P90 appreciation thread?!

[Erlend_G]

I love P90 pickups,

My one and only electric, my Epiphone Wildkat "koa" has P90's...

There is that focused, strong single coil "bite"-

yet with power, fatness, mids-

And I get the heaviest tones I've ever gotten- (i play alot of riff based heavy metal)
along with sweet, chiming clean tones.



Because of the one-off cover designs on my pickups, I was told by BKP pickups, that I had to send the pickup in for a rewind/magnet change,
instead of buying replacements.

But they work fine!! Bridge pickup is 12K, neck pickup 9K (if i remember correctly). Apart from microphonic covers (which I'll fix with silicone), they are superb.

Any P90 lovers "out there"?

-Erl

 

[ragamuffin]

Re: P90 appreciation thread?!

Love me some p90s! They're much more versatile than most people give them credit for.

 

[Erlend_G]

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Yeah... my P90 guitars, were the only ones I could use the tone control in...

unless just making more "mush"

P90's are aggressive, loud and bright-.

i can turn the tone control down halfway, without any mud- just easening the top end .

 

[GuitarDoc]

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P-90s are my all-time favorite pup. Singles are a tad thin sounding and most buckers are muffled and muddy sounding (I DO have some favorite buckers, however). I love the aggressive attack and clarity that you just can't seem to get in most (if not all) buckers. And the power that is so hard to find in singles. I totally love the flexability and versatility of P-90s due to having two magnets.

 

[Erlend_G]

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Someone here told me something along the lines of "if you're aiming for an Iced Earth type tone, you'll need a Les Paul with humbuckers" -



I'm getting the heaviest tones EVER! As i said- with my stock bridge P90 .

There's something about the bite and focus...

Some day I might try to experiment, with changing one, or two, of the stock magnets.
because of the special covers, I've heard I need to send the entire pickup in for a rewind, if I need something more done.

cheers!
-Erl

 

[eclecticsynergy]

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Are you sure you can't remove the covers on yours?
Usually it's just a blob of solder on each side.

 

[Bronze Buzzard]

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Whatever you do, please don't drop the soap bars in the shower...

 

[Erlend_G]

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Are you sure you can't remove the covers on yours?
Usually it's just a blob of solder on each side.

Yeah,

Plan is to remove the covers, apply a decent amount of tube- silicone ;
and solder the covers back on..

There is a gruesome feedback in the covers, that stops when I hold a finger on the cover, to mute it.

So I hope some silicone in between will fix it.

(The pickups are mounted with screws in the covers, "dog ear" style)

 

[SoPhx]

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Have you looked at those pickups? The covers are pretty much welded on (they are identical to Casino P90s). Silicone? Molten wax would work much better.

 

[Synapsys]

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Someone here told me something along the lines of "if you're aiming for an Iced Earth type tone, you'll need a Les Paul with humbuckers" -

That someone was me, and I stand by it. And I also own a guitar with P90s.