p-90 type pickup(s)

telbert twang · June 27th, 2008, 12:59 AM

Hi

I really have not found any good `underbonnet´ view of one of those -
were/are some of them (for example the early ones) with 3 separate magnets inside the coil ?
What would (the early) p-90 look like under the cover?

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telbert twang · July 5th, 2008, 01:37 PM

ok...
anyway - even if not in p90 - has anybody seen something like this? three separate magnets inside the coil...

e-merlin · July 5th, 2008, 05:49 PM

All of the P-90s I've seen have two magnets, one on each side of the screws. I've never seen anything like that, but it's a big, big world.

Zhangliqun · July 5th, 2008, 11:05 PM

That would be a really weird way to wind a pickup. The corners would cut the wire.

telbert twang · July 11th, 2008, 03:52 AM

i know its weird design, but actually they DO EXIST , on these "100 year old" hollowbodies :

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/IMGP7536.JPG

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/IMGP7540.JPG

the wound coil is wrapped into very thin plastick-like material , and tightened close to magnets via thin straps between the magnets tips ( shown red on the edited picture above)

sound AWESOME , juicy and loud output, something like " single coil with humbucker output"

i just thought that this type could route out from earliest p90, but probably not then...

boris bubbanov · July 11th, 2008, 02:27 PM

I suppose the magnet edges could be beveled or chamfered.

I would expect that type of design to produce large amounts of internal shorts and eddy-currents.

But the most efficient pickup design is not always the one most pleasing to the human ear, so who knows?

boris bubbanov · July 11th, 2008, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telbert twang

on these "100 year old" hollowbodies :

hey, don't make me any older than I already am!

telbert twang · July 13th, 2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

...that type of design to produce large amounts of internal shorts and eddy-currents...

yea thats probably right - they dont sound as transaparent as set of proper alnico vintage style wound tele pups , but on the other hand they have noticeably higher output, kinda juicy sound , but still not that humbucker´s mellowness( "cleans-through-a-sock-thing").

And dont get frustrated - i lied - they´re only from sixties , not earlier

June 27th, 2008, 12:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
telbert twang Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 172 30 Photos	p-90 type pickup(s) view? Hi I really have not found any good `underbonnet´ view of one of those - were/are some of them (for example the early ones) with 3 separate magnets inside the coil ? What would (the early) p-90 look like under the cover? tt Last edited by telbert twang; July 5th, 2008 at 01:39 PM.

July 5th, 2008, 01:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
telbert twang Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 172 30 Photos	ok... anyway - even if not in p90 - has anybody seen something like this? three separate magnets inside the coil... Last edited by telbert twang; July 11th, 2008 at 05:32 AM.

July 11th, 2008, 03:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
telbert twang Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 172 30 Photos	i know its weird design, but actually they DO EXIST , on these "100 year old" hollowbodies : http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/IMGP7536.JPG http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/IMGP7540.JPG the wound coil is wrapped into very thin plastick-like material , and tightened close to magnets via thin straps between the magnets tips ( shown red on the edited picture above) sound AWESOME , juicy and loud output, something like " single coil with humbucker output" i just thought that this type could route out from earliest p90, but probably not then... Last edited by telbert twang; July 11th, 2008 at 05:33 AM.

July 11th, 2008, 02:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 7,674	I suppose the magnet edges could be beveled or chamfered. I would expect that type of design to produce large amounts of internal shorts and eddy-currents. But the most efficient pickup design is not always the one most pleasing to the human ear, so who knows? __________________ Bubban0v

July 5th, 2008, 11:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zhangliqun TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles Age: 44 Posts: 66	That would be a really weird way to wind a pickup. The corners would cut the wire.