Colin Maddison Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hi folks this is my 1st post on this site,, so i appologise for any mistakes in advance. im building a new guitar and im looking for advice on which pups to fit, im looking to fit 3 P90 style pick ups and require a not to heavy rock and blues sound,,ANY IDEAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Artec or Wilkinson are a good place to start as they're not expensive. However, they most likely won't be calibrated for 3 pickup style guitar and you'll need to buy either 2 bridge or 2 neck pickups and sort out the output later. https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/p90-pickups/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Maddison Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) I had the same thoughts,, seymore duncan a set of 3 single humbuckers but this is not the look or sound i want,, pity they dont do a set of 3 P90 ,s Edited March 17, 2023 by Colin Maddison wrong type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randythoades Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I have to agree with @ezbass. I am a fan of Wilkinson pickups in general, very well made and sound far better than their price suggests. I found that their alnico bass pickup suited me better than the seymour duncan or dimarzio pickups I had in my Precision bass, for less than half the cost. My main guitars are Vintage VZ99 Zips, a mongrel between Danelectro and les Paul junior, the weight of a feather but LP attitude. I thought I would need to strip and replace all the Wilkinson pickups and electrics when I bought my first one, but they are excellent pickups, good output and very responsive. But you would need to go for 2 neck or 2 bridge pickups to make up the 3. Although if it was just for the look, then you could leave the middle one unwired and go for a standard 2 pickup wiring maybe and not worry about balancing the 3 outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I can’t recommend IronGear pickups enough they sound awesome without breaking the bank…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Maddison Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Many thanks for your responses,, i think i have found a set of 3 soapbar pups,, as a matched set,, i dont know what they are off or what brand they are but i like the look,, i just hope i like the sound 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
