Wondering if there's anything affordable out there which cops a brighter, more-open sound than a P90 soapbar, but has the same footprint and mounting? I've seen some Fralin P90s with Alnico poles, making them a kind of Jazzmaster-pickup-in-a-P90 format, but precious little else. And yes, I know TV Jones offer loads of their pickups in a soapbar mount (the T-Armonds have me drooling), but I really don't think I can stretch to anything quite that spendy.
Any and all suggestions welcomed!
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Them golden foils are setting else but he does different variations as above
As you lower the turn count so the mids open up and you get more 'air' in the sound.
Many P90s suffer from being far too hot ... even compared to proper 50s originals.
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Even when played totally clean they have that slightly "springy", naturally compressed feel when you really attack the strings.
They turned my 10lb Les Paul into a surf monster, which you wouldn't think possible. I was after the kind of sounds they're getting from the Lollar Gold Foils in this video, and the Mojo version is bang on.
In fact I know Marc has built them in a P90 size, I've seen them on his Facebook page.
You might be right, they almost admit it by saying they've thrown the cheapo construction in the bin, and there's no mention of the correct rubber magnets either.
I've spent years (and serious money) looking for cheapo alternatives but have saved a fortune in the last two years by getting Ash at Oil City and Marc at Mojo to just build me what I want. I've bought two sets of pickups in the last two years from those guys instead of ten sets or so from mass-producers in the previous two.
The Mojo Gold Foils absolutely nail the tones in the video I posted and I'm not sure a generic underwound single coil with a pretty cover will tbh. It's ironic, since the original Teisco pickups were produced in their millions very cheaply!