Members Notes_Norton Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 I own a Parker DF that I dearly love. I love it so much I don't want to play any of my other guitars anymore. It has the S S S/H pickup design similar to a fat strat.I want another, but there is no sense getting two of a kind.The only thing I'm missing on my Parker is the P90 sound. The P90 is my favorite sounding pickupI play in a lot of places (I do one-nighters for a living) and a couple of times a year I get into a non-single-coil club. So when I used to bring my ES-330 to those places, it would give me a problem. So I'm going to have a new DF built with Duncar P-Rails on it. They seem to be a good answer, P90 pickups that can double as a rail or humbucker.Now I know that there will be compromises in that kind of pickup. Nothing is going to sound exactly like a P90 if there is another coil or magnet nearby.For the people who have had P90s and P-Rails, the question is, how good is the P90 tone? Is it 'close enough". I replaced humbuckers with a GFS Mean 90s on another guitar, and it was close enough (and delightful). If anyone has P-Rails and Mean 90s can you compare the tones?Thanks,Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 Rail is thinHumbucker is mushyP90 is good In short, you are better off with P90's if you buy P-Rails, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 I have one in my Parker P38. I think it's a good pup. The P90 is really close, and the HB sounds just like a HB should sound. The rail is thin, but can be useful. Overall, I really like it. It's different, versatile, and sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted March 27, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thanks!Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 +1 to what Photon said. The P90 and humbucker sounds are good; rail is just so-so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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