Need recommendations for P90's

[fredcapo]

Hi. Does anyone have a recommendation based on your usage for different makers of P90 pickups? Rewiring a Gibson ES type of guitar with P90 pickups for rock, blues style of playing.

Thanks.

[Rabs]

Where abouts are you?

 

From the UK, ive had some really good results with pickups from AxesRus and they are very reasonably priced

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/P90s-s/1849.htm

 

Also heard really good things about The Creamery

http://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custom-handwound-pickups-from-the-creamery/custom-handwound-replacement-p90-pickups.html#.WBeKXY177IU

[Versatile]

For an ES, one option would be Casino/330 type P90's....

 

There are many custom makers out there like Bare Knuckle, Seymour Duncan et al

 

Other good(IMO) P90-ers

 

Godin

Gordon Smith

Duesenberg

Crafter

 

V

 

[Zentar]

Don't forget Kent Armstrong P90s. I swapped them into my Casino. They are wound in Korea but they sound very Gibson-like. They use 42awg wire and are typically have a DC resistance of 8.1ko. Those are specs similar to Gibby P90s.

[fredcapo]

Thanks for the advise. After all, I decided to go for an unheard of brand, Only Music, that had a lot of positive feedback online. The pickups are called Blues Tribute, are alnico 5 @ 8.4k and wound and packaged for them by an undisclosed manufacturer. They arrived today and look and feel pretty good with nice metsl baseplate for $40 or so bucks each. Just ordered spacers. They are being retrofitted into an old ES5. Will know how they sound in a week or so. Thanks.

[Zentar]

Thanks for the advise. After all, I decided to go for an unheard of brand, Only Music, that had a lot of positive feedback online. The pickups are called Blues Tribute, are alnico 5 @ 8.4k and wound and packaged for them by an undisclosed manufacturer. They arrived today and look and feel pretty good with nice metsl baseplate for $40 or so bucks each. Just ordered spacers. They are being retrofitted into an old ES5. Will know how they sound in a week or so. Thanks.

 

never heard of those but it sounds like they use 42awg wire which is what the Gibson P90 uses. The Gibbys are what everybody copies. They run $100 a piece. I got my Kent Armstrong P90s for $60 a piece. Though KA is mostly famous for their jazz pickups they make everything.

 

In order to get a DCR of 8.4ko you need to use 42awg. Yours are probably wound in the orient. Come back and give us a review.

[fredcapo]

Still working on the p90 install...many projects going on... the covers That came with the oickups are allright look somewhat rounder but will probsbly use them. Thenpickup is equipped with exposed braid cable with cloth covered conducter very much like originjals. Have photo but cant post. This forum system pretty didfunctional.

 

I need spacers...got some on ebay and they arrived rough cut need plenty of shaping and buffing...could do it but not pleased. Will gibson sell covers and spacers? Other sources? Thanks.