Product: Lace Music Products PS-905
Price Paid: US $140
Submitted
10/10/2004
at
10:04pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
Pickup features: Humbucking p-90
Impedence or other specs: 13.6k ohm resistance
Instrument
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Model of guitar or bass: Warmoth all-mahogany LesPaul, w/ tone chambers option
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: n/a
Other pickups on guitar: PS 900 (neck)
Artists using this pickup: me
You musical style(s): blah
Reason for pickup change: the guitar... had no pickups to begin with ...... because I built it?
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: moderate, vintage p90-ish. Never rely on the resistance (ohms) to judge the output!
Tone: fat but a bit twangy, thin with distortion but nice blues notes, can do country clean very well
Sonic evaluation: As a bridge pickup, you don't want to hear this through a cheap solid-state amp with some pedal distortion. But it sings thru a nice tube amp with 12" speaker! This thing is solid. The notes are bold, if a bit buzzy under distortion (or SIZZLING, depending on your taste and perspective). I have a Gibson SG std. and A/B trial with this bridge pup leaves me wanting a more compressed, fatter, pearlier sound with more bass and upper mids compression. I might try a Duncan P90 Stack, or Simarzio P90 Super Distortion.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I don't play country, but this is a damn good pup for that. Also, it makes a great BLUES pup! For rock, I need a fatter sound.
Overall Rating
:
9
Comments: Does what it does extremely well, which is to give a vintage sound without the hum. The neck position (ps 900) is PURE HEAVEN! But for the bridge, maybe a fatter sound will make this guitar more versatile. I might change this out, but I will keep it and not sell it, because it IS a good pickup and I might need it later. For my use, I just need a more humbuckerish bridge tone for now.
