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Old February 22nd, 2012, 09:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Any Love for Neck Position P-90?
Also what are you using in the bridge position? Very curious for opinions as I am considering a P-90 build with a standard Tele PU in the bridge. Thanks!

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Old February 22nd, 2012, 09:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Thinking about that myself. Harmonic Design makes a neck P90 that looks just like a standard tele neck pup. I think they call it the Super Chrome. Good reviews. Thats the one I'm thinking about, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 09:57 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I have a Squier Telecustom 2 with P90s in both bridge and neck,it's a fine sounding guitar.They sound a little more mellow than my other single coil teles and have a lovely tone dirtied up slightly,especially in open G.
For my tastes single coiled guitars sound great clean or dirty,whereas,although I like the rockier sounds of a humbucker,I think they sound bland when totally clean.

Plenty of love for the P90 here.
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 10:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I have a Squier Telecustom 2 with P90s in both bridge and neck,it's a fine sounding guitar.They sound a little more mellow than my other single coil teles and have a lovely tone dirtied up slightly,especially in open G.
For my tastes single coiled guitars sound great clean or dirty,whereas,although I like the rockier sounds of a humbucker,I think they sound bland when totally clean.

Plenty of love for the P90 here.
I've got one of those as well. Great sounding guitar through the right amp.
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 10:28 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Yes, dig a p90 in the neck:
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 10:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Yeah.. I like the neck P-90... and the middle P-90... and the bridge P-90...
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 11:28 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Yeah.. I like the neck P-90... and the middle P-90... and the bridge P-90...
P-90 much?
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 11:43 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I like both P-90s equally, but rarely use the middle position.
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Old February 22nd, 2012, 03:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Yeah.. I like the neck P-90... and the middle P-90... and the bridge P-90...
Heh,if you budged the others together a bit you could squeeze another 90 in there.
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 03:54 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I recently had both pickups replaced in my CV 50 BSB. I replaced the
bridge pup with a Rumplestilskin Black Rope & in the neck I had a
Reilander P90 put in. Totally transformed this guitar! Highly recommend
a P90 in the neck. Really loving the tone I get in the middle position.
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 04:06 AM   #11 (permalink)
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yep.. love my neck PU's.... P90's go OK...

nothing better than taking a router to a perfectly good Squier... and transforming it into a keeper.... ...

or a putting in a Gibbo bridge PU to blend with one....

Teles are great platforms, eh?...
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 06:01 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Heh,if you budged the others together a bit you could squeeze another 90 in there.
Like this? So what do you think the name of the 2nd and 3rd pickups? Twin middle pickups?



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I like both P-90s equally, but rarely use the middle position.
Is it Samick? I love it!
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 06:09 AM   #13 (permalink)
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that'd be a 4XP90 stack I reckon....

I wonder how many PU combinations it would have?..
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Yeah, that's a Samick JA125.
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I would love to build a Tele with a P90 bridge pickup and a standard Tele neck pickup.
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I've got a GFS P-90 in the neck and the GFS Alnico 50s vintage-voiced bridge pickup. I had to crank the P-90 down quite a bit to balance the output. It's a great combo.
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 09:30 AM   #18 (permalink)
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The pickups in my Prairiewood Special are from S.K. Guitar Specialties. http://www.skguitar.com/SKGS/sk/pickups.htm

I have his P90 in the bridge and J90, with slug magnets, in the neck. Very nice.



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The pickups in my Prairiewood Special are from S.K. Guitar Specialties. http://www.skguitar.com/SKGS/sk/pickups.htm

I have his P90 in the bridge and J90, with slug magnets, in the neck. Very nice.



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No joke man!

A rod magnet P90 in the neck spot is a real nice compliment to a bar magnet bridge pickup. Rod magnet P90's have such great clarity in the neck spot!
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Old February 23rd, 2012, 05:49 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Thinking about that myself. Harmonic Design makes a neck P90 that looks just like a standard tele neck pup. I think they call it the Super Chrome. Good reviews. Thats the one I'm thinking about, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
They have a P90 type bridge pickup too. There was one installed in a Squier Telecaster that I bought off of Craigslist... for slightly more than the pickup sells for by itself.

As to P90s in the neck position, if my neck route was a little wider, I'd have already done it.
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