P90 recommendations?

[Slow-Pop]

I want to put some p90's in my SG  because the humbuckers sound pretty lifeless and I've always loved p90's.  It's a 90's SG special if that matters.  Does anyone have any experience doing this mod?  Recommendations for p90's?  Recommendation to have someone build me a pickguard to accomadate the new pups?  Any other advice for this mod?

[Hougaard]

I have installed GFS Dream 90 in my Jagmaster. I think they sound awesome. They will also fit to the original pickguard.

[zhivago]

people on the Les Paul forum always rave on and on about Fralins

[Slow-Pop]

I have some fralin's on my mim strat and they sound really good, never heard their P-90's though...I'll head over to the Les Paul Forum and see what info they have.  Thanks 

[ohm-men]

Yeah, those Artec/GFS ones are pretty decent.

[øøøøøøø]

Lollar will never fail you on single coil pickups.

Wolfe MacLeod winds great Gibson-style pickups, as well. 

[Kilgore Trout]

I have fralins on my Les Paul spesh.  I like them just fine.  I've tried Lollars too.  Didn't like them as much as the Fralins: the Lollars are a bit more refined and cleaner sounding, more hi-fi, if you will.  Some people love that though. 

I also have a melody maker that has a new gibson P90 in it.  In my opinion, the gibson P90 is a bit thicker sounding and more mid-rangy than the fralins.  Muddier too, unfortunately.   

The GFS have a good reputation, and they are considerably cheaper than either fralins or lollars (which are 160 and 180 bucks for a pair, respectively; I don't know the price of the GFSs, I just know they're cheaper). 

As for the conversion to P90s: it's more complicated than it looks.  Here's a web page on the subject: http://www.everythingsg.com/howto/p90conv/1.html

[Kilgore Trout]

You could install P90s-like pickups that have been conceived to fit into a humbucker slot.  They generally don't exactly sound like P90s, but they'll get you close. 

[JazzBlaster]

Lollar will never fail you on single coil pickups.

Jason is a GOD when it comes to p-90s

[Slow-Pop]

Cool Link Kilgore, I definately am ready to take on the project.  I knew there would be some routing involved, the rest seems pretty basic.  I think I'm going to order some pickups this weekend.  Thanks for the help guys!

[eupat]

I've a set of Duncan Designed in my tele, and i love them
but i never compared them to other kind of P90s...

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any experience doing this mod?  Recommendations for p90's?  Recommendation to have someone build me a pickguard to accomadate the new pups?  Any other advice for this mod?

i did the same mod to my SG special, and i used GFS P90s. i ordered the pickguard from dazbootman. my advice would be not to place the neck pickup too close to the neck, as it weakens the neck joint.
there's more detailed info in this thread: index.php/topic,9381.0.html (long read, but it answers a lot of questions)


edit: actually, read this first: http://www.everythingsg.com/howto/p90conv/4.html it pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the mod.

[Slow-Pop]

Hey Thanks, all the info I can read the better.  Is it cool if I pm you if I have any questions about your build?

[mynameisjonas]

of course