P-90's
Price:
Soapbar...................... $80
Dogear.........................$90
Rod 90........................ $95
Humbucker-Sized.......... Case-by-case (See below and contact me for details)
Options:
3-conductor (for phase reversal, etc.).............. NO CHARGE
Tap............................................................ $15
RWRP set..................................................... NO CHARGE (standard for all my P90 sets unless otherwise requested)
Soapbar...................... $80
Dogear.........................$90
Rod 90........................ $95
Humbucker-Sized.......... Case-by-case (See below and contact me for details)
Options:
3-conductor (for phase reversal, etc.).............. NO CHARGE
Tap............................................................ $15
RWRP set..................................................... NO CHARGE (standard for all my P90 sets unless otherwise requested)
Jazz 90
Bridge - 8.3k Roughcast A2; Neck 6.6k Narrow A2 or A3
Though designed primarily for archtops and semi-hollows (or any guitar that has plenty of natural bass/low-mid response), this set in a solidbody delivers the ultimate in sweet vintage twang and jangle. Jazzbos will be very pleased with the dynamics, clarity, detail and complexity.
Cherrick
Bridge - 8.8k Roughcast A5 & A2; Neck - 7.2k narrow A5 & A2
The Cherrick set is my take on an overwound vintage P90 flavor and it has become my most popular P90 set. It was named after the screen name of a customer who bought the second set I ever made with these specs. (I thought he was the first but by the time I found out otherwise, it was too late -- the name had stuck, and anyway, it does have a ring to it.)
THE BRIDGE has a few turns more than a typical vintage P90 to get some of that midrange grunt we all crave. Roughcast magnets and a few other tricks keep away the dreaded icepick. It’s very dynamic, so it has plenty of hollow vintage jangle when you’re picking lightly but lots of bluesy grunt and growl when you dig in.
THE NECK spec is deceptively low. It has plenty of punch, enough that I had to resort to narrower bar magnets to keep it from being too heavy. In fact, 7.2k is the highest spec on any of my neck P90’s for a typical 22-fret guitar, unless the customer strongly insists otherwise -- in which case, check out the P24.
Blues 90
Bridge 9.3k Roughcast A5 & A2; Neck - 7.2k narrow A5 & A2
A hotter version of the Cherrick set, except that THE NECK pu is pretty much identical. (One of the narrow mags in the neck can be replaced with a standard width magnet if you need it fatter, but you likely won’t.)
THE BRIDGE, as you might expect with a few hundred extra turns, is less hollow and jangly than the Cherrick, with meatier mids, but with no loss of clarity and detail.
P-24 Neck
7.5k Narrow A5 & A2
As the name implies, the P24 is a NECK P90 designed for 24-fret guitars or any guitar where the neck pu position is pushed a little closer to the bridge than normal. This causes the pickup to see a slightly less bassy segment of the string so you can get away with and may even need a few more turns of wire. If you really need some extra beef, one or both narrow magnets can be replaced with standard 1/2” magnets, or some extra turns of wire. But in most cases you’ll find the standard specs to be plenty.
It can also be used in guitars with neck pu’s at standard distance from the bridge if you really need a wider tone from the neck for fat single note lines.
Honk 90 Bridge
9.7k Roughcast A5 & A2
This bridge pickup has plenty of honkin’ mids to push your non-master volume amp and great for slide, but still very dynamic when you lighten up on the pick. If your guitar is a little dark and you need all that push but want some extra bite, it can be made with two A5 magnets.
Honk Plus Bridge
10.3k Roughcast A5
A hotter Honk 90 to take you to raw, raunchy rock-n-roll heaven. This is for the player who has pulled his hair out in search of a hot enough – but clear enough – P90 to push that non-master vol amp into Mississippi Queen territory. And like the original Honk, it’s great for slide too.
As with any P90 I make, it can also be made with a tap for a more vintage flavor at the flick of a switch. Can also be made with my standard A5+A2 magnet combo if your guitar is unusually bright.
Hotter Than Honk Plus Bridge
These are rarely requested so I don’t have any set models, but I do make them from time to time specifically tailored for each customer. These are typically wound with 43 PE and usually in the 14-15k range, though you can also ask for hotter 42 AWG models to the extent that it will fit on the bobbin.
The magnet can be whatever you want, as long as I think it will work for the sound you’re after. A tap can be provided for occasional returns to sanity, however brief.
Rod 90's
For a Fender sound in your P90 axe, this pickup is made with six Alnico rods just like a Strat or Tele pickup. The sound is like a slightly wider Strat tone and it makes for an ideal middle pickup for a 3-P90 guitar for maximum quack in the bridge/middle and neck/middle positions. Turn and magnet specs vary with customer need, though as a rule of thumb, neck and especially bridge specs need to be fairly high for a touch of that P90 woof.
Humbucker Sized P-90's
This is a work still in progress due primarily to difficulty in finding suitable plastic covers. I have nickel and gold covers which have the advantage of reducing the noise, but unfortunately they also reduce that P90 sizzle and snarl.
Another quirk with this kind of pickup is that because the bobbin is shorter length-wise, it limits the amount of 42 gauge wire you can put on it, so that specs much over 8k are difficult to impossible. However, this can be fixed with thinner 43 gauge if you’re not the type to turn your nose up at sub-42 wire.
So all in all, it’s a little tricky but if this is a pickup you just gotta have, e-mail me and we can probably work something out. E-mail me for details.
