Pig-90?

[Jay]

I need a P-90 for an LP Junior. I mostly play rock and metal (thrash, death, etc.) and I'm after raw and noisy overdriven/distorted tone as well as a decent clean tone.

I'm pretty sure the Pig-90 is quite capable of the raw and noisy part, but how does it handle cleans? I don't want them to be crystal clear but I'd like a pickup that can do a little more than scream its pole pieces off .

So, will the Pig-90 meet my needs or will I have to look at the P-90/91/92?

Thanks for any help.

[Twinfan]

You could get a Pig-90 with a coil tap - this would lower the output a bit for your clean tones?  You'd need a push/pull pot fitting to your guitar though, the usual one to replace is the tone pot.  Quite a simple mod  :D

[Jay]

You could get a Pig-90 with a coil tap - this would lower the output a bit for your clean tones?  You'd need a push/pull pot fitting to your guitar though, the usual one to replace is the tone pot.  Quite a simple mod  :D

How do coil taps sound on P-90s? I don't know too much about the P-90 design but I'm not a big fan of coil taps on humbuckers.

[Twinfan]

Humbuckers have coil SPLITS, where you have one coil (not both) active.

My old MQ had a tap, which basically lets you use less coil winding of the pickup for output.  It works pretty well to give a cleaner, thinner sound.  I think is what you're looking for.

[MDV]

Just to be a pedant

Humbuckers can also have taps. SCs cant have splits (obviously).

[Twinfan]

Yeah, I know humbuckers can have taps but it's highly unusual.  I'm not sure BKP offer that facility?

[MDV]

I have a sneaky feeling they do. Not sure though.

[Jay]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. It looks like the Pig-90 is the way to go then.

Thanks for the help.

[everton_fc]

what's a pig-90?

[MDV]

What it says on the tin - a p90 with a pig wind. Its in between a warpig and a sinner.

[Ratrod]

what's a pig-90?

Look here: http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=589.0

[_tom_]

I emailed tim about the pig90 recently because I cant decide between a bridge MQ or Pig 90 and he said:

"Yes we can make you a humbucker sized Pig90 and it'd sound monstrous in an all mahogany LP.Totally different beast to a stock MQ-way more power, thicker saturated tone."

"It's the same power as a Sinner but with even more bottom end chunk-I can build them with ceramic mags for eben tighter bass."

Sounds good! I cant decide whether to get one or a standard p90 though - I dont really know what sound I'm after :?


edit - Ordered a bridge Pig 90 today :D Allready cant wait for it to arrive so I can put it in (If I manage to figure out the coil tap :P)