Since getting my Feline Lion a year ago, my Gibson Les Paul Axcess has been sidlined. I'd toyed with the idea of selling it, but having finally had time to sit down and properly play my guitars this week, I've been reminded what a cracking guitar it is, and that it's one I want to keep hold of.
As much as possible I try to have guitars which do different things whether it be different woods, trem, fixed bridge, pickup configuration etc. Whilst this is blatantly an attempt to justify buying way more guitars than I need, I do feel that having 2 Les Pauls is a bit of a wasted opportunity, so my plan is to put a pair of humbucker sized P90s in the Gibson.
Any thoughts and recommendations on which ones to go for would be greatly appreciated. I'll be taking it to Jonathan at Feline to have them installed along with a full setup, so he'll more than likely have some suggestions of his own, but I'd still like to know which ones people on here have had good experiences with
Cheers, David
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+1 to this - I've got the smooth versions in my SG (alnico 2) and they're lovely
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I also want to try the Oil City ones. They probably sound a bit more "authentic" (whatever that is) than the BKPs as they don't have the metal cover over the bobbin/poles. I imagine they're naturally a bit brighter because of that?
If you care about hum noise, I'd look at the Kinmans
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You will always get noise with P90s but I’ve rarely found it a problem - I’ve played the 336 through stacked overdrives in a gig situation and the thing just sang. If everyone had stopped playing at once I’m sure the hum would have been plainly audible. But we didn’t and it wasn’t.
But I would go with the Kinman recommendation - beautiful, beautiful pickups.