Rod Magnet P90's

amarok1971

Anyone used 'em? are they still p90 ish or too polite?

SteveRobinson

Rod Magnet would be a great name for a pickup maker.

merlin

Or for a gay porn star. 

Funkfingers

More "Fendery" than the traditional dual bar magnets and adjustable screw polepieces arrangement. 

TV Jones makes a 'Tron derivative in this manner. (The Magna'Tron?) Sound clips of this model and a TVJ Classic Plus would give some impression of the differences that the two construction methods make.

WezV

The 2015 juniors had rod magnet P-90's  loads of vids of those out there  often decribed as brighter and more percussive


a review

WezV

Funkfingers

Two well-chosen demo videos. 

Back in the day, the rod magnet "P90" was a legitimate Seth Lover design. The sound reminds me of the Gibson Skylark single coil found on the Melody Maker. Nice but it is necessary to roll the tone pot back a bit to approach the "rudeness" of a conventional P90.