Help ID a P90

[fretburner]

Got this from an old SG. I'm the one who scribbled the DC resistance.

Is this an older Gibson P-90?

 

[hamerfan]

What colour has the bobbin?
Do I see black plastics thru the holes? Then it's younger than mid 80ies.

 

[fretburner]

Black bobbins. Could this be a 70s Gibson P-90?

 

[jeremy]

pics of the top might help, what color is the coil wire?

 

[hamerfan]

Black bobbins. Could this be a 70s Gibson P-90?

No chance, from 1969 on they had clear bobbins and before that they had black bobbins with silvernickel baseplates.

 

[fretburner]

pics of the top might help, what color is the coil wire?

black wire

 

[fretburner]

No chance, from 1969 on they had clear bobbins and before that they had black bobbins with silvernickel baseplates.

Black bobbins
Pickup cover shows "UC 452 B"





Here are the magnets

 

[hamerfan]

That's alright for Gibsons up to now.

 

[fretburner]

That's alright for Gibsons up to now.

So this would be a modern, "standard" Gibson p90 right? Nothing special about them?

I'm buying some ceramic magnets to try to increase output

I really love the Duncan Custom P90, but not sure if I'm going to swap that out from my 71/72 SG

 

[jeremy]

c8 mags will definitely up the output, im a fan of the sp90-3b

 

[hamerfan]

c8 mags will definitely up the output, im a fan of the sp90-3b

Good call. For a long time I had a A8 and A5 in the bridge and a A5 and A4 in the neck pickup.

 

[fretburner]

c8 mags will definitely up the output, im a fan of the sp90-3b

Ceramic 8 like the ones they sell in Philly luthier supplies?

 

[jeremy]

yes