What are some great P-90 guitars?

Peen Simmons said:
G&L makes a blues boy with a p90 in the neck and an MFD in the bridge. The G&L P90s are pretty nice sounding.

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I like the Special better. Also, the new Doheny has MFD pickups.
 
I love my Casino. Solid body so it won't sound the same but it has P90s.

I also love the PRS McCarty Singlecut I got from @Guitar Heel - it's a solid body with P90s and it cooks. I never thought I'd own a PRS, much less one with birds on it, but it's become one of my go-to guitars.
 
I love the way Gibson P-90's sound, it's the rest of the guitar that sucks. I like my telecaster w/ the Phat Cat P-90's, humbucker size P-90's. 20170624_093826.jpg

Never had a problem with Hamers going out of tune either. Or maybe get a Titan with a couple different loaded pickguards, that could keep it interesting.
 
Guitar Heel said:
Bang for the buck, I'd look for a used Gibson SG Classic. That's what I've got, and I love it.
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same, but it is a gibson with the admittedly dumb headstock angle and string break and having to tune it a bit more often than other guitars. I still love it
 
smurfco said:
I also love the PRS McCarty Singlecut I got from @Guitar Heel - it's a solid body with P90s and it cooks. I never thought I'd own a PRS, much less one with birds on it, but it's become one of my go-to guitars.
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Some of those do indeed look amazing. I was trying to find one with a solid rosewood neck and no birds. and a gold top. and no gold hardware. didn't work.
 
BlockInlay said:
Some of those do indeed look amazing. I was trying to find one with a solid rosewood neck and no birds. and a gold top. and no gold hardware. didn't work.
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The combination of those things is going to make it difficult. But you should be able to find a PRS with P90s and a rosewood neck.
 
This is the greatest P-90 guitar. Mahogany body with carved mahogany top. Mahogany neck with pau ferro fretboard and stainless frets. Kinman noiseless P-90s and knobs that go to fucking 11 just like this guitar, bitches. You can't get one from Warmoth 'cause I broke the mold (and Gibson sent them a C&D).

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Flatspotter said:
This is the greatest P-90 guitar. Mahogany body with carved mahogany top. Mahogany neck with pau ferro fretboard and stainless frets. Kinman noiseless P-90s and knobs that go to fucking 11 just like this guitar, bitches. You can't get one from Warmoth 'cause I broke the mold (and Gibson sent them a C&D).

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i need to play this!
 
dmn23 said:
Another Rev recommendation here. Also, these old Guilds come up from time to time on Reverb. They're not unicorns but they were only made for a couple of years. And since they're Guilds their resale value is mediocre and the prices aren't insane.

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If the one on the left is a Bluesbird 90, good luck finding one south of $1K! I've been looking for years....
 
bsman said:
If the one on the left is a Bluesbird 90, good luck finding one south of $1K! I've been looking for years....
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The Guilds that were made in Westerly were called the Blues 90 and that's what that one is. Dot inlays and no neck binding. Mine was made in 2000.

When they finally moved to Corona they made them for a little while longer as Bluesbirds and they typically (though not exclusively) still have the neck binding and block inlays of the regular Bluesbird, just with P90s instead of humbuckers.

And I'd be shocked if you couldn't haggle down to $1-1,200 for a Blues 90. The listings asking for crazy money just sit there for a year or more gathering dust.
 
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