Went in for strings, left with a Les Paul

[xxxplorer]

Been wanting a P90 guitar for a bit. This 2018 Classic Player caught my eye. Satin top, bare back. Richlite board, which I never understood the hate for.

May upgrade the pickups some day. For now just playing it.

Got a little knocked off as it was ‘not holding tuning’ due to the stop bar being decked and strings mounted normally and not wrap tail.
So just swapped the strings…. Bam.

 

[Mincer]

Wow! That is fantastic! Congrats!

 

[jeremy]

looks great! with gibson p90s, i find i like to swap the bridge pup for something else, but the neck usually sounds great. i just dont find them balanced, neither sounds bad, i just want more from the bridge or less from the neck.

 

[xxxplorer]

I can see that. I had an SG that I put Wagner G90’s in years ago. Then swapped the bridge for his I90… 22K lol. Kinda loved it.

But so far digging this stock. Tone controls work nice on P90s.

Bridge wide open is like tele on steroids. Roll tone back and smooths it out.

Neck full volume and tone rolled back with an angry Marshall… my son even giggled. No need for a fuzz or Rat for Sleep/Doom tones lol.

Literally twang to sludge… I missed P90s.

Thank you for looking

 

[Sam SG]

That is wicked sweet looking. I like the Gibson P90s myself...well I only have a bridge one tho(LP Jr DC Tribute I have)
I can see these knobs on that axe

 

[Lucius Paisley]

While not the same in any fashion, I picked this up today.



The damage?



I think it's worth it for the 40% discount.

 

[jeremy]

yeah, i could fix that pretty easy

 

[marcello252]

with my actual bank account I'd had gone in for strings , left with a 'bye'

 

[xxxplorer]

P90s are a whole thing. I’m guilty of not being much of a tone pot user with my humbuckers… most of the time even just take them out for a little more ‘punch’… but with a p90… totally different.

Bridge wide open is a little bright with gain. So roll the tone back. Muscles it right up. Almost mimicking a humbucker in tone. Almost.

Neck… roll the tone down with gain… and fuzz pedal no longer needed for some of the stoner stuff I do.

Of course they make noise. But my rig is noisy anyways lol. So I am used to riding the volumes to quiet it at times.

To go from actual glassy clean to raunch with nothing but playing style and knob turning on the guitar is really fun. Like an exagerated version of how I already play.

This may be in regular roation

 

[Ashurbanipal]

That's a nice one, dig the 'faded' charcoalish denim look.

I particularly like 50s wiring in a Gibson style setup - because the controls are interactive, backing off the tones to half cuts some of the mids and gain a bit, which I find very useful; and when they're on 0 with the volume backed off a bit, you get that smooth, Eric Johnsony lead thing.

 

[Aceman]

A Gibson P90 is not a P90, it's THE P90...

There are others, but unless there was a problem I wouldn't;t swap them.

 

[jeremy]

a 1950's p90 is THE P90, 70s. 80s. 90s, 2k+s, they are still fine, but there are other great options available.

 

[marcello252]

Neck… roll the tone down with gain… and fuzz pedal no longer needed for some of the stoner stuff I do

yes, yes, yes

that's exactly what I do with my P90s LP special , it's a guitar born for that kind of sound, she sings beautifully that way