Members Zappa74 Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Shut yer mouth, I'm getting a P90 guit right now... That album was enough to get me on the p90 wagon. I don't think there's a better example of how good p90s can sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Abraxas is with a P90? Cool if it is-some of the best tones known to man are on that album. I know he was playing live with P-90s at that time. "Samba Pa Ti" sure sound P90-ish to me. http://www.alvinlee.de/page8hs1/Santana-Woodstock2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Schecky Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Tommy too i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timrocker Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Doobie Brothers: Long Train Runnin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DADGADammit Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 doors - all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renier Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 i'm not shure, but i've always suspected that the guitar in REM's What's the frequency Kenneth? MUST be a gibson with a bridge P-90. listen to those opening chords: definately a P-90 tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evanja Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 i'm not shure, but i've always suspected that the guitar in REM's What's the frequency Kenneth? MUST be a gibson with a bridge P-90.listen to those opening chords: definately a P-90 tone. I agree, I've tried to get that sound for months, then last week got an SG Jr and suddenly it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 This questions come up fairly often so I keep this list on my pc: Here's a list of some rock stuff where P-90s were used: Pete Townshend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 This questions come up fairly often so I keep this list on my pc: Mick Taylor - Rolling Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheToneGestapo Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Wasn't "Long Cool Woman" a Les Paul with P-90s? Also sounds like flatwound strings were used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'll be more specific -- the first two Black Sabbath albums (self titled and Paranoid). I've seen conflicting videos and cannot confirm if the third album was or not. Tone wise, Iommi drastically changed on Vol. 4, so I suspect that Masters of Reality was done with the P90 SG (with chrome covers I might add) because its very close to the Paranoid album and after recording he went to humbuckers. They also recorded those first three albums within a very short period of time. He finally got some great tone again on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Vol. 4 is really hit and miss tone wise, but of course they were coked out during the entire recording process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 and Mick Taylor's tone is just sick on that album! Totally agree. Between Billy Gibbons and Mick Taylor, you have some of the best tone ever laid down on tape. Others might have played better, but the tone of late 60s to mid 70s Stones and all of the 70s ZZ Top is just oozing with tone. Mick is often over looked as a player, but imo opinion, the Stones were at their peak with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Professor Tom Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. I hate the band, hate the song but what a great solo, played on a 54 Gold Top with P90's, bridge pickup, tone control fully backed off, just the way a P90 should be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 23miles Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Jimmy Herring - Jazz is Dead. Recorded live. Herring used a PRS McCarty Custom 3-Soapbar Tom Stoltz - lots of Boston stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 67mike Posted January 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Wasn't "Long Cool Woman" a Les Paul with P-90s? Also sounds like flatwound strings were used. Yes and the guitarist ate a spring mix salad and drank 1 1/2 cups of chai tea about an hour prior to recording. You can also just make out a pigeon landing on the studio roof in the beginning of the chorus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SciFiGuy Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just about all Leslie West and Mountain. Then West, Bruce & Laing. Leslie could make that LP Jr do just about anything from soaring violin sounding leads to chest crushing chords. Live stuff is by far the best. Most early Mott the Hoople - All the young dudes, All the way from Memphis Wagner and Hunter on Lou Reeds Rock n Roll Animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dsquared Posted January 18, 2007 Members Share Posted January 18, 2007 He loved his P90 equipped Les Paul that he was buried with it when he died at the age of 32. That must've been a great guitar... (goes to garage to look for shovel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 18, 2007 Members Share Posted January 18, 2007 All of Guitar Slims recordings were done with a 52 Les Paul Gold Top with P90s. His most famous recording with the P90s was probably "The Things That I Used to Do." He loved his P90 equipped Les Paul that he was buried with it when he died at the age of 32. And Bob Marley was also buried with his P90-loaded Les Paul (a customised tobacco-brown Special, as it happens). Spooky or what? (Anyone planning to take a shovel on their next Jamaican holiday?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheToneGestapo Posted January 18, 2007 Members Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yes and the guitarist ate a spring mix salad and drank 1 1/2 cups of chai tea about an hour prior to recording. You can also just make out a pigeon landing on the studio roof in the beginning of the chorus. You can also hear that he didn't shave that moring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted January 24, 2007 Members Share Posted January 24, 2007 The Hollies "Long Cool Woman" I have that song on my MP3 player and I think that's a tele. It doesn't sound like P90s to me. Isn't it a tele? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted January 24, 2007 Members Share Posted January 24, 2007 I have that song on my MP3 player and I think that's a tele. It doesn't sound like P90s to me. Isn't it a tele? it sounds like a tele, but i could beleive P90's... did anyone mention Johnny Thunders yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members readymade Posted January 24, 2007 Members Share Posted January 24, 2007 I agree, I've tried to get that sound for months, then last week got an SG Jr and suddenly it was there. I remember Peter Buck playing an SG Jr for some live appearances when that album came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evanja Posted January 24, 2007 Members Share Posted January 24, 2007 I remember Peter Buck playing an SG Jr for some live appearances when that album came out. Wow, I bet I sound just like him, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have that song on my MP3 player and I think that's a tele. It doesn't sound like P90s to me. Isn't it a tele? I always thought it was a Tele too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 I always thought it was a Tele too. I believe you guys are right and I'm wrong, that was definitely a tele, (sounds like a tele with really low buzzy action!). I got the info somewhere I the HC forum. There is a guy playing what looks like a P-90 LP Special in this vid, but the signature riff is got to be the Allan Clark's tele: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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