The Awesomeness of the P-90

Simonski · Post by **Simonski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:23 pm

Its awesome but I have a question to those in the know. My bridge P90 its WAY quieter than the neck one. I have swapped the pickups around but the new one in the bridge was still quieter? WTF. So i'm guessing its an earth somewhere. I tried wiring the pickup to the tone pot, as a volume and it was just the same so its not the pots. I have a new selector switch on the way to see if its that. Any ideas where i could be loosing volume from?

Cheers
Simon

borge · Post by **borge** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:36 pm

this might be too obvious, but have you tried adjusting the pup heights?
pups in bridge pos will be quieter because theres less string movement, adjust height/s to correct.

Simonski · Post by **Simonski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:43 pm

borge wrote:this might be too obvious, but have you tried adjusting the pup heights?
pups in bridge pos will be quieter because theres less string movement, adjust height/s to correct.

yea did that and i also dropped the neck to take away volume theres a massive difference still

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:54 pm

What guitar is it?
What gauge strings?
Could there possibly be a mistake in the wiring that causes some phase cancellation?

Simonski · Post by **Simonski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:59 pm

Capt. Black wrote:What guitar is it?
What gauge strings?
Could there possibly be a mistake in the wiring that causes some phase cancellation?

its a Gibson p-90 les paul, I thought about the phase cancellation. but its when its on by itself. also It happens to either pickup in only the bridge position. its truly weird.

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:08 pm

That is weird. The amount of string movement was my first thought too and it could still be part of it if you use reeeeeeeeaaaaaallllllly light strings.

As for wiring I guess I'm saying it's worth checking that both pups aren't on when you think there should only be one.

That's a switch wiring thing I guess.

Still, I could be way off base.

Simonski · Post by **Simonski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:13 pm

Capt. Black wrote:That is weird. The amount of string movement was my first thought too and it could still be part of it if you use reeeeeeeeaaaaaallllllly light strings.

As for wiring I guess I'm saying it's worth checking that both pups aren't on when you think there should only be one. That's a switch wiring thing I guess.

Still, I could be way off base.

well ill see when the switch gets here but i like your thinking, Ill tap the poles with a screw drive when i get home and see if there both on. it does have an out of phaseish sound to it.

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:18 pm

Fuken hell, I'll be thrilled if I'm right for once.

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:39 pm

a special and rare moment for any man

I'm yet to have mine

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:03 pm

Optimus_prime wrote:a special and rare moment for any man

I'm yet to have mine

For a start you need a woman in your life if you want to experience such a moment. Even a mother will do.

Come to the next gearfest you until recently ex-aucklander!

Post by Bg » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:25 pm

you've just fitted a different pickup did you say? Could be its a low output? My CS54 strat pups are very very low output (quiet), so perhaps you've got them mismatched?

Oh and aren't bridge pups higher power? It is a bridge pup isn't it?

DarcyPerry · Post by **DarcyPerry** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:34 pm

My pick-ups are uneven in power output too... Ash may have the answer to this. He explained it to me but I must confess, it went in one ear and got lost.

angry_young_poet · Post by **angry_young_poet** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:06 pm

maybe the volume pot for your bridge pickup?

oolaef · Post by **oolaef** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:42 pm

Optimus_prime wrote:a special and rare moment for any man

I'm yet to have mine

lol!

TBB Flamey · Post by **TBB Flamey** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:59 pm

I thought bridge pickups were meant to be higher output to make up for less string vibration. Which could be why they both sound quieter when put in bridge posish

**I know nothing about anything btw**