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P90???? Anyone make 'em

Posted by Christopher Call on March 9, 2010 at 1:56am in For Sale: Cigar Box Guitars, other instruments, cd
Wanted to know if anyone knew of a P90 like PUP for a 3 or better a 4 string? I am not a big fan of SC PUPs and I personally think a HB (that I have way too many of) would be over kill! The thick gritty P90 sound will work better for a future project I have cooking!

Let me know folks! Thanks!

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  • Sonny Wentling July 19, 2010 at 12:23am
    Hi brett. I have used a lot of six string pickups for my 3 and 4 stringers. Check out my picks. For 4 string just center the pickup under the strings it works fine. For 3 string ur gonna have to angle the pup to catch the strings. They wont be exact but close enough to do the job. I have also used bass pups and they worked out great for my 4 string. Hope this helps ya. I plan on venturing deeper into different styles of pups in the near future so watch my page for new pics. Good building.
    Ed

    Brett Morgan said:
    Would a normal P90 not work? I just bought a couple of mini humbuckers, haven't got anything to install them with yet though, angus young apparently prefers the P90 sound, I'm eyeing off some Jason Loller pickups at the moment, do PUPs need to be custom made because of the 3/4 string thing?

    Cheers

    Brett
  • The Valley Boys July 15, 2010 at 5:23pm
    That is the one.
  • Brett Morgan July 15, 2010 at 5:03pm
    This is the one your talking about?

    http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/ts0036_custompkup.hzml

    The Valley Boys said:
    I've also caught the P90 bug. I just made one for a 4 string flying V CBG, P60 maybe? It sounds thick and is
    loud as hell. Check Stewmac newsletter archive for a CBG P90 how-to. It's pretty good. BTW an alnico 5
    magnet cut in half is a perfect fit up to 4 strings. If you don't want to go DIY Ted's pickups are quite badass.
  • The Valley Boys July 15, 2010 at 12:54pm
    I've also caught the P90 bug. I just made one for a 4 string flying V CBG, P60 maybe? It sounds thick and is
    loud as hell. Check Stewmac newsletter archive for a CBG P90 how-to. It's pretty good. BTW an alnico 5
    magnet cut in half is a perfect fit up to 4 strings. If you don't want to go DIY Ted's pickups are quite badass.
  • Brett Morgan July 15, 2010 at 10:46am
    Would a normal P90 not work? I just bought a couple of mini humbuckers, haven't got anything to install them with yet though, angus young apparently prefers the P90 sound, I'm eyeing off some Jason Loller pickups at the moment, do PUPs need to be custom made because of the 3/4 string thing?

    Cheers

    Brett
  • Christopher Call March 9, 2010 at 11:36am
    Very cool, I have seen his stuff. I did not know he made a P90" like PUP! I will talk to him!
  • jim March 9, 2010 at 10:47am
    http://tedcrocker.com/ Ted supplys alot of builders, and does great work. And very fair pricing.
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