Members niceguy Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've searched the forum, and I know the body is routed for P90s. But, are there any replacement humbuckers shaped like P90s? I like the idea of a P90 in the neck, but I'd want a humbucker in the bridge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dattebayo1 Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I suppose there are some, there's always the p100 design - a p90 with a ghost coil- so there's the humbucking effect with the same output and a very similar voicing. I'm sure there are true humbuckers that size that'd work, maybe even the mini-humbucker, but i love the sound of single coils, so i'm somewhat baised against changing it out and probably not the best person to be taking advise from on the matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blwilli Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 I'm actually going to try putting in P-100s into my SG Classic this weekend, I'll let you know how it sounds. That being said, the P-100 is a stacked humbucker that looks like a P-90. Seymour Duncan also makes a stacked humbucker that looks like a P-90, it's the STK-P1, DiMarzio makes P-90 sized side by side humbuckers, Virtual p90, ToneZone P-90, P-90 Super Distortion, and DLX Plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Why would you buy a classic if you want an HB tone? This defies explanation!!! Anyway - if you're married to the idea, you can try mini-HBs - IIRC, they are the same size as P90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 DiMarzio offers a variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H-90 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Why would you buy a classic if you want an HB tone? This defies explanation!!!Anyway - if you're married to the idea, you can try mini-HBs - IIRC, they are the same size as P90s P-90s are actually a fair bit larger. in a body you can coax the mounting ring SOMETIMES, but in a pickguard you're screwed.MiniHB->P-90 is a pretty easy conversion. Backwards isn't. My suggestion would be buying a good used faded, getting a neck P90/bridge HB pickguard made up, and doing it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GPLAYER Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Why ruin a perfectly good guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AL30 Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 DiMarzio offers a variety. Yep they've got a few to choose from. Looks like a good bet. If you want to get rid of your P90's let me know. I'm looking for a black set for my LP Special. AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Yep they've got a few to choose from. Looks like a good bet.If you want to get rid of your P90's let me know. I'm looking for a black set for my LP Special.ALIf it's the color you're worried about I think that you can just swap covers...could be mistaken though. A word of warning about the SD stacked P90's; they are too deep because they are stacked and the SG body is so thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zuzuman Posted March 19, 2009 Members Share Posted March 19, 2009 Replacing the P90s on an SG Classic would make the baby Jesus cry But if you really must, I had good success with DiMarzio Virtual P90s in another guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blwilli Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 Ok, I've got the P100s in. Now mind you, I've modified them, with a coil split at about the 8k mark on the top coil (yes, that means I unwound them to that point, spliced in the tap, and rewound them) SO I have a P-90 when split/tapped, and P-100 when both coils are used. No additional routing was required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maess Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 Don't do it. If you have to get that HB sound I've got an early SG Faded (one of the ones with the half moon inlays and the ebony boards) that I will trade you for the classic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 LOL. When I saw the thread title, I knew you were going to get the HC wrath for suggesting such blasphemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blwilli Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 I agree, don't do it. I only did it because I'm an electronics technician, and can unwind, tap, and rewind pickups, so I can still get the P-90 sound when using a push-pull. That being said, a P-100 does NOT sound like a conventional humbucker. In a conventional humbucker (PAF style) the two coils are wired in SERIES. Meaning two coils 4k each (roughly in the case of a PAF), reverse wound and reverse polarity from eachother, which gives you a total of 8k. In the case of the P100, the two coils are wound in SERIES, this would mean to get an output of 8k, each coil (if they were equal) would have to be 16k (which is why I unwound the top coil, tapped it, and re wound it. So, a P-100 and a Humbucker have very different sounds, the P-100 is more clear and has more trebble. the LC (inductive capacitance) of the P-100 is closer to a P-90, so it sounds MORE like a P-90 than a humbucker, but of course, not EXACTLY like a P-90. The P-100 is an entity unto itself, much like a filtertron, or a lipstick, etc etc etc. To each their own. I wanted the ABILITY to get rid of the hum, but still tap into the P-90 (by literally tapping into the top coil) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members redundantshrimp Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 dont do it, niceguy:cop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blwilli Posted March 23, 2009 Members Share Posted March 23, 2009 Besides, the perfect tone is different to each player. I don't much like DiMarzio Super Distortions, but somehow Jimmy Page made them work. Many Strat players hate the "vintage noiseless" pickups Fender makes, but Clapton has been playing those for YEARS...and, here's the weird thing...he STILL sounds like Clapton!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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