P90 Tele

[ImmortalSix]

Re: P90 Tele

Why don't you listen to a Jimmy Eat World record?

Jim Adkins has a signature Telecaster with Seymour Duncan P90 pickups. You can buy it right from Fender. No mystery.

When Jim Adkins, guitarist and frontman for platinum-selling Jimmy Eat World, cheerfully challenged Fender with designing his perfect guitar, a collaboration began that resulted in the new JA-90. We sat down with Adkins and went over his old Fender TC-90 spec by spec, making some important changes that subsequently produced this unique new model. Features include a mahogany neck set into a semi-hollow ash body, Seymour Duncan® soapbar pickups, independent volume and tone controls, an Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and anchored tailpiece. Sweetness, indeed!

 

[Fender_Punk]

Re: P90 Tele

I6: I've been gassing over that Tele for a long time now! Their best artist model IMO and I don't even listen to Jimmy Eat World.

The guy's playing British blues, and as a fellow bluesman, I don't see any benefit to "fender twang."

I've never understood many of your comments but now that I know you judge tone with your eyes they make more sense to me.

Personally, as a blues-lover I hear many places for "Fender twang" in "British blues" whenever I throw on Clapton, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, or Zeppelin I.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: P90 Tele

This is as close as I can get. Do it.

That tone is killer....

 

[mrturtle_91]

Re: P90 Tele

I6: I've been gassing over that Tele for a long time now! Their best artist model IMO and I don't even listen to Jimmy Eat World.

I'm the same, I love that Tele!

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: P90 Tele

Me too --- love that thing!

 

[Got_tone?]

Re: P90 Tele

That's one sweet tele. How much does it run for?

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: P90 Tele

That's one sweet tele. How much does it run for?

Here, let me Google that for you.

$750

 

[JordanM82]

Re: P90 Tele

Here is another P-90 Tele, sounds great to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0dYvrzxdE&feature=related

I have been toying with the P-90 idea in general a lot lately. Even considering putting some Phat Cats in my Carvin CS-4, I really like the PG set in there, but my curiosity is high for sure...

-J

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: P90 Tele

Here is another P-90 Tele, sounds great to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0dYvrzxdE&feature=related

I have been toying with the P-90 idea in general a lot lately. Even considering putting some Phat Cats in my Carvin CS-4, I really like the PG set in there, but my curiosity is high for sure...

-J

I have made the switch almost entirely (to P90s, that is.)

There's really no notable drawback to them. They are truly the best of both worlds.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: P90 Tele

I have made the switch almost entirely (to P90s, that is.)

There's really no notable drawback to them. They are truly the best of both worlds.

.......... about as much 60 cycle hum as a standard single coil??

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: P90 Tele

.......... about as much 60 cycle hum as a standard single coil??

Yarp.

 

[uOpt]

Re: P90 Tele

Actually more.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: P90 Tele

I have wanted to build a 24 in scale Tele Thinline with Filtertrons.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: P90 Tele

I have wanted to build a 24 in scale Tele Thinline with Filtertrons.

I wonder if the Phat Staples would get you in the zone.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: P90 Tele

I wonder if the Phat Staples would get you in the zone.

That's an alternative. However I think the phat staple is closer to a DeArmond than a p90 or Filtertron.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: P90 Tele

That's an alternative. However I think the phat staple is closer to a DeArmond than a p90 or Filtertron.

I didn't know. The only Filtertrons I've heard were on a Gretsch. They sounded very bright and articulate. If I hadn't been looking I would not have believed I was hearing an archtop hollowbody.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: P90 Tele

eh, im not sure about that. i have a "tele" with two buckers and while it has some characteristics of a tele it sure doesnt sound much like a typical tele. there is snap to the notes from the strings thru body design but it sounds pretty different.

a p90 would be closer to a tele sound but its still gonna sound quite a bit different. ive played a few teles with p90s and always loved the bridge pup. some neck pups were to dark and round but some were great. with the right guitar and right pups im sure it could be a killer combo

I agree. I think Fender guitars with Gibson style pickups (ie: P-90 and/or humbuckers) sound more like Gibsons than Fenders.

I have a couple of MIJ Squier Strats with humbuckers in them - when I plug them in they have more in common sound-wise with a Gibson guitar than a Fender.

Lew