p-90's for rock and metal?

[fr0sty]

Anyone ever use a guitar with p90-s for rock and metal?

[markD]

yeah. i often play a USA hamer special with duncan P-90's in it. sounds HUGE, but buzzes like a bee because they are single coil pick ups. get a really good noise reduction unit if you play with a lot of distortion. i use a BOSS pedal on the floor and a HUSH in my rack. i need BOTH to keep that guitar under control when i play it one stage. but the sound is worth it.

BTW - i play hard rock like the scorpions and iron maiden, not so much METAL!!! certainly NOT death or thrash metal.

[442w30]

Gibson has P-100s that are supposed to be less noisy in the same form factor.

[DonP]

My 1963 SG Special works great for Kill 'em All (Metallica). Think Seek N Destroy.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

I love my Gibson with the P90 pickups for the stuff I play, however, my other guitar player has the Les Paul Special with the P100s and I dont think theyre quite the same sound at all...theyre more like a mini-hum type sound to me.

[DonP]

Also, wasn't the latest Green Day done with P90's? Don't know if that counts for rock or metal, though.

[Mr Graphic]

Yes...Rio-Grande's sound KILLER!

[slayer]

EMG makes 81 and 85`s in the P90 size and Damarzio makes P90 sized Humbuckers. P90`s have alot of choices for tone now. Jack.

[fr0sty]

Thanks everyone. I'm buying an old lespaul with duncan p90's. I'll give them a go and if I don't like them try some others. I have a rio grande bbq bucker in my carvin v that I really like.

[Firebird V]

SweetBird~

[slayer]

Thanks everyone. I'm buying an old lespaul with duncan p90's. I'll give them a go and if I don't like them try some others. I have a rio grande bbq bucker in my carvin v that I really like.

Dude, the Rio BBQ in the bridge is smokin!! One of the best passives for heavy palm muting that I know of, crunch to spare Jack.

[Adam]

Yes...Rio-Grande's sound KILLER!

That guitar is absolutely sick. SICK.

And to answer the question, yeah, I think P-90's can do metal. I have a '63 SG Junior that sounds way, way huge. It works extremely well under massive gain - in some ways P-90s sound bigger than humbuckers.

I recorded a song a little while ago that's about 80% metal and used the Junior for the whole thing. If anybody is interested I'll post the clip in the appropriate section.

[fr0sty]

Please post the clip.

thx

That guitar is absolutely sick. SICK.

And to answer the question, yeah, I think P-90's can do metal. I have a '63 SG Junior that sounds way, way huge. It works extremely well under massive gain - in some ways P-90s sound bigger than humbuckers.

I recorded a song a little while ago that's about 80% metal and used the Junior for the whole thing. If anybody is interested I'll post the clip in the appropriate section.

[Adam]

Please post the clip.

thx

Here you go.

I have to apologize for the sloppy playing, but I was pretty happy with the heaviness-capability of a P-90 after I did it.

[hippietim]

tony iommi created heavy metal with p-90's