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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Baby Evil on July 20, 2014, 09:18:45 PM

Title: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: Baby Evil on July 20, 2014, 09:18:45 PM

So. I'd like a p90 in the neck position of a baja, but there's no room in the body.
Does bkp offer a tele neck pup that passes for p90?

Jan

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: BigB on July 21, 2014, 06:40:13 PM

Nope. Also and FWIW a good part of the tone of the P90 comes from it's bobin's shape and size, so if you really want a P90 tone your best bet is to have your guitar re-routed for it.

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: Andrew W on July 22, 2014, 09:28:06 AM

Quote from: BigB on July 21, 2014, 06:40:13 PM

Nope. Also and FWIW a good part of the tone of the P90 comes from it's bobin's shape and size, so if you really want a P90 tone your best bet is to have your guitar re-routed for it.

I would agree with this. I had to get a Tele re-routed to put a Mississippi Queen in it after experiments with other regular sized Tele neck pickups failed to produce the desired result. It's a reasonably serious mod but you can hide a lot under a pick-guard if you decide to go back to normal Tele neck pick-ups in future.

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: Baby Evil on July 24, 2014, 09:04:21 PM

Lollar j-street / special t are very p90 like, so it seems it is possible

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: Philly Q on July 24, 2014, 10:33:22 PM

I haven't tried the Lollar J-Street or Special T pickups, but they say the bridge models "lean towards the P90 and humbucker world" - they don't make the same claims for the Special T neck model.

There's more scope to make a Tele bridge pickup "P-90-like" because it has a fairly large, wide bobbin.  The metal baseplate can probably help too.  The options for a Tele neck pickup are more limited simply because it's a much smaller pickup.

 

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: MrBump on July 25, 2014, 12:42:57 PM

Also - a P90 neck looks super cool.

Title: Re: Neck pup for baja tele, p90 sound
Post by: Philly Q on July 25, 2014, 01:22:55 PM

Quote from: MrBump on July 25, 2014, 12:42:57 PM

Also - a P90 neck looks super cool.

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