P-90 fans here?

[noledog]

Love P90's Dru and had 'em on a white-cream old Les Paul Jr. BUT I was playin' in rock band and at loud volumes the noise was bad...so I personally routed out the pickup holes and installed a Duncan PAF in the front and a JB in the back plus I wired the JB for coil splitting and this guitar screamed as well as played like butta! ...BUT I still loved and missed those ZZ growling P90's.

eric

[DesolationAngel]

I was wanting to dabble for a while... I picked up a 1940s Silverstone lap steel that had a P-13 pickup on it a while ago and really liked the sound and decided to start exploring that way. Got a mid-1950s Silvertone/Harmony archtop that also had a P-13 in it too. Then I decided that my most unused electric, a Korean made Epi 'Dot', had lain dormant for far too long. I bought a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat P-90 and had Paul Iverson install it in the neck position and set it up. For a four hundred buck guitar it plays and sounds ridiculously good.

Since then I've played with a Collings 290 and am now roaming the internet looking for more P-90 action.

[KY000]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Hey KY - are those the LPJ and SG Special?

The top one is a 2014 Gibson Les Paul Melody Maker. The bottom is a 2011 Gibson SG Special '60s Tribute.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by KY000

The top one is a 2014 Gibson Les Paul Melody Maker. The bottom is a 2011 Gibson SG Special '60s Tribute.

How do you like the Melody Maker? Does it have a flat top? It looks arched in the pic.

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

There are two types of people. Those who like P90's, and those who haven't owned a guitar with P90's yet.

LOL, I don't have any P90s but perhaps one day.

Originally Posted by noledog

Love P90's Dru and had 'em on a white-cream old Les Paul Jr. BUT I was playin' in rock band and at loud volumes the noise was bad...so I personally routed out the pickup holes and installed a Duncan PAF in the front and a JB in the back plus I wired the JB for coil splitting and this guitar screamed as well as played like butta! ...BUT I still loved and missed those ZZ growling P90's.

eric

Noledog, I'm sure you could make any guitar scream. Gotta enjoy modding guitars.

[alnico5]

I had P90s in the 330 I bought in circa 1969. I didn't know the difference between a 335 and a 330 back then. I discovered I liked humbuckers more. After 45 years I don't remember what the P90s sounded like. I just remember the hum. The 330, lacking the maple center block, would feed back like a chain saw when I kicked in my Fuzz Face.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

I've got one of the 2012 Gibson Les Paul Studio ’60s Tribute guitars...Gibson really knocked one out of the park with this one. Great sound, great fret work, great playability, and a low price for those who want it as a secondary guitar...

Secondary my @$$, I've got the '11 goldtop version (the one with the PRS-style edge reveal that looks like 60-year-old smoke-stained binding) and it's become my primary guitar - yeah, they're that good...

[KY000]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

How do you like the Melody Maker? Does it have a flat top? It looks arched in the pic.

It is an arched top. It's actually a maple cap on a mahogany body (just like a real LP). Since it has the wraparound tailpiece/bridge it's very resonant. The downside is you can only get the intonation perfect on two of the six strings. But most acoustic players aren't used to correct intonation anyway (did I just say that?).

[bobby b]

Love the P90's ! .... So much so my LP is gathering dust ..... Doh!!


DSC_2701 by bobbyjeepyj, on Flickr

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by KY000

It is an arched top. It's actually a maple cap on a mahogany body (just like a real LP). Since it has the wraparound tailpiece/bridge it's very resonant. The downside is you can only get the intonation perfect on two of the six strings. But most acoustic players aren't used to correct intonation anyway (did I just say that?).

I looked at the specs last night and was surprised it had a maple cap and a carved top. I actually like the 12th fret "120 anniversary" logo. A lot of people have said in reviews they don't like it though.

Seems like a great guitar.

[Tone Gopher]

These are great guitars - I love their vintage neck carve. Yes, that is a hand-carved spruce top. I found this minty one, and will be selling a red Monaco III w/ Lollars.

[mikeiscool42]

Has anyone tried one of these? I've always wanted a Melody Maker or LP Jr double cutaway but don't see getting one in my near or distant future.

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Slick-SL...p_p_13646.html

[Beachrunner]

My three P90-equipped axes - -

[David Eastwood]

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

There are two types of people. Those who like P90's, and those who haven't owned a guitar with P90's yet.

I was the latter, and am now the former.

[pieterh]

I love the sound of P90s, though I don't currently have a P90-equipped guitar. I find my G&L is in the same sort of ballpark but still with the Tele-edge.

My favourite song featuring P90s is Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 by Pink Floyd - played on a gold top Les Paul direct to desk and then reamped later to get a sound Gilmour was happy with. Most people who don't know this assume it's a Strat...

[good_hillbilly]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Do we have any P-90 fans here? Do you own any guitars with them? Show and tell.

They sound absolutely spectacular but in my experience they pick up so much noise that at idle they sound like a blender filled with broken glass whirring away. The noise-cancelling ones (p-100s) are terrible because they cancel exactly the stuff that makes the 90s so juicy!!

I rarely use them because between crummy power and the rest of it, they are just too noisy.

My second favorite pickups -- distant second, but a lot quiter -- are Gretsch Filtertrons, especially the repro versions sold by TV Jones. There are some similarities to the tone and they are way better than 100s.