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Les Paul Traditional with "tapped P-90s"
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:03 am
by westtexasred
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:13 am
by ultratwin
Great spanking idea from Gibson for us hot single coil lovers.
But last time I checked, Gibbo tapping a single coil and calling it a "split" pickup in the product description headline is a misnomer. What's worse, Them saying P90s are "one sound" pickups implies that somebody in-house forgot about the tone pot...I hear the opposite from all kinds of folks, and myself have had a lot of fun rolling off the top of both P90s in my Emily SG for more than "one sound". [/snicker]
Poor Gibson write-up aside, the $3400MSRP also incited me to lose the rest of my attention.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:24 am
by pumpkin
The black one is sexy.
However, I am curious what it will retail for... as it's a Gibson I expect the price to be high, I am curious how high.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:00 pm
by NickS
In full mode each pickup sounds like a traditional thick, snarly Alnico V P-90 in its position (approximately 7kHz in the neck position and 8.6kHz in the bridge), but lift the push-pull switch on each pickup's volume control, and resistance levels drop to 5kHz and 6kHz respectively,
..but STUPID!
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:55 pm
by westtexasred
pumpkin wrote:The black one is sexy.
However, I am curious what it will retail for... as it's a Gibson I expect the price to be high, I am curious how high.
Black $1899
Gold $1999
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:13 pm
by pumpkin
westtexasred wrote:pumpkin wrote:The black one is sexy.
However, I am curious what it will retail for... as it's a Gibson I expect the price to be high, I am curious how high.
Black $1899
Gold $1999
If they were sold here they'd cost €2000 or more. If I wouldn't get but raped on the shipping I would buy one.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:01 pm
by westtexasred
I'd love to get a black one and put a bigsby on it.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:49 pm
by Fran
Gibson coming up with new ideas?!?
Oh, its a Les Paul with P90s. Err... Cool.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:03 pm
by Doug
Would love one. Not for that price.
But what I do have is very close. Gibson BluesHawks.
Some of you know the BluesHawk is a slighlty smaller size than an LP, chambered and with F-holes...just 6 lbs. Lovely P-90s (technically heavily wound
Blues-90s). A Fender-scale neck. Dummy coil. And 5 pre-set tones selector (Varitone). With volume & tone controls typical for an LP.
I have two and they play beautifully. Including HSCs, I paid $750 each. I talk 'em up because BluesHawks may be the best sleeper out there. And if you're on a budget....
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:56 am
by DGNR8
Simple. Somebody needs to figure out how they wired it and replicate it.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:58 am
by Mages
I know that novak winds tapped jazzmaster pickups. he would probably do a P90 too.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:02 am
by Doog
NickS wrote:In full mode each pickup sounds like a traditional thick, snarly Alnico V P-90 in its position (approximately 7kHz in the neck position and 8.6kHz in the bridge), but lift the push-pull switch on each pickup's volume control, and resistance levels drop to 5kHz and 6kHz respectively,
..but STUPID!
Christ almighty, does ANYONE actually know what they're talking about at this company??
"A "coil tap" feature usually refers to splitting a humbucking pickup.."
No it doesn't, Gibson- you're talking balls.
