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strat-sized p90s
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:42 pm
by rich
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?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:15 pm
by Thom
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:00 pm
by rich
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:28 pm
by Bacchus
I'm fairly certain there's no such thing as strat sized P-90's.
Have you examples of any?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:13 pm
by Thom
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:01 pm
by rich
thanks for the links thom. anybody tried any of these?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:57 pm
by George
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:36 pm
by Berto
Thom wrote:
I am really digging both of those jags!
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:20 pm
by Bacchus
Well there you go. Weird that you don't hear much of them.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:35 pm
by Ankhanu
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:26 pm
by rich
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:49 pm
by proroby
Rio Grande makes some that I've heard before. Dirty Harry's. They sound really good, imo.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:44 pm
by Simon
Thom wrote:
Drool.
Where'd you get that from?!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:06 pm
by Thom
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:29 pm
by Rox
Ever try Burns Tri-Sonic pickups ? They're pretty P-90 sounding . GFS makes a good knockoff called Brighton Rocks .
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:44 pm
by rich
hmmm. i do like the sound/look of
that.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:07 pm
by rich
but they don't exactly sound like p90s
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:16 pm
by Freddy V-C
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...
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:30 am
by Simon
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....
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:36 am
by Thom
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
