strat-sized p90s

rich · Post by **rich** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:42 pm

yay or nay? i'm thinking of popping one in the bridge my cv duo sonic, which is already a bastard project of iffy choices (string-through from the previous owner, no neck pickup, a giant peace frog sticker on the back, etc.). so, who has experience with putting p90s in short scales? got a favorite?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:15 pm

I used to have P90s in my Jag...sounded awesome, truly. I still have the pickguards in case I ever want to go back.
So I would say go for it - though I have no experienced of strat-sized P90s. I had Bare Knuckle P92s in it.

rich · Post by **rich** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:00 pm

looks good! i have p90s in my sg and i love them, but i have no experience with buying them. just looking for good suggestions of single-coil sized duders.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:28 pm

I'm fairly certain there's no such thing as strat sized P-90's.

Have you examples of any?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:13 pm

A quick search dug up these:
Harmonic Design Super 90 Strat
Rio Grande Dirty Harry
Vintage Vibe

rich · Post by **rich** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:01 pm

thanks for the links thom. anybody tried any of these?

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:57 pm

Not tried them and I wouldn't fork out $200 for a set, however around $70 to sort out my strat's flouncy bridge sound is appealing.

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:36 pm

Thom wrote:

I am really digging both of those jags!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:20 pm

Thom wrote:A quick search dug up these:
Harmonic Design Super 90 Strat
Rio Grande Dirty Harry
Vintage Vibe

Well there you go. Weird that you don't hear much of them.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:35 pm

I *think* its a bit of a challenge to get P90 tone from a Strat sized pickup, what with the wide&flat vs. narrow&tall winding formats. Strat sized 90s might sound good, but won't quite sound like real 90s.

rich · Post by **rich** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:26 pm

that's what i'm thinking. i believe the body is routed wide enough to fit a normal size p90 in there. and those are a lot easier to come by. a little pickguard dremeling never hurt anyone.

proroby · Post by **proroby** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:49 pm

Rio Grande makes some that I've heard before. Dirty Harry's. They sound really good, imo.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:44 pm

Thom wrote:

Drool.

Where'd you get that from?!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:06 pm

Waiting for the Winter wrote:Drool.

Where'd you get that from?!

It's a standard CIJ Jag that I had routed for P90s, actually, humbucker bridge first, then P90 neck and finally dual P90s.
It's back to "stock" now, but with rewound pups and a kurtdz diamond plate.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:29 pm

Ever try Burns Tri-Sonic pickups ? They're pretty P-90 sounding . GFS makes a good knockoff called Brighton Rocks .

rich · Post by **rich** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:44 pm

hmmm. i do like the sound/look of that.

rich · Post by **rich** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:07 pm

but they don't exactly sound like p90s

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:16 pm

Ends has a Mustang with a single P90 in the bridge, which looks and I imagine sounds AWESOME. Can't seem to find any picks though...

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:30 am

Thom wrote:
Waiting for the Winter wrote:Drool.

Where'd you get that from?!
It's a standard CIJ Jag that I had routed for P90s, actually, humbucker bridge first, then P90 neck and finally dual P90s.
It's back to "stock" now, but with rewound pups and a kurtdz diamond plate.

It's very very nice. The only place I've seen a lefty jag is from some guy from Japan selling them on eBay. I thought they were quite hard to come across....

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:36 am

Waiting for the Winter wrote:
Thom wrote:
Waiting for the Winter wrote:Drool.

Where'd you get that from?!
It's a standard CIJ Jag that I had routed for P90s, actually, humbucker bridge first, then P90 neck and finally dual P90s.
It's back to "stock" now, but with rewound pups and a kurtdz diamond plate.
It's very very nice. The only place I've seen a lefty jag is from some guy from Japan selling them on eBay. I thought they were quite hard to come across....

Yeah I got it from some guy in Japan on eBay