Jun 2, 2016 · P-90s for the Les Paul Standard, Custom or Special had screw holes in between the A and D string pole pieces on one side and the G and B on the other. The fixing screws went straight into the body, and these P-90s became known as soapbars because the rectangular covers look like bars of soap.

The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson Guitar Corporation since 1946, as well as other vendors. Compared to other single coil designs, such as the Fender single coil, the bobbin for a P-90 is wider but shorter.

Apr 11, 2022 · The P-90’s lineage goes back to the 1930s, when Gibson’s first electric guitar pickup appeared on the ES-150. It became so synonymous with the era’s greatest jazz guitarist that the pickup became universally known as the ‘Charlie Christian’.

Despite not being as widely used as your standard single coils and humbuckers, P90 guitar pickups are versatile and have historically been used across many genres because of their clear, articulate, and warmer tone, yet can get dirty-sounding with an overdriven tone.

Feb 16, 2021 · We’ve assembled 10 options designed to serve up delicious P-90 tone, but sized to slip right into your humbucker-routed guitar. These low-wind pickups offer snappy and brighter single-coil tones for those in need of more chime and …

May 1, 2023 · Over the years I’ve tested dozens of guitars with P90 pickups, and in this article, I’ll be sharing the best P90 guitars at each price point. 1. D’Angelico Premier Bob Weir Bedford (Best Under $1000) 2. Squire Classic Vibe 60s Jazzmaster (Best Under $500) 3. Guild Guitars Starfire I Jet 90 (Best Value Semi-Hollow) 4.

Oct 7, 2019 · We meet with ThroBak’s repro supremo, Jon Gundry, to look at how Gibson’s preeminent single-coil pickup evolved. The earliest P-90 pickups appeared just after the First World War in 1946, having evolved from the short-lived P-13 single-coil variants.

Mar 28, 2023 · P-90s may be a design over 80 years old, but they’re still remarkably useful, versatile, and great sounding pickups. From jazz and country to rock and punk, P-90s can handle about anything thrown at them and sound great while doing it.

Dec 3, 2021 · Originally produced by Gibson from 1946, P-90s were one of the first mass-produced single-coil electric guitar pickups and have remained in regular production to this day.

Aug 23, 2021 · We asked some of Gibson’s biggest nerds about the history of the P-90 and learned some insider information about this legendary pickup. Gibson Master Luthier Jim DeCola, and Gibson’s Senior Director of Product Development, Mat Koehler, set the record straight on our most pressing questions. zZounds: What’s the origin story of the P-90?