frazzled Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Hi, can someone give some song examples of THE P-90 sound? Is it the Black Crowes 'Twice as Hard' intro? Is it the intro to 'Gimme Shelter'? I'm just wondering what the heck these sound like. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauseflash Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 thats really hard. Like asking a "Humbucker Sound" or "Single Coil". Many people make their own P-90's. Thats like saying that Guns and Roses, Tool, and lets go with Foo Fighters all Sound the same. They are all indeed humbucker users. Or Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Stevie Ray Vaughn... Best advice, go to a music shop and play em to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) Yep, play a guitar with P-90's. Make sure you play through an amp that is voiced similarly to your amp. Play clean (NOT distorted!) if you really want to hear "the sound" of P-90's. To my ears... P-90's have a sound that is warm and full (not super bright like Strat pickups), but there IS that "spank" or "quack" in the bass strings like there is with Strat pickups. To my ears, humbuckers don't have that "quack" on the bass strings. FWIW, here's some music I recorded. The guitar has homemade P-90's. http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1090234&t=2068 http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1081529&t=5437 Edited March 15, 2008 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 George Thorogood for the more raw side, Early Santana for the smoother distortion side, Early Leslie West (Mississippi Queen) for the way too fat sound, and then there's all kinds of old hollow-body P90 guitar recordings that I'm not familiar with, but from a time when amps were not pushed, so they sound more nice and mellow like that. There was a thread over at the Gear page where a huge list of P90 recordings was listed. They don't have one sound, but I guess no pickup does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Early Elvis. Scotty Moore played an ES295 on that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 i believe tony iomi recorded with p90's on early black sabbath albums. not 100% though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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