Scott, I have a set of Lace Alumitone P90s, but they aren't dog ear mounted. I put them in my Flying V for a while. They are noiseless, and they have good output. They DON'T sound like P90s, or any other p/up I've heard. They sound like Lace Alumitones, they've got their own thing going on. They sound a tad sterile, which is not really being fair because it sounds like I'm downing them, and I don't really mean to. I read that they pass a wider band of freqs, giving them a more high-fidelity sound, and I think that must be true. I'd like to hear them as part of an acoustic/electric p/up system, in conjunction with a piezo and/or microphone. I took them out of my V because I wanted to go back to the original tone. I don't have anything to put them in,and don't anticipate getting anything in the near future, so if you wanna get a set(two of them), I'd sell you mine for $50 each, which is exactly half-price. Let me know if you want 'em.

Yeah, if they fit I'd be very interested. I actually would need 3, but two's a good start. Since I've never had a P90 equipped guitar before I'm not stuck on having any preconceived P90 sound, & the depiction of them being "high-fidelity" is in line with the demos I've heard of the Alumitone single coils. It's the noiselessness & cleanliness that is a prime factor for me, rather than recreating any existing known sound. This is for a jazz archtop so a really clean sound is appropriate. So, a question for all the experts, does a normal P90 fit in the dog ear housing? Is it just a different surrounding case for the same raw pickup?
Thx,

On "normal" P-90's, there are a few little differences that are pretty easily dealt with if converting from "soap-bar" to "dog-ear" covers and mounting; but, these Alumitone V90's might be a wild-card in this respect. Sorry I can't give you any better info than that, Scott!

I have an email in to Lace to see if they can illuminate the situation.

Wouldn't that be, 'Alumanate'... ?

Do these pickups Alumanate hum?

Did ya try them yet, Scott?

Well, I have them (thanks, Picker,) but haven't installed them yet. I've been out on tour, & in any case I will need to machine some adaptors to facilitate mounting. These are designed to be screwed down onto a solid body, & I'm going to putting them on an archtop, where they will hover over an open hole. Some metal fabricating will be involved. Just need time with no pesky clients trying to book the studio.