Is there such a thing as an F-spaced P90 bridge?

[ThreeChordWonder]

Asking for a friend...

 

[GuitarDoc]

I've not seen one. But really, with a P-90 it's not necessary.

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

That's what I thought. It's more a visual than a technical thing for me.

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

Someone on another forum reckons humbucker sized P90s sound more like overwound Strat single coils.

I'd like to buy a Les Paul at some point and change it to an all P90 guitar, but with the option to convert it back to regular humbuckers. No router work involved.

What say you lot?

 

[GuitarDoc]

P-90s are great in a LP. GFS makes a couple really good sounding humbucker sized P-90s for pretty cheap, no modification necessary. The "Mean 90" is very full sounding with lots of mids. The "Dream 90" is a bit brighter with more bite. I love both, but for a LP I'd go with the "Dream" (my favorite).

 

[GuitarDoc]

No rabbit hole with P-90s.:1:

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

No rabbit hole with P-90s.:1:

Unless used by Will Sergeant

- Echo and the BUNNYmen.

 

[alex1fly]

Great sound. If you can turn off the OCD the alignment isn't an issue. (Not a knock, lord knows I do it too)

 

[ErikH]

A Les Paul with P-90's is a beautiful thing. I have a SG Jr with a single dog-ear and working on a Les Paul Jr DC that will also have a dog-ear. A good P-90 is hard to beat.

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

I do like P90s, but I'm worried about maybe buying a Les Paul or another SG, Epiphone let alone full Gibson, without being able to convert "back" to humbuckers if I fall out of love with them.

 

[Aceman]

DiMArzio makes P-90 sized HB's if that helps.

 

[ErikH]

I do like P90s, but I'm worried about maybe buying a Les Paul or another SG, Epiphone let alone full Gibson, without being able to convert "back" to humbuckers if I fall out of love with them.

If you're gonna buy a LP or SG just for the sole purpose of P-90's, you're doing it wrong. Go whole hog and get one with P-90's already. A humbucker sized P-90 does not sound the same as a full-size P-90. The magnetic field and coil size is different. And as Ace mentioned, DiMarzio makes P-90 sized humbuckers and the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop can do the same. But honestly, a black Les Paul with a couple of soap bar P-90's..... tonal goodness.