WTB Dogear P90

robwright

Just bought a Hamer Special Jr and the P90 is pretty good but it's such a great guitar, I'm wondering how good it would sound with an upgrade! 

Anything out there for under £30? 

Funkfingers

How fussed are you about RF interference and hum?

I have a Seymour Duncan STK-P1B. This will fit into the stock Hamer XT pickup rout ... just. Fasten the pickup with the stock pickup cover on top and compressible foam padding beneath. 

robwright

Not sure I understand why you'd need the foam? Are you saying to use the existing dogear cover? Does that mean the Seymour wouldn't be attached? 

How much are you after?

Funkfingers

The Duncan STK-P1 pickups are double height, regular outline "soapbar" P90s. They will fit into the Hamer XT Junior pickup rout. It is necessary to reuse the Hamer plastic dogear cover to hold the Duncan pickup down against the bottom of the rout.

The foam rubber prevents the dome-headed screws that fasten the pickup baseplate to the lower coil bobbin from scratching the finish on the floor of the pickup rout. 

It may be necessary to slightly enlarge the polepiece screw holes in the Hamer pickup cover to get the Duncan screws to fit. 

This installation method is equally applicable for Gibson P-100 pickups.

robwright

I get you. How much are you after for the Duncan? 

robwright

Still looking chaps

Alegree

Mine fall within your budget

robwright

Thanks Alex 

Would the Sea Smoke be the best for the classic LP Jr sound and do you do a Dogear version? 

Cheers 

Alegree

robwright said:

Thanks Alex 

Would the Sea Smoke be the best for the classic LP Jr sound and do you do a Dogear version? 

Cheers 

It is the best for that from my range. The smooth alnico 2 classic sound.
I do dogear at request for the same price.

robwright

Great! How much is delivery? 

Alegree

£5 up to £100 total, then it's free.

Alegree

£5 up to £100 total, then it's free.

robwright

Anything out there?

As its a cheap guitar, looking to pay up to £30 if poss

markj

Will have a Gibson dogear P90 available in a week or so, when Oilcity pickups make me a replacement for my Junior. The Gibson p90 is as new but wanted a bit more than £30.

robwright

How much were you after? Out of interest, which Oil City are you going for? 

markj

Message me if your interested in the Gibson Pickup. I am having a Nightwatch alnico 2 dog ear P90 made for me. Ash the owner is winding it a little bit hotter than standard.

robwright

Anything in the £30 region? 

Alegree

Well if my own brand P90s are off the table, I also resell some. £17 delivered

robwright

No offence but it's a cheap guitar so not worth a huge investment! 

What are you selling for £17? 

Funkfingers

IMO, seventeen quid gets you something of similar excellence to the stock generic S.E. Asian pickup that is already in your guitar. It is often the lot of the pickup replacement guitar tech to be "gifted" the unwanted stock pickups that have just been replaced. The customer does this, thinking that they are doing the tech or shop a favour. 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...

I have a 2011 Hamer XT Junior. I stole the idea to upgrade it from the Hamer LP DC type guitars of the same series. (A few of these left the factory with OEM Duncan SH-4/SH-1 humbucker pairs. The improvement over in-house pickups was impossible to ignore.) After a few experiments, I settled on a Duncan Antiquity dogear P90. I realise that this must seem like a huge extravagance but the pickup was obtained pre-owned. 

Spec-wise, the Duncan Antiquity and Alegree Sea Smoke seem to be in very similar territory. (You can see where this is leading, can't you?) The way that they push an overdriven valve amp is very similar. This suits a certain way of playing. 

So, in the words of an old Tony Hancock skit, I suggest that you, "pay up and try to look big."

robwright

Good advice, fo sho!

I'm sure the Alegree pups sound excellent and are good value but current funds dictate that I should wait for a quality S/h unit!