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Old August 13th, 2011, 01:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Anyone playing P90's in church?
I'm considering rebuilding one of my guitars using P90 pickups. I love the raunchy sound but I'm not sure they would be good for the stuff we play at church. Who's doing it?

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Old August 13th, 2011, 09:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Although I'm not currently using P90's myself, I think that they would work well in worship music. They would help you cut through the mix and be a little thicker. Sounds like it would be great!
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Old August 13th, 2011, 09:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I find that I can get a good mellow, dark, and full sound out of them, particularly on hollow bodied guitars.

I agree that using them with an overdrive might sound a little aggressive but they are great for clean sounds!
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Old August 14th, 2011, 09:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I find that I can get a good mellow, dark, and full sound out of them, particularly on hollow bodied guitars.

I agree that using them with an overdrive might sound a little aggressive but they are great for clean sounds!
I'll have to look into that. While I am very familiar with how they sound with overdrive, I'm not so familiar with how they sound clean.

These would be going into a Telecaster. My other thought is to just use humbuckers but I think some day I'd like to own an ES-335 for that sound.
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Old August 14th, 2011, 09:22 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Hell, yeh... ooops sorry.....

Damn.. I'm always being sacreligous... ooo geez...

best thing I ever did to this ole Tele... was P90 it...

Man! they never had rock bands in any church I went to as a kid...
so, it's kinda weird hearing about all this Church band GAS for gear.....

we just had an organ thingy.. the player didn't seem to have to beat it as hard as a piano... to get the volume... .. electricity, I believe..
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Old August 14th, 2011, 10:29 AM   #7 (permalink)
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These would be going into a Telecaster. My other thought is to just use humbuckers but I think some day I'd like to own an ES-335 for that sound.
Sorry to go a bit off-topic... I play a 335 into an overdriven Fender voiced amp (Tone King Imperial) with a full band. It sounds great for both rhythm and lead.
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Old August 14th, 2011, 01:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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A P90 through a clean setting is really wonderful.
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Old August 14th, 2011, 01:38 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I think P90s are considered sinful. I could be wrong about that.
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Old August 15th, 2011, 04:43 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Ive seen jazzmasters used in a worship environment... Pretty sick...
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Old August 15th, 2011, 06:08 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I play a Sheraton in my church band, which has B90's by Mick Brierley … P90's in hb size.

Clean or dirty, they sound great.
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I think P90s are considered sinful. I could be wrong about that.
How does a pickup create sin?
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Old August 16th, 2011, 01:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I find that I can get a good mellow, dark, and full sound out of them, particularly on hollow bodied guitars.
My Squier BSB Affinity has a GFS P-90 neck pickup and I played it in church for years. I'm not into heavy distortion, but it offers a thickness and edginess that I like.
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My Squier BSB Affinity has a GFS P-90 neck pickup and I played it in church for years. I'm not into heavy distortion, but it offers a thickness and edginess that I like.
How well does the P90 in the neck go with the single coil in the bridge? Do you play with both pickups on at the same time (position 2)?
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How does a pickup create sin?
Hey, no theological discussion allowed!
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How does a pickup create sin?
I'm lusting for one.
The gluttony of its tone?
My greed for adding to my stables.
Haven't gotten around to sloth.
My wrath agin 60 cycle hum.
I envy yours.
Pride in what I make when I turn around and sell it on CL.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 07:45 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I'm lusting for one.
The gluttony of its tone?
My greed for adding to my stables.
Haven't gotten around to sloth.
My wrath agin 60 cycle hum.
I envy yours.
Pride in what I make when I turn around and sell it on CL.
I'm guilty of most of those too! ...But it's not the pickup's fault.
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Old August 17th, 2011, 12:59 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I play a FMT HH Tele at my church, I have 3 over drive settings and a clean.... I think the 90 would be great.
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Old August 17th, 2011, 01:04 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I play a FMT HH Tele at my church, I have 3 over drive settings and a clean.... I think the 90 would be great.
This is my exact setup.
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Old August 17th, 2011, 07:38 AM   #20 (permalink)
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I find that I can get a good mellow, dark, and full sound out of them, particularly on hollow bodied guitars.

I agree that using them with an overdrive might sound a little aggressive but they are great for clean sounds!
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A P90 through a clean setting is really wonderful.
I agree with both of these statements. Not sure that OD pick ups have a place in any worship or church setting but a clean P90 sounds fabulous.

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