What is the best P90 guitar?

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...and it's aged nicely too:

TTBZ

Should have kept everything in this photo!

p90fool

Although my Number One guitar is my P90 goof ring Les Paul, I have to agree with @ICBM that an all-mahogany P90 guitar like my SG Special just edges it tonally. 

earwighoney

andy1839 said:

What do/did you have yours in?

It wasn't my guitar but it was one of Darrens (Daniels Guitars)

grungebob

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This:



...and it's aged nicely too:

Looks a nice design, what is is?

markslade07

Never played one (chance would be a fine thing) but I’d go for a Novo Serus J. Bloody lovey things and never heard a bad word about them.

Failing that…I’d like to try a Rivolta Combinata as above….

richman6100

markslade07 said:

Never played one (chance would be a fine thing) but I’d go for a Novo Serus J. Bloody lovey things and never heard a bad word about them.

Having just acquired one from the true gent that is @CloudNine, I have to say that I'm pretty much blown away with the model.

CavemanGrogg

 My ranking:

Gibson LP Jnr

Gibson SG Jnr

Gibson SG Standard with P90

Gibson LP with P90

On a budget though, the Vintage clone of the Gibson LP Jnr hands down, I don't rate the Gibson Special as a good guitar yet alone a good P90 guitar, and the PRS SE One, though it's a great guitar build wise, it's let down by PRS's bad pickups, and it's too ''polite'' sounding for a P90.

Tat2dstesh

For me it's the sg with p90s they seem like a match made in heaven. The rowdy sound of an sg mixed with the grit of p90 make them the ultimate cut through the mix guitar. 

Neil

I only have on P90 guitar, it's this one.

It has a pretty raunchy sound.

Sporky

I'm not sure this really counts. A NSG. Came with three P90s and a daft switching system, now has three DiMarzio P90-sized buckets and a much more obvious switching system. Weighs more than an average car. 

 

bertie

grungebob said:

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...and it's aged nicely too:

Looks a nice design, what is is?

is that a NSG (Nathan Sheppard) 

AK99

CavemanGrogg said:

 My ranking:

Gibson LP Jnr

Gibson SG Jnr

Gibson SG Standard with P90

Gibson LP with P90

On a budget though, the Vintage clone of the Gibson LP Jnr hands down, I don't rate the Gibson Special as a good guitar yet alone a good P90 guitar, and the PRS SE One, though it's a great guitar build wise, it's let down by PRS's bad pickups, and it's too ''polite'' sounding for a P90.

As somebody with a LP Junior, but who's always had a hankering for an SG - am curious, why do you put the LPJ ahead of the SGJ ?

ElectricXII

Probably this. Mahogany body, 50s neck and 2 flavours of P90.

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grungebob said:

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This:



...and it's aged nicely too:

Looks a nice design, what is is?

It's a Reiver by ACG (Alan Cringean Guitars).  Alan is based up in Moffat and has made his name making very nice basses, but branched out into the treble side of things a couple of years back and this was one of his first Reiver guitars (if not THE first).  The P90-style p/ups are made by him too and are pleasingly raspy.  Hipshot bridge and locking tuners and a hand-made string retainer (it's string-thru).  Acrylic-impregnated birds-eye maple f/b and 5-piece bolt-on scarf-jointed neck.  Nice and light and I've always loved the look and the way it's aged.

PAL

I have recently have done set ups on the Gibson Original series SG Junior & The Eastman DC junior model for me it's the 
 Gibson !

CavemanGrogg

AK99 said:

CavemanGrogg said:

 My ranking:

Gibson LP Jnr

Gibson SG Jnr

Gibson SG Standard with P90

Gibson LP with P90

On a budget though, the Vintage clone of the Gibson LP Jnr hands down, I don't rate the Gibson Special as a good guitar yet alone a good P90 guitar, and the PRS SE One, though it's a great guitar build wise, it's let down by PRS's bad pickups, and it's too ''polite'' sounding for a P90.

As somebody with a LP Junior, but who's always had a hankering for an SG - am curious, why do you put the LPJ ahead of the SGJ ?

For me what puts the SG Jnr below the LP Jnr is two things, ergomomics, SG's have the whole neck dive and balane on a strap issue, and to me at least, the SG Jnr doesn't sound as meaty and gritty as the LP Jnr.  The funny thing is, I actually like the look of the SG Jnr much more than I do the LP Jnr

PhilKing

I'm a big P-90 fan and have a lot of guitars with P-90's.  It does depend what you are playing and the sound you want to go for.  For versatility, my 1955 Les Paul Custom gives a superb range of sounds, but part of that is the Staple neck pickup.  My DC LP Junior is a great rock and blues guitar (though I stupidly sold my 1961 LP/SG TV Junior, which was also brilliant).  But actually the most fun to play and cover a lot of ground, is the @WezV Melody Maker, which has a Mojo bar P-90 pickup.  Here's a picture of some of my P-90 guitars:

Philly_Q

I've got quite a few P-90 guitars but I've got a hankering for a batwing SG Special... I would be sacrilegious and put a humbucker in the bridge position.  I've never owned a guitar with that pickup combo.

rossi

I dont own one but would if I could .A Les Paul Special  in  TV yellow .Played one but cant get one sadly .