|
Very different sounding pickups:
P90: muscular, lots of mids, fat, plenty of bite, very raunchy - yet, since it is still a single-coil, you can still get those snappy, twangy piano-like tones on the low strings, esp. if you turn back the volume a bit. A P90 in the bridge position screams "rock'n'roll" like nothing else...
Filtertron: much lower output than a P90, much less mids, much less fat, very chimey, jangly, bright on the high strings, with overdrive Filtertrons have trademark grainy/grinding tone, very raunchy; however, on the low strings (particularly the low E) there isn't even the tiniest bit of snappy twang available, it is a humbucker, after all, and has that typical dry, woody, dull bark that all humbuckers have there. With a Filtertron I sometimes get the impression that the low/wound and high/unwound strings come from two very different pickups, one dark and dry, the other bright and chimey...
Not making this easier, but if you want something unconventional, how about a Dynasonic? Tonally it's kind of a cross between a P90 and a regular Tele bridge PU - all the snappy twang and bite of a Tele, but with much more bottom-end, and the extra dirt of a P90...
|