What you don't get is series.
Drunken Bowling
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Re: Are there any humbucking p90s?
DiMarzio has a Super Distortion in soapbar format, if that counts.
DiMarzio has a Super Distortion in soapbar format, if that counts.
