Does anyone make this P90?

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dazco

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I don't mind paying a good price for a good pickup, but because 90% of them turn out NOT to be what i wanted i no longer am willing to buy anything but fairly cheap stuff. I find they are just as hit or miss as high end stuff. So i really want to stay cheap here. What i'm looking for is a P90 thats clearer and janglier than a regular P90, which no dobt means less of that P90 middiness. I have a LP special and i love the stock p90 in the bridge, but the neck is way too dark on the wound strings and it's hard to get the sound i want. I mainly use the neck on any guitar for semi clean to clean playing by turning the guitar way down to clean up. (yes, i have a bleed cap) I like that wind crys mary kind of thing with just a bit more dirt than that, but i DO realize thats not going to happen. I just want it to be a bit closer to that direction than the muddy thing it is now. I read somewhere A2 leans that way even tho the few A2 pickups i had didn't seem too. But they were hot so that may be why. Tonerider makes a p90 A2 that describes it as being clearer and brighter than a regular P90 for just over $50 on ebay. Anyone try those? I know GFS is cheap, but do any of them do that cleaner less middy thing i need? any other ones that might fit my needs and are cheap? oh, and i've exhausted all polepiece and overall height adjustments. It DOES get a lot clearer very very close to the strings, but it then is hotter which i don't want and it still has too much mids to get sweet.
 
Re: Does anyone make this P90?

Swap in some A3 or A4 magnets. Possibly, even a mixture of types. (This is blueman335's special interest. Pin back your lugholes.)
 
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Re: Does anyone make this P90?

Have you tried a 500k pot? Back the pickup down and raise the screws out of the pup. Should help.
 
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Zombiwoof said:
Maybe a low-wind P90?.
Al
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Yep or a mag change. I guess they are stock Gibsons. I changed the mags on my set of Gibsons P90: An A2 into the neck and an A8 into the bridge.
Works like charm and cheap too.
 
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hamerfan said:
Yep or a mag change. I guess they are stock Gibsons. I changed the mags on my set of Gibsons P90: An A2 into the neck and an A8 into the bridge.
Works like charm and cheap too.
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Hmmm...A2 is what the tonerider vintage is. So when you say works like a charm, what did it do to the neck pup compared to A5's in the stock gibson ?
 
Re: Does anyone make this P90?

I'd say perhaps a TV Jones T-armond, but... not that cheap. I don't like Lollar's p90s myself, but for what you want, you want low wind or not a true p90. I buy used, and just if I don't like it, flip it. Generally no loss of money and sometimes I make a few bucks, sometimes I lose a few.
 
Re: Does anyone make this P90?

How's about any freakin pickup you want...in a P-90 housing.

Get a strat pickup in a p-90.

Duncan can do anything. Just call the custom shop and tell them what you want.
 
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I've got a Peavey Firenza that has P90's that are supposedly from a company in Japan named KMS. These pickups only have a DC resistance of 6K, and are quite clean and jangly, yet still have a decent P90 sound when overdriving a preamp. From what I read on some boards these pickups were quite expensive in Japan.

I might not have the name of the company correct, but if you do some research on The Google for Firenza P90 pickups you should find the name of the manufacturer.
 
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Mr Natural said:
I've got a Peavey Firenza that has P90's that are supposedly from a company in Japan named KMS. These pickups only have a DC resistance of 6K, and are quite clean and jangly, yet still have a decent P90 sound when overdriving a preamp. From what I read on some boards these pickups were quite expensive in Japan.

I might not have the name of the company correct, but if you do some research on The Google for Firenza P90 pickups you should find the name of the manufacturer.
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Kaihatsu Music Shokai couldn't find anything about their pickups. Seems they sell other stuff more than their own.
 
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Turns out they aren't cheap. Found this ....
90s Peavey Firenza. Outstanding USA-made guitar with boutique pick-ups made by a small shop called KMS (Kaihatsu Music Shokai), but marketed by Gotoh.

To this day, Gotoh still puts these pups in a pretty box and sells 'em for $100+/ea
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