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P90 choice..........

lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
edited January 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Thinking about slotting a P90 pup into the neck of my Viper. Genuiene gibbos are more than I want to spend. I have seen DiMarzios which are OK in price. I have heard the name Fralin too, but don't know anything about them.
Any insights welcome.
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    If Gibsons are too expensive, then Fralin pickups are probably too much as well:

    http://www.fralinpickups.com/p90s.asp

    That said, I love my Fralin P-90's, and I think they're among the best out there for a vintage tone with a great bite and snarl.

    If you want a budget choice, DiMarzio's are a great option, but Seymour Duncan would be my preference:

    http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/specializeddescr.shtml

    They have a typical Vintage P-90, a higher-output Hot, a modified high-output Custom, and the humbucking Stack (all of the "soapbar" models, the first 4 on the link).

    Good luck with your hunt!
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    My dad got a brand new Gibson P-90 for $50 because some guy took it out of his LP doublecut as soon as he bought it, and the tech called him up when my dad was looking for a P-90. It sounds excellent.
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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    If Gibsons are too expensive, then Fralin pickups are probably too much as well:

    http://www.fralinpickups.com/p90s.asp

    That said, I love my Fralin P-90's, and I think they're among the best out there for a vintage tone with a great bite and snarl.

    If you want a budget choice, DiMarzio's are a great option, but Seymour Duncan would be my preference:

    http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/specializeddescr.shtml

    They have a typical Vintage P-90, a higher-output Hot, a modified high-output Custom, and the humbucking Stack (all of the "soapbar" models, the first 4 on the link).

    Good luck with your hunt!

    Thank you god, turns out teh shops in teh US can't send DiMarzio to austrlia, but they can send SD, which starts to narrow the field a bit.
    What do you think of the stacked ones ? Does it change the tone much ? I would probbaly be playing clran to pushed on it rather than distorted, so uhm is probbaly not much of an issue.
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    IMO, Jason Lollar P-90's are the final word for soap-bar or dog ear's. If you want a humbucking sized P-90, Fralin and Harmonic Design are the only way to go.

    Again, just my .02. They're all a bit spendy, but they're the bees knees.
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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    THank you enharmonic, it was oppinions I was after, so don't apologise. I probably should spend the biscuits on a decent pup cos the rest of my tone gear is good, and it would be silly to sacrifice that just to save a few bucks.
    I'll have a look around to see what Fralins cost. It's actually cheaper for me shop in the US on-line for this sort of stuff by a long way usually.

    Have just had a look, I can pick up a Fralin for $80, which is $100 Australian. Considering a GIbson is $300 in Australia, I'm gonna call that a bargain, and definitely go for the Fralin, on everybody's strong recomendation.
    Music is not a competetion.
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