Talk:P-90

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The Gibson P90 is one of the most expressive single coil pickups ever created. The coil is wide and shallow. The area of string coverage is therefore quite wide compared to a fender single coil which gives the pickup comparably more bass and mid range. generally these pickups were not potted and can be quite microphonic. they are also quite susceptable to 60 cycle hum.

Modern reproduction P90's are now available from Gibson, Shed Pickups, Seymour Duncan, Kent Armstrong and Bare Knuckle Pickups to name but a few.

[edit] Merge proposal

I believe that "soapbar" is a nickname for P-90 pickup in its specific form-factor. Wouldn't we rather have one fuller article with varities or form-factors description section rather than 2 distinct articles that have 90% in common? --GreyCat 11:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, a soapbar is just the way the pickup cover looks, while the dogear is a different cover. The main difference is that the soapbar is drilled directly into the wood between the polepiece, while a dogear is screwed in by the ear parts. Inside, they're identical.--Alexrules43 02:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Do you think the P-100 pickup should be mentioned? It looks identical to the P-90, but it's stacked so the hum cancels, and doesn't exactly sound the same. --SeanMcB 9:15, 25 September, 2006 (UTC)

Well, if there wouldn't be a separate P-100 article, just make P-100 a redirect and add information to this one. I guess it would be right. --GreyCat 18:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing Passage

"By the 1970s, single-coil pickups, mini-humbucking pickups and uncovered humbucking pickups began replacing the P-90 pickups on Gibson's budget and lower-end models."

--Roivas (talk) 16:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)