Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

[funkywrench]

Hey,
I want to replace the neck pickup on a mahogany(with maple cap) LP copy i have with a hum-sized P-90. The problem is that im about to replace the bridge pickups on both my guitars and this is basically going to eat up all my money.
I hardly ever use the neck pickup on my LP since it sounds so muddy and im looking for the cheapest possible pickup i can find for the time being. Is there a Duncan Designed/Performer hum-sized P-90? Basically it would be a temporary neck pickup since just about anything would sound better than the stock neck pup. Eventually i'll probabably replace it with a Rio Grande Bastard or a Gibby P-94, but money wont permit for a while!
Thanks,
Nick

 

[ranalli]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

I don't know about the Duncans but I was in a similar scenario looking for a really clear almost single coil-like neck pickup and I was pleasantly suprised by the Humbucker From Hell which pretty much fit the bill exactly. Another one I'd like to try is the Bluesbucker which is supposed to sound like a P-90.

On the Duncan side, people here have said good things about the Stag-Mag and I'd like to try that too.

Basically, anything will work that is lower on output along with chopped bass and slightly enhanced treble.

 

[funkywrench]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

thanks for the reply but duncans will be too expensive. Im getting a duncan and a rio grande for the bridge pups but i need a cheapie for the neck that will take away the muddiness(hence i was thinking a hum-sized p-90 since they would not be as muddy and it would give me a rough representation of the p-90 tone). It doesn't have to be a killer pickup, just an improvement over the crappy stock neck pup that i have at present!

 

[ranalli]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

Look on Ebay for USED Duncans and Dimarzios...they're the best buy out there IMO.

 

[mongrollo]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

I think that if it is going to be a temporal solution you better leave the things the way they are. You are going to spend quite a bit of money in something you can't resale. It isn't it better to wait a bit to have the money to do things in the right way?

 

[funkywrench]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

I know what youre saying mongrollo but its more a case of me being curious if there is a cheap decent hum-sized p-90 out there, hence why something like duncan designed/performer(or something similar) would be perfect, since they are very cheap and i wouldn't have to worry about resale value. I will eventually put in a good pickup but my thinking is, if i can find something real cheap now then i can make the neck pup usable until i can afford a better pup!

 

[msplines]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

Try splitting the existing neck pickup and just use the slug coil????

 

[southadc]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

Kent Armstrong maybe?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Cheapest Hum-sized P-90?

Yeah, I've seen the Kent Armstrong 'bucker sized P-90 go for 50 bucks on ebay. Although, for $25 more, you can just get a production Phat Cat and have something REALLY nice.