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Original message:9 days 10 hours 29 minutes ago

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will these two work out at the same time or sound like crap

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Reply:9 days 10 hours 22 minutes ago
Member: bachmirage

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'at the same time"??? why would you run them at the same time? i would imagine it would sound pretty muddy. and i don't see that setup looking very good on a guitar. but i'm not a real big fan of single coil pickups to begin with. allthough the 90's sound beeter to me than a regular single. just not a big fan of 60 cycle hum........but for a nice clean tone, they work well........

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Reply:9 days 8 hours 38 minutes ago
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Tom Scholz from Boston used to have a les paul that had a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and a P90 in the neck.

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Reply:9 days 8 hours 31 minutes ago
Member: pinsone

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I want to be able to get the p-90 sound and the humbucker sound in one guitar
is there any other way

and what is the difference in sound of a p-90 and a soapbar if any

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Reply:9 days 8 hours 24 minutes ago
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a p-90 *is* a soapbar...

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Reply:9 days 7 hours 51 minutes ago
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Thats what i thought

but for some reason i thought it was special

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Reply:8 days 21 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: eds1275

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Gibson makes a p-90 in a humbucker sized format, and the name is different, I forget what they call it. Buy some gibson vintage reissue strings and it will have a little brochure in it. Save you from routing out a guitar.

A P-90 in the neck position is a wicked sound - either that or a classic 57 in the neck [uber creamy] and a p-90 in the bridge for some snappy bite.

My blueshawk has dual p-90s and they rock! And blues...

Reply:8 days 19 hours 42 minutes ago
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I was thinking of changing out one of my pickups for a chromed cover humbucker pick up or the Dimarzio Fred. I like the sound of mine now, but I want to try and get a little more of that scooped sound. Any suggestions?

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Reply:8 days 19 hours 40 minutes ago
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SWEET

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Reply:8 days 13 hours 4 minutes ago
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you could try a les paul bfg. it's about a grand and has a neck p90 and burstbucker 3 in the bridge.

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Reply:8 days 12 hours 57 minutes ago
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You actually piqued my interest in this now...:)

I was looking around, and some of these pickups i have experience with, some I don't.

Dimarzio EJ Custom - This thing sounds amazing. It is very close to those old toaster-top pickups that Gretsch and Rickenbacker used to make.
Dimarzio Humbucker from Hell - A lot like a P-90. Their website describes it as a strat sound with PAF power.

Seymour Duncan Phat Cat - one of those Humbucker-sized P-90's. Amazing little pickup...a friend of mine tried some in one of his Ibanez JetKings, and the result ended up sounding a lot like an old LP Junior.

Gibson P-94 - Essentially the same thing as a Phat Cat, I think the P-94 looks classier.

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Reply:8 days 12 hours 48 minutes ago
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I'm putting one in to replace my bridge pickup

or a regular soapbar from a jazzman

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