2016年6月2日 · P-90s for the Les Paul Standard, Custom or Special had screw holes in between the A and D string pole pieces on one side and the G and B on the other. The fixing screws went straight into the body, and these P-90s became known as soapbars because the rectangular covers look like bars of soap.

The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson Guitar Corporation since 1946, as well as other vendors. Compared to other single coil designs, such as the Fender single coil, the bobbin for a P-90 is wider but shorter.

2022年4月11日 · The P-90’s lineage goes back to the 1930s, when Gibson’s first electric guitar pickup appeared on the ES-150. It became so synonymous with the era’s greatest jazz guitarist that the pickup became universally known as the ‘Charlie Christian’.

2023年5月1日 · Over the years I’ve tested dozens of guitars with P90 pickups, and in this article, I’ll be sharing the best P90 guitars at each price point. 1. D’Angelico Premier Bob Weir Bedford (Best Under $1000) 2. Squire Classic Vibe 60s Jazzmaster (Best Under $500) 3. Guild Guitars Starfire I Jet 90 (Best Value Semi-Hollow) 4.

2024年6月26日 · We have vintage throwbacks from Seymour Duncan, hi-tech options from Fishman and Lace, as well as hum-canceling pups that will allow you to crank the gain without fear of excessive noise. So, join us as we walk through a slew of P-90s that are sure to seriously improve your tone. 1. Seymour Duncan Antiquity P-90.

2019年10月7日 · We meet with ThroBak’s repro supremo, Jon Gundry, to look at how Gibson’s preeminent single-coil pickup evolved. The earliest P-90 pickups appeared just after the First World War in 1946, having evolved from the short-lived P-13 single-coil variants.

2021年2月16日 · We’ve assembled 10 options designed to serve up delicious P-90 tone, but sized to slip right into your humbucker-routed guitar. These low-wind pickups offer snappy and brighter single-coil tones for those in need of more chime and less power, and can be ordered with custom wood tops.

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Despite not being as widely used as your standard single coils and humbuckers, P90 guitar pickups are versatile and have historically been used across many genres because of their clear, articulate, and warmer tone, yet can get dirty-sounding with an overdriven tone.

2021年12月3日 · Originally produced by Gibson from 1946, P-90s were one of the first mass-produced single-coil electric guitar pickups and have remained in regular production to this day. Having been somewhat eclipsed by the PAF humbucker from the late '50s onwards, they have in recent years experienced a resurgence in popularity.