Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

[Lucky Eastwood]

I'm planning on ordering a generic stacked P-90 with ceramic magnets and 4-conducture wires. I am wondering if anyone has bought these kind of pickups and explored any of the wiring options. I'm more curious on how out-of-phase switching in series would work on this kind of pickup.

BTW, I'm planning on tuning my guitar with a modified version on Robert Fripp's "New Standard Tuning." Instead of the high G, I'm thinking of using a low G (GCGDAE - strings: .085, .060, .040, .028, .016, .011). I was wanting to do the full 5ths with a low F, but given such a short scale, I could probably compensate by tuning up to G.

 

[allstarrme]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

I've played with series/parallel on push pulls for mine, I like the sounds I can get from those 2.

I feel if more vintage tones were desired the ceramic could be swapped out for some alnico, but I am happy with them as they are.

I haven't tried them out of phase or any lower than D standard in my 339 but I feel like the p90 stack is often overlooked and more people should try them to get a feel for what they are capable of.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

wow, cool idea (a big Fripp fan here, but I use standard tuning). Let us know how this project turns out.

 

[socalscott]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

I am wondering if the bobbins are thinner/shorter than standard?

 

[Lucky Eastwood]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

I am wondering if the bobbins are thinner/shorter than standard?

I contacted the seller for what the height of the bridge pickup is, and he said it's 1 inch high. I suppose each bobbins are the same height as the Jazzmaster pickups (not the same width, probably)

 

[Lucky Eastwood]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior



Here is what I have so far. Just waiting on the pickup.

 

[Arwin]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

Great Looking Guitar!

Although lacking out of phase sounds, this video illustrates pretty well the series and parallel sounds our p90 stacks are capable of. Definitely a very versatile pickup that can cop both single coil and humbucker-like tones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iXa07r3g0U&feature=youtu.be

 

[Lucky Eastwood]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

Well, it took a while but I managed to put the guitar together. I decided to have the guitar set up to BEADF#B instead of what I originally planned. I am a bit disappointed with the pickup, though. I thought that it would be hum-cancelling, but it still hums. I don't know if shielding is needed, but I decided to put it up on eBay. I have the demo video link right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMrvQ30Iw0&t=51s

 

[BRHGM]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

You need noise reduction like the decimator pedal and check your grounding. I found most of my humming was a faulty USB interface. It stopped when I used by backup interface. Computers are poorly grounded for audio.

 

[vinnie1971]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

You need noise reduction like the decimator pedal and check your grounding. I found most of my humming was a faulty USB interface. It stopped when I used by backup interface. Computers are poorly grounded for audio.

The sure are. I record DI into garage band and if the guitar isn't clean then there's usually hum or white noise which I need to use a noise gate to eliminate.


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[BRHGM]

Re: Stacked P-90 on DIY Les Paul Junior

Good. I use GarageBand also. P90s are really noisy with any overdrive or distortion.