P 90 pickups...

BarryCreed

Ok,

I havean ESP Ltd Viper and I took out the EMGs a few months back and got a kent armstrong HB size P90 put in the neck , and a passive kent armstrong humbucker in the bridge. Guy called John Conway fitted them (genius in general!)

The P90 sounds BEUATIFUL!! Just lovely, and the combination of the humbucker/P90 is good too for rhytym. However, I find myself neglecting the bridge pup a lot of the time, doesnt seem to be as bright as the P90, (thats probably the way it is i guess.) However, I thought "why not just put another P90 in the bridge position, I dont want the guitar to sound like a strat though...
if it was going down the lines of a jazzmaster/jaguar sound, then I'd be happy.
It will never sound like a jazzmaster, and I accept that, or else I'd just get a jazzmaster.
I've never actually played a guitar with 2 P90s, so Id be interested to hear any feedback. Is there much of a tone diff between neck/bridge P90???
I dont want a completely bright strat type sound, Id like to get somewhere along the lines of swervedriver/later incubus (i saw him using an SG with P90s)/radiohead(ish)/crazy horse(ish)

barry.

Doctor J

You should be able to play a dual P90 in one of the shops in town. Just try one out and see if it sounds good to your ears. On the positive side, if you're getting a humbucker sized one, it's a 10 minute job to install and another 10 minutes to remove if you don't like it

There's a dual P90 Bacchus Duke that has been tickling my fancy for a while now, but I must resist

brianthebard

These are humbuckers with metal covers on them yes? Is so you could try taking the cover off, exposing the humbucker to the strings. Its like turning the tone knob up a bit more, so you still have to same bucker but a bit brighter. It may not help, but its quick and easy to try.

Fingers Mcginty

No Doc, resistance is futile go on ya deserve it

Doctor J

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

No Doc, resistance is futile go on ya deserve it

Hush up you!

BarryCreed

brianthebard wrote: »

These are humbuckers with metal covers on them yes? Is so you could try taking the cover off, exposing the humbucker to the strings. Its like turning the tone knob up a bit more, so you still have to same bucker but a bit brighter. It may not help, but its quick and easy to try.

nope not quite. they look like humbuckers with the metal covers on, but a P90 is a different PUP. my bridge PUP is a humbucker (no cover on it)

basically thinking of going all P90!

Fingers Mcginty

No i think Brian meant if you remove the cover of the Kent Armstrong Humbucker in the bridge to make it a tad brighter?

BarryCreed

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

No i think Brian meant if you remove the cover of the Kent Armstrong Humbucker in the bridge to make it a tad brighter?

sorry..misunderstood. there's no cover on the humbucker (in my axe) though...

Giblet

P90's are great, but the bridge P90's tend to sound a bit tinny. I got a hotter P90 for the bridge and it works great.

BarryCreed

Giblet wrote: »

P90's are great, but the bridge P90's tend to sound a bit tinny. I got a hotter P90 for the bridge and it works great.

oh yeah? which type? im really happy with the neck P90 i have..great for leads..

Giblet

http://www.thomann.de/ie/seymour_duncan_ssp90_3b_creme.htm