whats the brightest p90...

[Out of the Past]

that costs less than $60?

Im looking for A2 or A3, around about 7-8K

Thanks!

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

that costs less than $60?

Im looking for A2 or A3, around about 7-8K

Thanks!

 

 

If you want bright you don't want an A2 or an A3, you want a relatively low wind A5.

 

Bridge or neck and on what guitar?

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

All that aside, contact Bryan Gunsher at BG Pups:

 

http://bg-pups.com/

 

Tell him exactly what you want, that HCEG sent you, his stock P90s are $70, and he'll probably still honour his 10% discount to HCEGers.

 

His P90s are among the very best for not a lot of money

[mrbrown49]

I can vouch for Bryan's p90s too. I have a set and they are some of my favorite pups ever.

[Out of the Past]

BG might be the way to go...I rather have A2 though

its for an esquire

 

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

BG might be the way to go...I rather have A2 though

its for an esquire

 

put this out there..."warm vintage tone".

 

[Out of the Past]

I like a2/a3 because I set my pickups really high and with a5 you cant do this without getting wolf-notes/stratitis.

and a5 are too punchy and mid heavy.

 

bill lawrence said a lot of strat pickups people thought were weak A5 were actually full strength A2

I think thats why Duncan uses a2 in the antiquity for an "aged" sound.

 

apparently BG usd to sell a 50s p90 with a2 but now he just sells a 60s p90 with a5?

its not clear on his website he just says "alnico"

 

[*BLEEP*]

 

The "brightest" P90 pickup is the B90 pickup that Gibson has made a few times over the past 20 years.

 

The B90 uses 6 individual non-adjustable rod magnets mounted inside the coil bobbin, which point towards the strings, instead of a pair of bar magnets on the bottom of the pickup that touch adjustrable steel screws.

 

The B90 is a cousin of the Jazzmaster pickup, with the main difference being the large deep P90-sized bobbin used in the B90 as opposed to the shallow flatter bobbin of the Jazzmaster pickup. A P90/B90 bobbin can wound with more magnet wire than a Jazzmaster bobbin.

 

 

 

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

I haven't heard a guitar with those yet, possibly need to check some out.

 

I like brighter P90s in the neck

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

The obvious answer is not to set your pickups so high.

 

IME most people set their pickups too high anyway

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

Just email him, he'll make them to your spec, and advise, Bryan knows his P90s and humbuckers.

[*BLEEP*]

I haven't heard a guitar with those yet, possibly need to check some out.

 

I like brighter P90s in the neck

 

 

There was a cheap-o limited edition Gibson studio model available, briefly, from around 2013, that offered cheap drab satin finishes and a wraparound bridge. Either one or both pickups on these Gibsons were B90s.

 

The B90 (which I should have originally noted is also called the "Blues 90") first surfaced in the Gibson Blueshawk. A bit later, there was the "Little Lucille" model, which was essentially a Blueshawk with a Varitone and a black finish. Both of these had a hum-cancelling dummy coil mounted inside the back of the guitar body.

 

Look closely at those pickup poles -- they ain't screws!

 

PS: there are a few aftermarket versions of the B90 / Blues 90 pickup. Gibson has a trademark on "Blues 90" and the aftermarketeers often call their clone the "B90."

 

 

 

[Juicy Elk Man]

Yep, Bryan makes great pickups at reasonable prices. You do have to wait awhile though, since he's a one-man operation. He's making me a bridge/neck set of Pure 90s for my Epi SG, which is getting some hardware changes too.