What are some great P-90 guitars?

[reverend1]

Thanks. It's just a regular Club King 290.

Sweet! I don't remember that color combo on the CK.

 

[Wyatt]

I'm a fan of the Fender Strat-o-Sonic. Usually $800 used.

But the Bluesbird P90 may be one of my all time favs in this thread.

 

[BlockInlay]

Ohhh I dig the stratosonic!

 

[Deep Eddy]

Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe (I regret selling mine)

 

[Chad]

I'm a fan of the Fender Strat-o-Sonic. Usually $800 used.

But the Bluesbird P90 may be one of my all time favs in this thread.

I had one. Awesome guitar.

 

[GDSmithTX]

Off the beaten path choices:

Yamaha Pacifica PAC611H
Duncan P90 in the neck and Custom 5 in the bridge. These sound awesome and are very versatile.

Vox Virage SC
CoAxe pickups which are Vox's answer to the P-Rails: single coil, P90 and humbucker-like sounds all available through switching.

 

[Bob411]

No endorsement that it's a great guitar. Just mentioning per other thread, G&Ls 25% off. I keep looking at this one.

https://www.riffcityguitaroutlet.com/products/g-l-tribute-asat-junior-ii-electric-guitar-trans-red

 

[BEACHBUM]

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Weird. I have a batch of Les Paul Specials, singlecuts and doublecuts, Gibsons and not, no tuning issues.

You could always look for a used Hamer Special. Their stock pickups are Seymour Duncans.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

A former bandmate of mine liked these so much he had two. One in butterscotch, one black.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Here are my two:

Gibson 2012 LP "Junior" Special (one of the feared "baked maple" series):

As you know, Bob, I have the same guitar. No worries with it one bit.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Get a Collings

 

[Grant Harding]

How much you wanna spend?

Anderson Bulldog:

 

[GAS Man]

I have a couple faves:

1) Gibson Ltd Ed. SG Special 60's Tribute in worn natural. I also have the SG Classic (possibly not the best pick of the litter) that was an MF exclusive, but this SG Special 60s Trib simply has a thinner finish and is more resonant than my Classic. The 60s Tribute has a good degree of resonant coupling with an appropriate portion of the string energy, while still imparting a bit of Fender-ish spank to its tone.

2) PRS 25th Anniversary Mira 245 Soapbar. It's possibly a bit more complex sounding from the pickups, and maybe a bit more depth of tone, but it's a fairly thin guitar and maybe not as coupled, but always sounds special when I hear the tone off its P-90s

I've also got some Les Paul Specials with P-90s, and they are cool too, but I prefer the bit of extra vibe I get off my thinner slab P-90 guitars than the thicker, deeper sounding Gibson P-90 guitars. But it really depends on the music you're going to play. For Green Day tones, I'd grab the thicker bodied Gibsons since I'd probably want that thicker bridge p'up tone. My best sounding traditional Les Paul P-90 guitar is the 2013 Les Paul Tribute to Les Paul. It's a Goldtop with a trapeze bridge. Maybe it's the bridge, but it's got a bit more vibe and chime than my other LPs with P-90s

 

[yabba]

Vox Virage SC
CoAxe pickups which are Vox's answer to the P-Rails: single coil, P90 and humbucker-like sounds all available through switching.

I find this reallllly intriguing

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I find this reallllly intriguing

I really wanted to like those but I have yet to play one that felt any good. It's really too bad. Great concept.

 

[yabba]

I really wanted to like those but I have yet to play one that felt any good. It's really too bad. Great concept.

I'll have to find one in person

 

[Chad]

One of the best ever.

 

[micwalt]

A former bandmate of mine liked these so much he had two. One in butterscotch, one black.

I have a black one--great guitar for the money. I believe Dexter has one too, though he put a Warmoth(?) neck on it.

 

[Grant Harding]

One of the best ever.
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