P-94

[Les Paul Fanatic]

Hey not to sound like a noob, but can any of you guys help me out on P-94 pickups I know the basics, I just don't know what they sound like.

[Thundergod]

They sound like p90s on a USA guitar with a white (white, not cream) pickguard. If the guitar is custom shop you will have to buy a creme pickguard and paint it black for the p90s to sound like p94s.

 

You can also buy a chinese fake and paint it all in white, and install a real gibson creme pickguard, regardless of which pickups the thing has on it, it will sound like a gibson with p94s because of the gibson pickguard.

 

All the flavor is in the pickguard man.

 

 

 

Now really... anyone tried those pickups?

[Dynadude]

I've never tried them, but thier selling point has always been that they are basically a P-90 sized for use in place of a full size humbucker.

 

If that is the case, I'd say they would have pretty much the same tone and output.

[ninety1vee]

look at this

the p-94

[mildperv]

I've got them in my '92 Studio. Not bad for growl but better for cleans.

 

 

[Homz]

I have considered putting a P94 in the neck of my standard. Temporarily for some of the more bluesy stuff. Might be interesting. Their $130 bucks on MF and come in either chrome or gold framing and black or cream center.

[Les Paul Fanatic]

I'd like to put one in my Vintage Mahogany and see what I get. Trying to stay away from the EMG's for a little while. However if I don't like than eh EMG's here I come.

[BLUEZZ BASTARDZZ]

Hey not to sound like a noob, but can any of you guys help me out on P-94 pickups I know the basics, I just don't know what they sound like.

Hi, I once wrote a pickup comparison with those pickups as the basis and only changing the bridge pickup to several humbuckers. I recorded each combination with three clips playing different guitar licks, so in the end it was a lot of recording, swapping, writing etc.

 

 

I published the results on the Tokai forum, because I used my 1981 Tokai LS120 for the review. If you read it, you'll find the links to the MP3 clips there as well:http://www.tokaiforu...opic.php?t=4630

 

 

 

 

 

[phil325]

theres also some demos on youtube if you feel like checking it out

 

(not a les paul but close enough)

[weeladdie]

You also might consider a set of GFS Mean 90's, I put them in an Agile AL-2000 and they sounded pretty damn good.

 

Be a lot cheaper too.

[Teobeck]

I just put Gibson P-94's in an all mahogany semi hollow. Cleaner, brighter tone than the 57 classics in my ES-339, and seem a little more powerful. Sort of like an ES-137. I compared it also to my Classic Player Jazzmaster, but bridge P-94 is less bright than JM bridge. They are great, funky sounding pups, and a definite change from humbuckers. They have their own sound, but in a a good way. I would call them warmer than burstbuckers, meaning less bright and brittle, but equally as powerful. 57 classics were my favorites, but now it's P-94's for sure. I play Chicago blues.

[DAS44]

P-90 in humbucker housing. great cleans

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[max2343]

Damn Dude That Sounds Good. The Tokia.

 

What Amp and Pedal Was Driving that Thing?

[thejay]

I installed P94s in both positions on my LP VM. Sounded great I just didn't play the guitar much in general so I ended up selling it.

 

Sounded great though.

[Teobeck]

I put P-94's in Samick Royale RL-4 all mahogany semi hollow as a project, as I also have ES-339. Great sound through Fender BF amp, almost like HB's in middle position, but beautifully clean on bridge pup, and much stronger signal on bridge than my CP Jazzmaster on bridge. Should also sound great on a Les Paul. I'm blues/Jazz player, so I look for clean; I do use FBM-1 pedal so as to get Bassman tones with BF amp, and P-94's sound great with a little hair from that circuit also. I would call output similar to Gibson '57 classic pups. I love sounds from both, and I'm glad I stuck with Gibson pups.

[BLUEZZ BASTARDZZ]

Damn Dude That Sounds Good. The Tokia.

 

What Amp and Pedal Was Driving that Thing?

Sorry for bumping up an old thread, but I only saw this reply today and thought it might be addressed to me. I used my Mesa Boogie Mark IIb with self-built EVM-12L Thiele cab for that pickup comparison (see the pic I added above), no pedal, just using the lead channel. You can read about the used amp settings in that thread on the Tokai forum, too.

 

 

I also used that guitar and amp in some new Bluezz Bastardzz live videos: My Head's In Mississippi and Fool For Your Stockings by ZZ Top and Walking On The Moon by The Police. All the clips are also available in the video sections of our Myspace and Facebook band profiles.

 

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=108395786

 

 

 

[mKwatra427]

They're supposed to sound just like P-90s, though I don't know if they succeed. I'm considering buying a new Epi Les Paul and swapping out the humbuckers for a P-94.

[EVOL!]

I love P-94s. I put one in the neck of my SG Special. Reminds me of P-90 mixed with a Jazzmaster soap bar. If you want to here them in action, Nick V. of the Strokes has a pair in his Epi Casino.

[marvar]

The P94 is Phil X's pickup of choice for his stage guitars-, just You Tube him, or his band The Drills to hear those pickups in action-

I haven't tried the P94, but, I have used the Seymour Phat Cats version of a P94 quite a bit- and actually, they seem to have a vibe of their own, they do have that P90 sound, but, it's not an exact sound of a P90.

[NightTimeConcealmentX91]

What type of pickup is the pickup in Neil Young's 57 goldtop painted black that he always plays for really grungie stuff?

 

I think their p-90s but their like really old and humbucker sized like a P-94.

 

I have noticed that P-90s can be bigger and stuff like there is one called a soapbar and there are big ones in Fender Jazzmasters.

 

Sorry I couldn't help I'm in the process of learning too.

 

Keep on Rockin in the free world =)

-Jake