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Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:38 pm
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
I want a new bridge pickup for my new Hollowbody to get that warm/high output yet articulate sound. Similar to Nick Valensi's (The Strokes) sound. I know he plays a Riviera with P 94s but from what I hear the P 94s in the Nick Valensi sig. guitar sound much better than P 94s Gibson is selling now. What are your suggestions to get this tone? I was thinking a GFS Dream or Mean 90.

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:44 pm
by Scruffie
If you can afford it... give www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk an e-mail, They're great for helping you find your tone and there pickups are amazing, plus they'll wind whatever into whatever you ask most likely so a P-90 into a hum enclosure.

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:06 pm
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
I'm also open to humbucker suggestions :idk:

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:12 pm
by St.Norman
I heard these are really swell. The Z-90. There is a thumbs up fro, Bill Frisell. Whatever you feel about that is cool, i personally love his crazier works and he has a shit ton of musical vocab. But any way I know a guy who used one as a neck pos of a solid body he made. I think he used a 500 pot he was looking for a faux archtop tone that would rip it up when he ingaged his dis. said it was good shit I only know him via internet though, so I have only heard it via Frisell
http://www.harmonicdesign.net/images/z90tW.gif
http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/gibsons.html
Hope this is helpful. Don't Know if this is the right tone or not don't listen to the strokes

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:47 pm
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
Here's a tone reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hskXHbpZY1c&feature=PlayList&p=D94ACD615EEEE06D&index=0&playnext=1

I posted a link because once again the youtube video post isn't working :picard:

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:18 am
by tuffteef
this is exactly what im doing now aswell just picked up a first act delia nice n cheap
and got a bigsby on its way and i was gonna get those p94s to drop in or a fender wide range bucker in the bridge and a p90 in the neck

u could try the armstrong p90 buckers the z man from yyy uses em

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:53 am
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
Yeah, I think I'm gonna go with the KA P 90s, does anyone have any experience with them?

I think I'm gonna grab a humbucker too. Suggestions?

Re: Humbucker-sized P-90s

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:56 pm
by smile_man
1,2,3, Pull Out! wrote:
I think I'm gonna grab a humbucker too. Suggestions?


Grab a single instead. :bob: