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Chrismo

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I'm going to put in a new set of soapbar P-90's in my Epi Casino.

 

I think the stock ones sound really dark...are there any recommendations for a sweet, chimey sounding set of P-90's?

 

I've got a set of Mean 90's in an LP that are more gears towards a thicker, "meaner" sound.

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charlie brown

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P-90's are "midrangey," if anything. You will need to set the amp a bit differently, for P-90's than for

Humbuckers or Fender type single coils, IMHO. Of course, having said that, it might depend one what

kind of "tone" you're after. P-90's are more articulate, especially the neck pickup...that is, they don't

muddy up, as easily as full size hummer's, can. I've always felt P-90's were the best of both worlds,

tone wise...enough "spank," being a single coil, and yet warm and round toned, at the same time.

So, before you start changing pickups, really mess around with you amp settings, and even your

guitar volume and tone settings...(IF, you haven't already exhausted those possibilities, that is.)

But you've got a good/great amp, so you should be able to get some awesome tone, with that combination.

 

Cheers,

CB

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Try this, dime the guitar controls, both pickups, and run your amp with treble at 3 o'clock, mids (I think you've got a tone stack??) at 9 o'clock and bass at 11 o'clock. That's about as much treble emphasis as I've ever been able to get out of an amp without losing something good somewhere else. Sometimes, it can sound like a totally different rig. Oh, and if you amp is on the floor and pushed up next to a wall, get it up on a stand and move it 2-3 feet away from any wall.

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Definitely will try that...if that doesn't work out' date=' are there any pickup suggestions?[/quote']

 

Well...if it was me, I'd spend the money, and get Gibson P-90's. But other's here have had good

results with Seymour Duncan's and GFS versions. I'm told that Rio Grande makes a good P-90,

as does Fralin. So, there are LOTS of choices. I have Gibson P-90's in my Casino...(it's a 1966, and

came stpck, that way), and I've never (ever) considered changing them. A bunch of us, just got the new

Riviera with 3 P-90's, and they are great! I (persoanally) have no complaints, at all...about those

stock P-90's. I run through Fender and Marshall amps, depending on what "mood" I'm in...LOL!

They sound great, through both...but a bit different, too...as one would expect. Other's here, may

differ, in their evaluations.

 

CB

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Well...if it was me' date=' I'd spend the money, and get Gibson P-90's. But other's here have had good

results with Seymour Duncan's and GFS versions. I'm told that Rio Grande makes a good P-90,

as does Fralin. So, there are LOTS of choices. I have Gibson P-90's in my Casino...(it's a 1966, and

came stpck, that way), and I've never (ever) considered changing them. A bunch of us, just got the new

Riviera with 3 P-90's, and they are great! I (persoanally) have no complaints, at all...about those

stock P-90's. I run through Fender and Marshall amps, depending on what "mood" I'm in...LOL!

They sound great, through both...but a bit different, too...as one would expect. Other's here, may

differ, in their evaluations.

 

CB[/quote']

 

Did you have any issues with the pickup change? I looked up a few pages on Google and some people said the string spacing wasn't exact and that a custom p90 would have to be made...

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Did you have any issues with the pickup change? I looked up a few pages on Google and some people said the string spacing wasn't exact and that a custom p90 would have to be made...

 

 

Well, I've read that, too. As I said previously, I have Not changed my P-90's, and have no plans

to do so... SO...someone else, here, will have to address that. Sorry...

 

CB

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Nice, Jeffery...but, like the Hamer's, they have the slector switch in a "strange" place...IMHO! I guess, like anything,

you'd get used to it...but if you switch guitars a lot...keeping up with Fender and Gibson (LP, SG, 335 or equiv.) is

enough to confuse this tired old brain. LOL! Looks like a nice guitar, though. As are the Hamer's, I've seen.

 

CB

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In my opinion, GFS P90 pickups sound quite good. I think most people have run into problems with pole spacing issues when they try to use the original chrome covers with replacement P90s since the Epiphone P90s seem to use a different spacing than the Gibson P90s. Since you are changing the covers as well, you wont have that worry. The pole spacing of the original Epi P90s on my Casino didn't quite match the string spacing anyway.

 

GFS has pickups with either black of cream colored plastic covers, and uses a reverse wound, reverse polarity pickup for the neck PUP for noise-canceling in the middle switch position. I don't know if the screw spacing or the footprint of the plastic cover exactly match those of the original Casino chrome covers. I have GFS pickups but I am using the original chrome covers.

 

Of course, you will have to solder the new pickup leads to the volume pots, but since the Casino is a hollow body there is plenty of room to get at the pots through the large holes on the front that the pickups mount in.

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