P90 Appreciation Thread

Doctor J

I've had the opportunity to spend a bit of time playing some P90's recently. They're a new thing for me but I have to say I am digging them immensly. More meat than a strat single coil, more twang than a humbucker. Now I know what Billy Gibbons was on about

Let's hear it for the P90!!! :pac:

feylya

I too am a convert. Just need to get a P90 guitar. Hmm, maybe a Bacchus tele.

Doctor J

I knew we'd get you GASsing again eventually

boycey

EVERYONE should have a p90 loaded guitar or three in their collection(even if its not a Bacchus Duke Doc!). They are a bit more prone to electrical hum but that tone just makes up for it. I do love em and would heartily recommend any Les Paul owners out there to stick a humbucker sized pair in if your thinking of a pickup change.

Karl Hungus

You know, they're something I've always wanted to try, but never really had the opportunity.

Doctor J

boycey wrote:

EVERYONE should have a p90 loaded guitar or three in their collection

Agreed!

boycey wrote:

(even if its not a Bacchus Duke Doc!)

Now hang on a minute :pac:

Nah, I still have savage GAS for a Duke, but the whole P90 thing is really doing it for me. They definitely have a tone of their own which is quite saucy, I like it a lot.

feylya

Doctor J wrote: »

I knew we'd get you GASsing again eventually

Ah, I'm not gassing, per say... I'm just thinking that it'd be nice to have something to fill the not quite single coil, not quite humbucker tone :pac:

Doctor J

feylya wrote: »

I'm just thinking that it'd be nice to have something

That's GAS, pal

feylya

No it isn't. It's denial

boycey

Do it Feylya!! My squier tele (twin p90s's, Gibson type controls-cheap as chips!!) is a rocker. A rocker with big cajones

Dord

I approve of this thread!


I love the p90 sound!!!!

I'm just waiting for thomann to get it in but I'm gonna get me one of these.



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Music4life

I love my p90s.There great pickups.Did any of ye try too raise them with packing foam.Ive mine done they sound even better.Never seen anyone else do it:rolleyes:

Doctor J

How close to the strings do you have them?

Music4life

Cant tell you exactly but theres enough space.Its just a handy trick my guitar teacher showed me im surprized more people dont do it

Dord

That's how I install all my pickups. Use the grey foam they include with them.

Doctor J

Hmmm... I usually just use the springs already mounted under the pickups :pac:

It's worth bearing in mind hot output isn't everything. My strat had a vastly sweeter tone with the pickups almost flush against the body rather than close to the strings, plus there's a greater chance of the string vibration being effected by the magnetic pull of the pickup when you have it sitting right under the string.

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

Hmmm... I usually just use the springs already mounted under the pickups :pac:

It's worth bearing in mind hot output isn't everything. My strat had a vastly sweeter tone with the pickups almost flush against the body rather than close to the strings, plus there's a greater chance of the string vibration being effected by the magnetic pull of the pickup when you have it sitting right under the string.

Oh, maybe I should have clarified. I use the springs and screws also. I use the foam to raise the pickup a tiny but also to ensure that it doesn't get stuck into the cavity if you push off it. I've had that happen before.

Don1

Must give them a spin sometime. Friend of mine always banging on about them.

Good enough for Mike Einzinger, good enough for me, perhaps! :cool:

fish-head

I got a GFS Mean 90 in the neck of my Sheraton and it is a revelation! I certainly need one for the bridge now too.. they're just so ballsy.

Don1

You say ballsy but I'd be goin back from a variety of loud Seymour Duncan humbuckers. I still want to try them out though..........

Doctor J

Joe Robot wrote: »

I use the foam to raise the pickup a tiny but also to ensure that it doesn't get stuck into the cavity if you push off it. I've had that happen before.

You and Nikki Sixx are gonna have a falling out :pac:

Nikki Sixx wrote:

I also wanted the pickups mounted directly into the wood of the body. We take the (mounting) foam out which gives you that extra crunch.

How can you wilfully diminish the extra crunch?

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

You and Nikki Sixx are gonna have a falling out :pac:

Why's that?

Doctor J

To say he dislikes foam under pickups would be an understatement

Dord

What a freak!

Just found this quote from an interview on the Gibson website

"We take the (mounting) foam out which gives you that extra crunch." ~ Nikki Sixx

What a load of bollocks!! :rolleyes:

Alanstrainor

All this talk about p90s has me wanting one in the neck position of my Eastwood GP....Man i think i'm on a massive upgrading buzz, i just bought another weber ceramic speaker for my blues deluxe....Good times:pac::D:pac:

boycey

If a magic guitar fairy offered me a new guitar it would be one of these badboys-


ARRRGHH!! I cannot get pics to upload today!!
Heres a link...
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Custom-Shop-ES-335-Dot-Limited-Run-Electric-Guitar-with-P-90s-514150-i1274661.gc

handily combining my love of p90s and Gibsons.

Dord

^



Very nice choice boycey! :cool:

Doctor J

Joe Robot wrote: »

What a freak!

Just found this quote from an interview on the Gibson website

"We take the (mounting) foam out which gives you that extra crunch." ~ Nikki Sixx

What a load of bollocks!! :rolleyes:

You didn't find that quote when I posted it yesterday?

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

You didn't find that quote when I posted it yesterday?

That part of your post wasn't there yesterday.


/que twilight zone music

Johnny Storm

I'm obviously easily influenced but I really like the look of an LP doublecut junior

Dord

Johnny Storm wrote: »

I'm obviously easily influenced but I really like the look of an LP doublecut junior

mmmm...... :eek:

lethal dose

Just stoppit all of you!
I've had it bad for an Edwards P90 Goldtop so long now I feel like crying!

Dord

lethal dose wrote: »

Just stoppit all of you!
I've had it bad for an Edwards P90 Goldtop so long now I feel like crying!

DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!

feylya

Neck through Bacchus double cut with P90's... WANT!

Don1

Two words: holy feck!

Krsnik87

Johnny Storm wrote: »

I'm obviously easily influenced but I really like the look of an LP doublecut junior

I'd love one of those but would end up spending far too much money on modding the thing!

Dord

Krsnik87 wrote: »

I'd love one of those but would end up spending far too much money on modding the thing!

:eek:

Mod...Les Paul Junior?...... :mad:

Don1

Joe Robot wrote: »

:eek:

Mod...Les Paul Junior?...... :mad:

Racing stripes and a CB arial ftw!

Johnny Storm

Don1 wrote: »

Racing stripes and a CB arial ftw!

I was thinking more Floyd Rose, scalloped fretboard and 3 EMGs
And a holoflake finish, naturally.

Eoin Madsen

That Bacchus with the Spalted Maple top made me doublecheck my bank balance.

Nope... still broke.

Quattroste

Fey, Eoin, I too have fallen prey to that particular Bacchus. They seemed to produce them for a year or two back in 05/06 or thereabouts. They had a couple of other spalted maple designs too and of course all really sweet.

Anywho! to take this thread back on track I got a cheap axe a while back from the states and stuck a set of GFS Mean 90's in it. Ballsy yes! Guitar is still cheap and cheerful but you'd never know

Krsnik87

Joe Robot wrote: »

:eek:

Mod...Les Paul Junior?...... :mad:

Single cut***

http://images.guitarsale.com/products/full/Gibson/759431.jpg

Cant say that isn't a thing of beauty!

Doctor J

Quattroste wrote: »

I too have fallen prey to that particular Bacchus.

Finally, a Bacchus that doesn't really do it for me! Wahoo! :pac:

fobster

feylya wrote: »

Neck through Bacchus double cut with P90's... WANT!

How much would that be, just out of curiosity?

Krsnik87

1200 inc delivery from guitarjapan.com give or take.

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

Finally, a Bacchus that doesn't really do it for me! Wahoo! :pac:

Same here. I don't like spalted wood.

Seziertisch

Slightly off topic, but are there any owners of Edwards P-90 equipped guitars out there? What have your experiences been?

It seems to be the general consensus out there that Edwards are on a par with US standard Gibson and Fenders in terms of build, while Bacchus for example could be considered closer to the historic series guitars from Gibson, say. Do you gentlemen concur?

Edwards owners, how do rate the electronics, jacks etc. in your instruments? I know that the pickups are Seymour Duncans and EMGs, I'm talking about the other stuff?

I too can see myself pulling the trigger on a P-90 Les Paul from them sooner rather than later.

Doctor J

I used to have an Edwards, it was a fine guitar, but comparing it to a Gibson... I dunno. It is cheaper for a reason, there was no shielding whatsoever and I had to do a fret level on it when it arrived. I also wasn't mad on the thick poly finish on the neck. The parts are good but I probably would've put better pots into it if I held onto it longer. Otherwise it played nicely, though if you're into skinny necks you might want to look elsewhere, they seem to go with very fat necks on guitars modelled after old Gibsons. That being said, it cost considerably less than a big G and would've been worth investing money in parts like pots and full shielding. I've never played a Gibson Historic but soon enough I'll be playing this



I'll let you know what I think

Dord

Ahh so you pulled the trigger on the pooey P90 Bacchus! When's it due to arrive?

Doctor J

Pooey? Sir you shall be smoten!

Dord

Smoten, is that even a word?