What are the major tonal differences between these? My playing goes from clean to not too heavy OD in my Mesa DC3 amp? Looking to do a 2 pup, 2 vol, 1 tone in a Strat. Is the Staple overkill, and which pup might best emulate that 1959 LP Special sound? Alnico 2 or 5? Thanks all~
SD Vintage P90, Antiq P90, & SD Staple P90??
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Re: SD Vintage P90, Antiq P90, & SD Staple P90??
Both the vintage and ant are looking at the same tone. The ant just has a few tricks up its sleeves to make it a bit more vintage mellow.
The staple is a whole different tone. More like a fat strat. The 1954 Las Paul custom had one in the neck and a p90 in the bridge
Both the vintage and ant are looking at the same tone. The ant just has a few tricks up its sleeves to make it a bit more vintage mellow.
The staple is a whole different tone. More like a fat strat. The 1954 Las Paul custom had one in the neck and a p90 in the bridge
hamerfan
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Re: SD Vintage P90, Antiq P90, & SD Staple P90??
What Alex said, since the staple has a different construction you need a deeper routing in your guitar. Stay with the Vintage P90 since the Ants use degaussed magnets, which gives a very mellow feeling for modern players. I paired a 1953 original P90 neck with a Ant bridge. I ended up to swap the degaussed mags to beefier tone
The Vintage is a perfect copy of mid to end 50ies P90. Even the coil hookup are both blacks also the grommet rubber is black. Everything to a T the same.
What Alex said, since the staple has a different construction you need a deeper routing in your guitar. Stay with the Vintage P90 since the Ants use degaussed magnets, which gives a very mellow feeling for modern players. I paired a 1953 original P90 neck with a Ant bridge. I ended up to swap the degaussed mags to beefier tone
The Vintage is a perfect copy of mid to end 50ies P90. Even the coil hookup are both blacks also the grommet rubber is black. Everything to a T the same.
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blueman335
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Re: SD Vintage P90, Antiq P90, & SD Staple P90??
Staples are great in the neck slot, a little bright & thin in the bridge for some (most?) players. The individual magnets are height adjustable, which makes them very tall, you need a deep slot, and sometimes wood has to be removed to fit them in.
A great set would be a Vintage P-90 in the bridge and either a Staple or Vintage P-90 in the neck slot.
Staples are great in the neck slot, a little bright & thin in the bridge for some (most?) players. The individual magnets are height adjustable, which makes them very tall, you need a deep slot, and sometimes wood has to be removed to fit them in.
A great set would be a Vintage P-90 in the bridge and either a Staple or Vintage P-90 in the neck slot.
