Dogear P90s - tips

[Mincer]

I'm looking to change the pickups in my recent (2022 model) Casino (https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/EPI9WQ252/Worn-Blue-Denim), and found this thread.

My main complaint is I get a lot of hum in my playing space, no matter the amp, but I also just like the sound of humbuckers better than the P-90s that came in this. Otherwise it's absolutely my favorite guitar.

I'm thinking of either trying the new P-90 Silencers, or this custom humbucker setup that beaubrummels mentions here.

I'm not finding any independent reviews of the new Silencers.... they seem attractive since they'd be more "stock" and hopefully eliminate the buzz. I don't like the black or cream covers; the cream looks a little too dark for my eyes on this guitar. I guess I'd go black.

As to the humbucker option... I'm just overwhelmed by choice. Looks like you can choose whatever humbucker model you want built. it's also more expensive. Honestly not sure where to even start. How do I decide?

Welcome to the forum!

The Silencers are really new, so it might be months before reviews come in. Hopefully we will have some people on here try them out, and we can get some genuine reviews about them.

 

[marcello252]

I call this the ‚banjo sound‘. I think you need a steeper angle over the bridge. You can force it a bit and increase the break angle of the strings over the bridge with the neck straight as possible, a higher bridge setting and shimming the P 90s.

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