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Three Pickups: A Humbucker and Two P-90's

pablomago

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I'm restoring a well made '90's Japanese guitar and decided on a bridge humbucker and two single coils. Then I got the idea of a 'bucker and two P-90's. Has anyone here done that? What was the result? What did you like or didn't like? What pickups would be a good match? I see most P-90 sets are for neck and bridge. Would a neck or bridge pickup work best in the middle? I'm at the brain storming stage at this point. I play Americana and Jam-Band kinds of things if that's a factor. Smooth overdrive and a little twang in the clean tones.
 

Mr. Papa

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This sounds like it could work for you, I would recommend low wind P-90s though, and a HB that balances it out to whatever you want from a bridge HB, but I'm guessing it will have to be just a little hotter than vintage to sound right with P-90s.
 
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