Pickups

pickincolours · 11-12-2009, 10:29 PM

I play a LP Studio thru a Blues Jr. and play mostly music like...Phish, Grateful Dead...Jazz/blues/ fusion with some trancefusion as well. Im looking for some new pickups. I want the sound of P90's but think the hum will annoy me. What are the best P90 esq pickups that try to correct the hum. i know theres a few out there

H.E.L.Shane · 11-14-2009, 09:54 AM

the sound of a p-90 comes from a fat, single coil..

Duncan Phat Cats do a pretty good job of replicating a p-90 in a humbucker package.

The GFS version is actually pretty good as well.

But... the problem here is that a p-90 is a single coil, and you can't really replicate it with a humbucker..

I've tried some pickups that say p-90 sound in a humbucker and... I think the guy who wrote that was smokin crack! (even the phat cat does not give a true p-90 sound.. but its very close)

Therefore... if you want a p-90, you will also want an ISP decimator pedal to go will it... It will take care of the noise problem!

bfcg · 11-15-2009, 09:48 AM

I would like to decimate my ISP sometimes for the slow connection.

Throwing7 · 11-15-2009, 09:53 AM

I have some Gibson P100s in my LP Special. At least I'm pretty sure they are. I'm sure someone here could tell me a way to find out.

They were Gibson's attempt a humbucking P90. Not sure if they make them anymore. Mine aren't completely free of hum, but they sound great.

steadyriot · 11-15-2009, 01:59 PM

they still make them, they are on the Billy Joe Les Paul Junior.

monami · 11-15-2009, 02:57 PM

i have some stacked wilkinson p90's. they need the route to be deepened? these are big. they go by the name wilkinson w90sk. £25each. (possilbly ceramic.)

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not absolutely hum canceling but a unique humbucker tone.

redneckuprising · 11-15-2009, 10:19 PM

The Billie Joe Armstrong signature LP comes with hum-canceling P-90s in it. Maybe you can get a set of those from Gibson if they sell them seperately

11-12-2009, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
pickincolours Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pickups I play a LP Studio thru a Blues Jr. and play mostly music like...Phish, Grateful Dead...Jazz/blues/ fusion with some trancefusion as well. Im looking for some new pickups. I want the sound of P90's but think the hum will annoy me. What are the best P90 esq pickups that try to correct the hum. i know theres a few out there

11-14-2009, 09:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
H.E.L.Shane Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mifflintown, PA Posts: 415 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Pickups the sound of a p-90 comes from a fat, single coil.. Duncan Phat Cats do a pretty good job of replicating a p-90 in a humbucker package. The GFS version is actually pretty good as well. But... the problem here is that a p-90 is a single coil, and you can't really replicate it with a humbucker.. I've tried some pickups that say p-90 sound in a humbucker and... I think the guy who wrote that was smokin crack! (even the phat cat does not give a true p-90 sound.. but its very close) Therefore... if you want a p-90, you will also want an ISP decimator pedal to go will it... It will take care of the noise problem! __________________ Being wood butchered: Ricky Bass, Boomstick Valkyire, LP Neckthru Bass, BTB style Buckey Burl Bass In Paint: Custom Strat re-neck, H.E.L. V Prototype, 67 S.G. body with a Hamer neck (Blame Greg for that one!!!) Current Stage Rig: HEL Valkyrie, HEL Interceptor, PGX wireless, Digitech GSP1101, Sound Tech Eq, BBE, MESA 2:90, Marshall 1960 full stack.

11-15-2009, 09:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
bfcg Under shop arrest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mountains Posts: 2,705 Thanks: 5 Thanked 40 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Pickups I would like to decimate my ISP sometimes for the slow connection.

11-15-2009, 09:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Throwing7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 131 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Pickups I have some Gibson P100s in my LP Special. At least I'm pretty sure they are. I'm sure someone here could tell me a way to find out. They were Gibson's attempt a humbucking P90. Not sure if they make them anymore. Mine aren't completely free of hum, but they sound great.

11-15-2009, 02:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
monami Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 237 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Pickups i have some stacked wilkinson p90's. they need the route to be deepened? these are big. they go by the name wilkinson w90sk. £25each. (possilbly ceramic.) Wilkinson Guitar Parts not absolutely hum canceling but a unique humbucker tone. __________________ http://creation.com/refuting-evolution-index 'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reverse the UK Governments decision to classify Israeli Goods produced in Judea & Samaria (West Bank) as made in Palestine, a country that does not exist.' http://www.icejuk.org/article.php?id=6449

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redneckuprising Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Pickups The Billie Joe Armstrong signature LP comes with hum-canceling P-90s in it. Maybe you can get a set of those from Gibson if they sell them seperately

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