P90s; who has an opinion?

[corsair]

Ooh... I forgot to post about the P90s in an old Westone Spectrum!! So here we are, then... Matt supplied the pickups and was excellent to deal with, I have to say - good on you, mate!, - so I have these beautiful cream P90s and no guitar to throw 'em into as the project has hit a speedbump or two...

So, hies me forth to the workshop and digs out a Spectrum ST, which never had stellar pickups and has been a trial plank for loads of pickups, installs the Wilkinsons, and.... well, at first I wasn't sure what I should be hearing - I've had nothing to do with P90s ever before and so was initially a little under-whelmed because they weren't immediately the Second Coming or the Apocalypse! However, after dicking around a little with amp settings and tone knobs, I'm starting to see why they're well-regarded; the cleans are just SO clean and bright and sparkly, then it'll break up very smoothly indeed when you desire to do so.

I've had them in a while now and I really rather like them; the guitar sits on a stand with a super-Strat, an electric 12 and my blue and gold sparkly metal thing so most every sound I want, I can get with a minimum of fuss... I'll find a photo ASAP...

[sizzlingbadger]

They look really good in that Westone. I have underwound P90's in my ES-330 and they are exactly as you describe.

[tubeswell]

I've got P90s in my surfbardcaster. They have a sweet clean sound but also awesome with dirt pedals.