g. Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 My bets are still on Chris Kinman for a noiseless P90 that sounds exactly as it should. He sure achieved that with his Strat and Tellie pickups. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 no news yet on his site. hopefully he can do it. there must be something that is making it harder to do than a strat single coil. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Fuzz Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I've had an old Les Paul Jr. since 1976. I always loved the tone, but I can't tell you how many people told me I needed to replace the P90 with a humbucker. Nowadays people have a very different attitude... drfuzz "I'm just here to regulate the funkiness" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Wolfzane, Chris Kinman just experiments a gazillion times 'til he thinks he has it totally nailed. He did the same thing with all his other pickups. This perfectionism - and his killer ears - are not the only patience builder. He also has to run his operation, which is fairly small. And like some of the other perfectionists I believe he builds some of the machines they use there to do the work. Same with Bill Lawrence. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 yeah i like Kinman's site. very imformative, and he doesn't just rehash info he gives you the sraight poop. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Originally posted by chedrob: ...Recently I have had the pleasure of using a friend's ES-295 reissue (1993 I believe) in my studio and for some live stuff. This guitar sounds absolutely wonderful through an old Princeton Reverb with a Jensen Alnico speaker. ) special. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Awe, maaan, "soapbars" suuuuuck!! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroG33k Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 What about Seymour Duncan's 'Stacked' P-90? It claims to sound like the real thing with a slightly higher output and a bit more midrange (acceptable, no?) plus reduced noise, plus working well in "split/series/parallel" modes. Would it sound just like a true P-90 in single coil mode? How does it really compare to a true P90? -Andy "I know we all can't stay here forever so I want to write my words on the face of today...and they'll paint it" -Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Originally posted by AeroGeek: What about Seymour Duncan's 'Stacked' P-90? It claims to sound like the real thing with a slightly higher output and a bit more midrange (acceptable, no?) plus reduced noise, plus working well in "split/series/parallel" modes. Would it sound just like a true P-90 in single coil mode? How does it really compare to a true P90? Well, I don't know about SD's, but Gibson's stacked-humbucking P-90 stylees that I've tried weren't quite right, to say the least... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBBPaul Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Originally posted by Caevan O'Shite: Awe, maaan, "soapbars" suuuuuck!! Nice "vintage bump". I love the P90 sound on a hollow body. That hasn't changed. Our new and improved website Today's sample tune: Lonesome One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Sure, k.. give me GAS all over again for that Scotty Moore-signed ES-295, or the Little Lucille that hung around the auditorium that I played nearly every day over lunch. I miss that guitar into the GA-15RV. Yeah, baby! It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 My Delta 6 (think that is the US name for it, over here its called a TBS-800) has a P90 'style' pickup. I really love the tones I can get out of it, with a tiny bit of piezo blended in with it you get a pretty funky REALLY fat sound... But does anybody know what the difference in sound is gonna be between a P90 'style' pickup and a real P90? Soundclick Myspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Well, you can't entirely define what a "real" P-90 is or sounds like, 'cause you'd have to decide if it's the sound of an ooold original from the late '40s or '50s that's aged and lost some magnet strength (sparkly and real purty), a late '50s/early '60s specimen that's still got some magnetic-strength and might be wound slightly hotter, a still later '60s or '70s example, (maybe ceramic magnets? maybe the original alnico?), or the later offerings from Gibson that have much larger pole-piece screws... Some are hotter and fatter, some brighter and more sparkly; all have a sort of a single-coil-on-steroids/compressed and boosted sound, more full-frequency, very round in the attack and envelope-decay... I'd say that, if you can get a sound somewhat similar to that of your favorite example of classic "dogear" or "soapbar" sound (Chuck Berry? Eeeeaaarly Freddy King? Leslie West? Pete Townshend? George Thoroughgood? Lee Flier? Early Michael Bloomfield? George, Paul, and/or John?), then you've got a good P-90 stylee on your hands. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Cheers caveman. A fountain of knowledge as always Soundclick Myspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm always drawn to any P-90 equipped axes hangin' in guitar-shops, so I've tried out quite a few, quite a wide variety of vintages and variations. I own a '97 Les Paul "Ruby" with stock soapbars, of the slightly hot/bigger pole-piece variety. And a friend up the hill from me has an original 1952 Les Paul "gold-top" with the original pickups; small pole-piece screws, weakened old alnico magnets, set waaay low with the pole-screws waaay high; absolutely beautiful sparkly, shimmery, harmonic-overtones-swirling tone, sheer gossamer moonlight when played fingerstyle through my old '67 Fender Pro Reverb 2x12... I still sigh over a pristine cherry-red mahogany 1960 Les Paul Special that I could've actually afforded at the time; fat and saucey and squeally on the high-notes, low-keys-onna-grand-piano lows. What the Hell was wrong with me, that I didn't slap some money down onnitt??!!?!!?? Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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