Morgancolgrave Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Had my first 'at volume' play of my new p90 junior special. Love the tone and thickness of it (I'm a fender guy). Much more in the left hand with the thicker neck. Biggest gripe was the hum from the p90's when not playing. It was extreme. Way more than my tele. Granted it was going into an slightly breaking up amp, with a Timmy stacked with a hotcake. But still loud hum. Is this what I should expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I guess this is normal for P90s as it matches my experiences with them since 28 years. This is why I play my otherwise fantastic Weimann Blues Bird ES guitar with P90s very seldom at high gain and/or volume. As for Fenders, I switched to Noiseless series pickups in most of mine. All of my Gibsons are featuring humbuckers. Furthermore, I use coil split options mostly for clean tones and sometimes for crunch sounds, but never for high-gain settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yup... pretty much all single coils hum... And a lot of people don't like P90s because of that... But I say, just turn the volume down when you arnt playing and all is good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgancolgrave Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yup... pretty much all single coils hum... And a lot of people don't like P90s because of that... But I say, just turn the volume down when you arnt playing and all is good :) Yeah I figure that's what I'll be doing. I just didn't expect the p90 hum to be noticeably louder than my tele with quite similar output from the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yup... pretty much all single coils hum... And a lot of people don't like P90s because of that... But I say, just turn the volume down when you arnt playing and all is good :) +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 yea p90 hum is brutal. but - worth it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge7707 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 My Tele had an annoying hum. I talk to a guitar tech and explain when I touched the volume knob the hum would dampen extremely. So mine was a grounding issue, it's possible if your p90s seem unusually loud that you may have a ground issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 yea p90 hum is brutal. but - worth it... amen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 would shielding help? it does with the strat i have. also what about using a noise gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarusvt84 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 A pricey option are Kinman noiseless. I love mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I'm surprised at the amount of hum you're experiencing. I had a P90-loaded SG and I never had a problem with hum. Perhaps the amount of gain you're using and or type of amp and or proximity to your amp is a factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority Four Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Volume pedal off = no noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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