two questions

[Vilches3]

1)would a vintage hot to contemporary sounding pickup sound.........less hot out of a hollow telecaster body?

2)I dont think this is possible but just asking anyway...........can the humbucker sized P-90s be split?

thanks

Rob

[Will]

You can't split a p90, but you can tap it.

Spit is removing one coil from the circuit, p90s only have one coil, so you have a lead coming out of it half way that shorts it out there.

[Philly Q]

On question 1, I don't think it would sound any less hot - but it would sound different in a hollow Tele than it would in a Les Paul or something.

[ailean]

+ 1 both of the above.

[Vilches3]

how does a P-90 sound tapped? and how would the pickups sound different in a hollow tele body? would they lose fatness or harmonic overtones? or bite?

thanks a bunch
rob

[badgermark]

how does a P-90 sound tapped? and how would the pickups sound different in a hollow tele body? would they lose fatness or harmonic overtones? or bite?

thanks a bunch
rob

_tom_ has a tapped MQ-pig, he is the best person to speak to about this.

[_tom_]

I didnt find the tap to sound a huge amount different, just a bit lower gain and slightly twangier. I prefer to have it just on full all the time (mostly because the push/pull pot I got feels bloody horrible and cheap) and do the treble bleed mod over the volume pot. Then when you roll it down it gets twangier and lower gain but still sounds good, and you get more versatility rather than just switching from one to the other because you can have it anywhere between the two outputs.. if that makes sense?

[Philly Q]

I prefer to have it just on full all the time (mostly because the push/pull pot I got feels bloody horrible and cheap) and do the treble bleed mod over the volume pot. Then when you roll it down it gets twangier and lower gain but still sounds good, and you get more versatility rather than just switching from one to the other because you can have it anywhere between the two outputs.. if that makes sense?

That sounds a good idea  :) .  I don't normally bother with the treble bleed thing because on most guitars I like the way the sound "softens" with the volume turned down.  But it'd be perfect with a hot P-90, I may try it on my LP Jr.

[Vilches3]

I didnt find the tap to sound a huge amount different, just a bit lower gain and slightly twangier. I prefer to have it just on full all the time (mostly because the push/pull pot I got feels bloody horrible and cheap) and do the treble bleed mod over the volume pot. Then when you roll it down it gets twangier and lower gain but still sounds good, and you get more versatility rather than just switching from one to the other because you can have it anywhere between the two outputs.. if that makes sense?

i get you, thanks for answering