Seymour Duncan Phat Cats

Single coil. High output.

Gibson SG W&F. Both positions replacing original humbuckers. I don't like humbuckers, but love gibson guitars.

The neck pu is the real deal here. It reminds me of a "strat" pu. This pu is a tonemonster. I play trough a TRRI & RDRI and the sound is big and 3D. The bridge pu is a little bit "rock'n roll". Think of keith Richards and his sound. That is what i'm thinking of when I play on the bridge pu. The middle position reminds me of my teles. Very twangy. I didn't what to use this guitar before changing pu:s, but now I play it all time. recommended. I give the bridge 8 and the neck 10 points.

Perhaps I will change the bridge pu later for an gibson p-94. but not for a while. I will never change the neck pu to something else.

Single coil

Epiphone Junior, installed in bridge position, replacing original humbucker. Looking to improve general tone, "vibe" of guitar.

The single Phat Cat was installed in the bridge using 500k volume and tone pots and a .033 capacitor. At full treble, the pickup is reminiscent of a telecaster single coil with all the good jangle and twang, roll off the treble and it is rhythm humbucker. It is an extremely versatile for the sole pickup in this guitar. I play a lot of old rock, Eddie Cochrane, Chuck Berry, Stones circa 1964 and covers all these with a great vintage sound.

I would certainly buy another or even consider a pair. I think a set in a Gretsch hollow body would be the cat's meow. This pick up really opened up and blew the lid off what this Epi was capable of. Great pickup, very versatile, highly recommend.

Fat SC in Humbucker size, passive.

I'm playing a "Tommys Special Guitars" - a custom strat from Viersen, Germany. Original was: Neck=Duckbucker; Middle=Vintage Rails; Neck=Jeff Beck Jr.
Now it is: Neck=Little '59; Middle=Duckbucker; Neck=Phat Cat.
Amp is a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.

F%??!ing high output level! Overdrives my clean channel when I'm raping my strings. The sound is absolutely fat and very "jazzy", but: nothing for hi-gain. This is very sick, because the output level is a as high as a Jeff Beck Jr., but if you use a booster (like me...),you never can play hi-gain sounds without humming. I tested this PU for a week and it'll be changed with a SD "P-Rails" - sorry guys, but that's nothing for me (style: Jazz, Blues/Blues-Rock and 80's hard-rock)

Really nice PU, because it is absolutely not muddy, but you better buy a new guitar for heavier sounds (maximum is for example the legendary Randy Rhoads sound).

Big Single Coil, Passive

I have a Yamaha AES 620 that came with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and some no name pickup in the neck. I replaced the neck with a Phat Cat. The no name neck pickup was way to muddy and unusable, plus my bridge pickup was only usable with lots of distortion so i needed something that could produce clean sounds. The installation was easy and the Seymour Duncan website offers lots of easy to read wiring diagrams.

All you need is a screwdriver, wire strippers and a soldering iron (as with any pickup).

The output is very high, like that of a humbucker, yet clean and well defined. When playing a chord, you hear each string, the opposite of mud. The neck is very smooth and rich at high volumes and gets clean and lean at low volumes. I am play straight into a Crate Palomino V32 class A tube amp. The amp offers lots of distortion and the Phat Cat produces great sounds on all settings, but is best at low gain. It is easy to imitate a strat at the neck position.

This pickup is great. If i ever had to replace it, I would only consider a P-Rails pickup (it is a phat cat and single coil together to make a humbucker) but it would require adding extra switches.

I have been playing for 3 years and have never been more satisfide with my guitar.

I compared this with soap bar pickups on the SD website, but this one seems to have the tone that i am looking for.

If you choose to use this pickup my advice would be to play around with the hight of the pickups and use the volume and tone knobs alot. There a alot of sounds hiding in this pickup.

Feel free to e-mail with you questions or comments and ill do my best.

Single coil. Active as possible

I was working on a les Paul body with a single pick up and i needed a pick-up quickly even if i were to pay 30 dollars for one.. i went to guitar center and got it on the 4th of july sale. If you want rounded genre sounding pick-up this is it..

The output is Raunchy. Most guitar players complain about the hum from their pickups i dont care about it. i used a Sunn Sl 160 pared with a marshall slant cab and a starcaster distortion. The pick-up from my amp set can range From AC DC-Van halen but it has to be Les paul Jr with Mahogany neck.. Best at bridge position

This pick-up screams, taps does the whole nine yards i prefer not to take off the casing it puts burstbuckers to shame. Burst buckers are meant to be manipulated by the amps and pedals.. the p-90 applies it self so it does not need alot of adjustment.

I put this as the Bridge pickup in my 92' American strat which has a Warmoth neck on it. (The original neck was just too thin for my hand, and I got the Boat Neck)

It is single coil, and buzzes. It's hard to be very objective about the buzz, because my practice space is THE most busy room ever. But, for that reason, I often wish I had a buzzless pickup there. However, having said that, I NEVER dream of changing it. I think this IS the best bridge pickup you could put in a strat.

As above.

I previously had a Seymour Duncan Mini-humbucker as the bridge. When I bought this Phat Cat, I got a new pickguard (I previously had a rosewood pickguard I had made) and moved the minihumbucker to the middle. The neck is a Dimarzio Heavy Blues.

The output is hot. The sound, man, the sound.... It's awesome, but you can hear it on the Seymour Duncan website - and that's what got me. I listened to it, compared to all the others on the page. It stood out for me. THIS IS PROBABLY ALL I NEED TO SAY FOR YOU: If you go to the website, and listen to it with headphones, and like the sound, buy it. It will sound like it sounds on the website.

I will say that personally, after not really liking my strat for about 5 years, and always going to my Epi Les Paul, I now go to my Strat - I'm getting old enough that the weight of the Paul gives back problems. :) But the strat pickup set up is awesome. One thing I'll say - the SD minihumbucker didn't really float my boat in the bridge position, but now in the middle position, it's a great option. Frankly, I've never in my life picked up a 3 pickup guitar that I liked the middle position, (have you?). Now, here's how I feel about the 3.

The Phat Cat is the most righteous bridge strat sound in the world. It sounds single coil, and is just as rich and full and and and and as you could imagine. The Dimarzio heavy blues may not be the best neck strat pickup. It sounds really good, but my ear tells me there's some room for improvement. Replacing it is WAYYYY down on my list of purchases. Honestly, it's soo good I doubt I'll ever change it.

The Middle is a nice, mellow, humbucking-sounding alternative to the other two. It makes a nice crunchy rhythm sound when I'm not trying to stand out in front over other guitars in the band.

Somehow, both positions 2 and 4 sound about like you'd expect from a strat.

So, the only problem is the Phat cat is the only pickup that buzzes in the guitar, AND it's the one that I would be most likely to go to in a lead/high gain situation.... suck.

Well, usually, when we play out, this isn't a problem.

I just wish it didn't hum, but the tone is so outrageously broad, phat, sick, wicked, crazy, groovy, or whatever decade you say "cool" from, I wouldn't replace it.

Single coil passive P90 pickups in a humbucker-shaped housing.

I threw these in my Epiphone Les Paul after my recording engineer told me the sound from my Epi was too muddy for recording. When I say I "threw" them in, I'm talking about 5 hours work with a screwdriver, soldering iron broken wire strippers, and a sore back. Replacing pickups is not that easy, especially when your pots are in tight places. I read all the reviews before buying these, maybe it's just me, but someone could have warned me!!!

I had my wife pick these pickups up (pick up the pick-ups, ha ha) while I watched the kids. While she was gone, I recorded strumming and fingerpicking with my muddy humbucker pickups. To do this, I plugged right into the board - no messing around. Any difference in tone is from the pickups alone. The salesperson said "don't solder them and he can return them." This must be a colossal joke in music store land. After trying to devise a temporary way to try out the pups and failing, I bit the bullet and soldered. I was eager to compare before and after. When I finished, I went back to the board, plugged in, and played the same bits.

My wife and I sat there, noses scrunched, trying to hear the difference. We felt like beer drinkers at a wine and cheese. "Oh, this Riesling tastes SO much different than that Riesling." After hearing the Seymour Duncan sound samples on their website, I was expecting to hear a very dramatic difference, which really just wasn't there. Not that the sound was bad - just really not that different. Maybe it's just me. I am mentally picturing a whole lot of P90 fanatics now shaking their heads. "He can't tell the difference between a humbucker and a P90? The SHAME!". Thinking it might be my wiring, I opened the guitar and worked on it again, for another 2 hours - resoldering joints, checking wiring diagrams. Frustrated, I compared a Les Paul copy, with humbuckers, through my Peavey amp, to the Epi with the new P90s. Still no difference.

Or maybe the difference is there, but I'm just not trained enough to hear it?

I can definitely hear a buzz when the 3-way switch isn't on the middle setting.

I will follow this review up with one in future. I'm going to take the guitar to my recording engineer, and ask her. If she says the sound is the same, well then, I guess I just wasted $230. They sure do look pretty, though!

I am holding off of my overall rating. My first impression is that I'm really a beer drinker at heart, maybe spending this much money on a subtle difference should be a privilege reserved for the more refined wine-drinking ear.

Single coil. It??s a high output single coil, but still right on the vintage output zone.

The Phat Cats are in my Hohner archtop. It??s reeeaalllyyy cheap archtop with a bigsby. It had regular humbuckers on it.

Oh, I own a Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb (great amp).

After two years gigging with the Phat Cats, I can proudly say that these are great pickups. Before the cats, I had filtertron style TV Jones pickups on the archtop - which are great. So, I??m not comparing the cats with bad sounding pickups.

And I writing these review for those guitar players that are looking for THE vintage sound for your archtop without spending tons of money on old Gibsons or Gretschs. I play old school rock, country and R&B (think rockabilly, Chuck Berry, Beatles and everything from 50??s to 60??s). Well, the cats are the way to go for all that if you don??t want humbuckers.

Nowadays, it??s hard to find a stock archtop with single coil sound. You have Epiphone ES-295 (the Scotty Moore model), Gretschs (which are kind of expensive) and really expensive Gibsons. That??s it. So, the Phat Cats are a great alternative for you, poor vintage guitar tone lover.

The cats are adverstized as a P-90 solution for your humbucker equipped guitar. But it??s not. Forget that. P-90??s are darker and have that distinctive middle punch. The cats don??t do that - all the time, at least. You can get the P-90 tone when you crank your tube amp and get some crunch. That??s when they sound alike.

But the cats sound amazing anyway. It??s lively, clear and can deal with distortion. They are more versitile than P-90s. They can sound like a filtertron if you turn the treble up in your amp. In the middle position, you can get really Gretsch like if you turn the neck volume down just a bit. The neck pickup is a joy. It can do anything. It??s humbucker-like if you turn the tone down. But it NEVER gets muddy. Do you love Duane Eddy??s tone - like me? Well, you can do that if you get the neck pickup on the right height. Sometimes, with the treble really up, it??s fenderish, like a Jazzmaster or a warm Strat. Do you remember those old recordings when the guitar player uses an unknown guitar, but with a distinctive single coil sound? When you can tell if that marvelous tone comes from a Kay, a Harmony or any of the less know brands from the early days? The Phat Cats sound like that a lot of the times.

In order to get all that, you need to work on the knobs. And you need to adjust the height. Be patient. The neck pickups sounds better lower (nice jazzy tone for Barney Kessel lovers). The bridge pickup sounds better higher, closer to the strings. You will have to find a balance on that in order to have a usable middle position.

Jazz players: it can deliver old school jazz tone. Think Barney Kessel, Hank Garland, Kenny Burrell. It??s not a P-90. It??s not a charlie christian model pickup. But It??s good in it??s on way. Great note definition. Great for chord-melody.

And remember: work those knobs. I have a master volume on my guitar with a treble bleeder (it??s doesn??t lose it??s highs when you roll of the volume). I suggest you do that. It allows you to find a great variety of tones.

Work those knobs!

Some people won??t like the Phat Cats. Specially people who expect the perfect P-90 sound. I think it??s GREAT for vintage tone lovers like me. But I don??t if it can do it all (hard rock, for instance).

Comparing them with the TV Jones?? TV Classic (humbucker mounting also), the Phat Cats are waaaayyyy more versitile. The TV Jones sounds like a filtertron. That??s it. The Phat Cats can sound like a lot of things. Sometimes, it doesn??t sound like anything I can remember - it just sounds like a Phat Cat. Which is good. The guitar player need to find new original sounds and these pickups can help.

One last thing. Over 2 years, I??ve tried them with flatwounds, roundwounds, 011??s, 012??s and 013??s. It always sounds good. But now I have with 011??s roundwounds and I think I can??t get any better tone than that. The guitar never sounded so good.

Good luck on your search.

Passive big single coil in a hb case

Les Paul Studio, both positions. I have Phat Cats in some all mahogany guitars and they sound great, so I wanted to try them in a LP.

I do not like them in a LP. The maple cap-over-mahogany construction of a LP is just too bright and brittle. They work fine, but I like the Phat Cats much better in my all mahogany Gibson Hawk. They are more trebly than a Gibson 490, for example, but I knew that, and it is not a question of simply turning down the treble on my amp. Rather, the LP dishes up a lot of bass and a lot of treble, and a humbucker smoothes this out, while the Phat Cats accentuate it in a rather unpleasant fashion.

I still need more brightness out of my Les Paul, but I plan to put the humbuckers back in and try a 1 meg volume pot and see if that helps. The Phat Cats do add some tele-ish quack, but the maple brightness is hard to take. I would like to find some humbuckers with some quack, so if anybody has a suggestion, please send it along.

I play a mix of traditional pop and bar blues and rock styles, no metal. I try to be musical, go figure.

Great pickup for the right guitar, but not a cure-all for all guitars.

Great sounding, chrome covered, P90 in a humbucker casing.

I put these in a Gibson Les Paul Classic Goldtop. Originally this guitar came with their hot ceramic pickups the 496r and 500t. Way too hot, so I swapped them out for some Duncan Humbuckers. Alnico Pro II neck and 59er bridge. These sounded good but too similar to another Les Paul I have. After reading all the reviews below, I traded with a buddy for these

Like it says in the reviews below the neck pickup is hotter (small margin) over the bridge. Being on a Les Paul helps, I just turn the neck vol back a little. These are well balanced pickups that don't sound exactly like the p90's but do have their own character that is closer to a p90 sound than a PAF or fender sound. So far it has been used for everything from blues-funk-jazz to rock-metal-reggae. Yes I even added metal. Try these on a solidbody thru a cranked Orange Amp. Metal is in there. However it really shines thru amps that aren't as high gain as others (JTM's, Matchless, Epi valve Jr. etc.)

I wouldn't mind having bridge pickup a tad hotter, but am overall pleased with the tone of this Les Paul. I did an A/B test with a Les Paul Jr with a p90. The Jr still has more balls but the Phat Cats tend to be very articulate -- all notes are clear in both positions with an upper mid bite as opposed to a little muddiness with a lower mid growl in the P90 on the Jr.

I've been playing Fenders, Gibsons and Paul Reed Smiths for 18 years thru a variety of Boogies, Fenders, Marshalls and other amps. I had always wanted a Les Paul Goldtop and ran across this one at a great price. I knew the stock pickups weren't for me beforehand and had planned on changing. Didn't plan on going single-coil like some of the real "classic" LP's, but am glad I did. The only thing better would be to get a 56 reissue goldtop with p90's factory installed. Should that ever happen, I can always change the pickups out of here again (sigh) G.A.S. is a serious word

Single coil/ humbucker size. Centered adjustable pole pieces. Old Gibson style braided ground wire and cloth covered hot lead. Bridge 9.0 ohms; neck 8.0 ohms. Passive.

Installed in a Reverend Daredevil to open up the sound. Stock Reverends were too dark for me. Replaced both bridge and neck.

Output seems slightly higher than Reverend stock. Use a Peavey blues tube class A. Very nice open somewhat glassy tone which is what I like. Nice deep bass but clear and ringy not muddy. Perfect for Classic Rock/ Pop/ Country or Blues. Good string definition. Very similar to Seymour's 59ers which I have in my Gibson Firebird. Maybe a tad stronger and more defined sounding.

I really like Seymour Duncan Pickups. Their sound is always dependable and predictable. Been playing for 30 years. Their basslines web site is great for diagrams too. Like the rest of us, just looking for my tone.

Single coil passive P-90

Installed into Gibson Les Paul Standard
Replacing original Gibson Pickups.
Original Gibson pickups sounded like absolute sh!t

Hot output, real nice clear sound. I installed them, and swapped the neck and bridge pickups because the neck pickup had a bit moor ooomph. Then I removed the metal covers and that completely opened up the sound. Fairly easy to remove the covers, but if you dont know what your doing then the pickup will fall to bits (they're not designed to be taken apart).

With the chrome covers on, they absolutely blew the original Gibson pickups away. Then after the covers were off they sounded better. I would rate the sound with the covers on as 10/10, and after the covers were removed then 11/10

I have since ordered another set for my Ibanez S series. I thought the pickups in it were good, but now they sound like crap. BUY THE PHAT-CAT PICKUPS! You will never look back.

Big Phat Single Coils!

Put these in a new Chinese Epiphone Les Paul, both pickups. Replacing worthless stock Epi pickups. But with a good set-up and these great pickups she's a mean machine . The guitar is heavy and feels like it's made of good solid wood; I feel this contributes to the richness of the tone.

Output is about that of a vintage humbucker. I've run this axe through vintage Traynors, a Peavey Ultra 60, a Vox Valvetronix, etc. and the tone is always rich and distinct. Lots of sweet, sweet mids, great top end "bite" and rich chunky lows. The great thing about P-90's is you can go from country twang to heavy metal and the tone always keeps up. LOVE the sound on these.

Definitely a good buy. These puppies turned a beginner's guitar to a serious tone-machine. And they look amazing. P-90's rule, especially in a nice heavy Les Paul. Might be a bit thin sounding in an SG or hollowbody, or I could be wrong. But they RULE in the Paul. After all, P-90s were the first pickups used on vintage LP's!

You know the specs - or should, after reading these reviews. :???)

Years ago I bought a tele with a Kramer neck and EVH Peavey humbuckers. I swapped out the pointy neck with a Warmoth neck made of solid Goncalo Alves hardwood - very pretty visually and toneful. So it looked like a Tele but roared like a brontosaurus. The guy in town who parted out these pickups wanted them back and tracked me down. Don't get me wrong, the EVHs are awesome, but not terrifically versatile. So being as the former player now owns a music store, he promised me he'd replace them with anything I liked for a swap. Even boutique pups. I had read some good reviews of the Phat Cats and put in my order. Needless to say, they impressed me.

These are slightly hot, but not overly so, and they really don't sound like P90s. I've had a P90 Les Paul Pro Deluxe and a Reverend Slingshot. I liked them somewhat but they both took a lot of effort to give the crisp, crunchy, fat tone I was looking for, something heavier than a Strat or Tele tone but not anything near the LP thud. Unfortunately, both these P90s were muddy at anything above 3 on the amp. But not so with the Phat Cats. Just got them the other day and spent two hours playing through a Swart Atomic Space Tone on the high output setting. These things are like really great Strat pickups but on steroids. Not noisy at all for single coils. Articulate at low volume, singing at higher volumes. Can wring Strat and Tele tones outta these with ease - great for individual and chordal finger tremelo. With the volume on 7, tone on 5 and Space (reverb) on 4 and the trem settings on 4, it becomes a guitarist's painters palette of tone. You can so many cool sounds on the bass pickup and the harmonic sparkles continue on down through the treble. Pinch harmonic city. I spent a lot of time adjusting the height - it sounded best with the bass lower and treble higher - otherwise, to my ears at least, the treble sound very similar when both pickups are set the same height.

Would get them again. They are very very versatile - and I like that the neck pickup NEVER GETS MUDDY at any volume. They seem reasonably priced for such good tone. They are different from any other pickup I've played - I like the fact I have something special in my Tele to play, considering it's a total FrankenTele. Have a bunch of Strats, a custom Girl Brand Tele by Gary Larson, a Tokai Love Rock (actually a 1980 Reborn Old - a killer Les Paul by any name), an old Guild jazzer and a few good acoustics. I don't care what guitars look like, the amount of flame, curl, or bling - they can be scratched and funky looking - all I care about is that they sound great through a good tube amp.

A Single Coil Pickup. Specifically, it is a P90. Passive.

I installed these in a 1989 Les Paul standard, neck and bridge. I am replacing the original humbuckers. Reason for changing the pickup: I mostly use single coil pickups and humbuckers lack bite and clarity.

The output level is medium at best. Like a single coil.
I won't bore you with the list of amps and effects I use, it's boring to read.
Very well balanced.
I play mostly Blues, Soul, R&B, Funk, some Blues-Rock

I give these a 9 because the only thing I would change is maybe the bridge pickup could be a little hotter. The neck pickup over powers the bridge pickup a little.

With that said....

These are phenominal. I took them outta the box only 8 hours ago and put them in my Les Paul. They are surprisingly quiet for passive non-humbucking pickups. I like to use alot of compression which can cause even more 60-Cycle hum than drive sometimes, or certainly make it worse once you add gain. My first crappy guitar had some horrible P90's in them, and they used to squeal like hell all the time. That was almost 30 years ago, and quite honestly, I have had an aversion of P90's since then (even my therapist couldn't seem to rid me of this un-relenting P90 anxiety : - ) When you use them together, they are 100% hum-cancelling... NICE!

What a relief! these babies are reasonable quiet (sure, when you add alot of gain, there is hum, but at low to moderate gain settings, it aint too bad!)

These pickups are outstanding. The neck pickup has a massive sound. Great bit and clarity. The bridge pickup also has a nice bit. I am VERY happy with these pickups. Not only would I replace them if they were stolen, but I'm gonna grab another set for my Tele that is routed for humbuckers. I'm that happy with these. I will write another review after I've had them for a while and used them on stage, but at first glance, these are first class pickups. And, at literally half the price of Fralins, they are an incredible value. I have't used P90's for 20 years, so I can attest to how they compare to classic P90 pickups, but as someone who uses totally hum-cancelling pickups all the time (i.e. Dimarzio Virtual Vintage and Duncan mini humbuckers, etc...) I am VERY pleased with the tone and minimal 60-cycle hum of these pickups. If you play Blues, you will really be impressed with these. Classic Rock or Rock and Roll, a perfect match. OUTSTANDING!

P-90 style

I have a Ibanez Les Paul Copy that I bought new in 1977. I was ready for a change. I since added a strat middle pickup and also a Dimarzio humbucker with 3 way switching for the bridge pick up. The original pickups were were super 70's Ibanez humbuckers. They were good sounding. The body and neck is mahogony. It's the best made copy I ever played and still looks and plays well.

I just tested this pup out on the neck position running it thru my Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue. I have an american ash strat and a hollow body Guild Starfire III to compare to. The output of the phat cat at level 2 on my amp, for the strat I had to go to 2 3/4. The Guild's HB was about the same as the phat cat. So it was a lot hotter than I expected. The phat cat made the Fender strat sound thin. When I turned on my center strat pickup, the guitar sounded like a strat on steroids. From playing over 30 years, I never heard a such a dynamic sound from the Phat Cat. My whole neck is a sweet spot! What others have said about this pickup's clearity and definition, is true.
I now have a monster guitar that is well balanced. I own a Real Tube 901 and a boss ME 50, The Phat Cat can bark and crunch well even with a lot of distortion. I was at first reluctent to go with a single coil, but this one is very quiet. Much fuller than I expected.
To be fair the Guild's HB is a little deeper sounding but the tightness of the Phat Cat is amazing. I can hear every note on every string very clear and solid also the slitest touch of the string.
I play many styles from rock to blues to some jazz, no metal. I was able to get a powerful chugging sound on some low bar chords that I never could get before.

I would pay 5 times more if i had to to get another one.
After 30 years of playing, I've gone thru some equipment, I now own a couple of Deluxes the 3 electric's mentioned above, a Clide Mc Coy waw, boss loop station, Me-50, Real Tube 901.

Read on what the other have said then do what I did.

P-90 Style Single coils

I took an Epiphone Special II plywood Korean made entry level boat paddle & made it sound like a real guitar. I took out both Epi humbuckers & replaced them with the Phat Cats. I soldered them in place just the way the humbuckers came out. I didn't even look at the size of the pots, just stuck them in.

Output may not be as loud as some but that is what the volume knob is for on the amp. I plugged it into my Rivera Clubster with no other effects.
On the clean channel it is warm & mellow with a nice bite when you attack the strings. Great Jazzy sound, roll off some bass, pull the bright switch & do a little chickin' pickin'. Through the Gain channel its Leslie West, Billy Gibbons, Clapton. These pick-ups SCREAM. I have transformed the little Epi into a monster. I walk by my G&L Comanche & Legacy to play this guitar. If you are reading these reviews to decide if you should buy these pick-ups or not, the answer is you should.

I compared these to the Gibson P94's. They sounded almost as good as the Phat Cats, & the Cats are cheaper. Before I did guitar sugery on the Epi I was looking at purchasing a Les Paul of some description with Soapbars. I have the sound I was looking for at a $1500 price savings. I would like to have seen a little better installation information inside the box but even with half a mind I was able to get them working.

single coil/neck

1969 tele neck position[was routed for humbucker when I got it years ago]u know the KR thing/I don't think it works well as HM does not blend well with bridge pu....so I had the tele stock, but, tele neck pu's are pretty marginal...used it mainly for hum cancelling in middle position[rwrp].

FAT output but nuanced; Fender 60's amps; no effects; all styles; all positions. IT JUST WORKS.

Lots[yup lots] of gear but I just seem to go for this tele. playing over 40 years. P90's are great but I can no longer bear the noise. Humbuckers kind of overwelm me in most situations, strats are too thin but I have always lover the design. Life without a good tele is unthinkable....and this pu respects the tele. Don't cut up an old tele but get a warmoth body or something decent and try this set up...great hum cancelling middle sound and single pu sounds that are balanced. Feels like they were made 4 each other...no crowding out on the sonic spectrum. a keeper setup. PS have an sg with 2 Phat Cats and the tele set up is much better.

Single coil, passive, set of two, one of which is reverse wound/reverse polarity to cancel hum when both pickups are on together.

Gibson Les Paul Studio, neck and bridge. Replaced stock gibsons (which supposedly are 490R and 498T but Gibson doesn't mark their pickups so...?) I was looking for pickups that were less compressed sounding and less mushy than the stock Gibsons.

Output is moderate (they seem louder, and definitely more dynamic than the stock p/u's). I play through a Laney VC30 212 with Celestion speakers (EL84 power tubes). The thing I love the most about these is their dynamics - when I play soft on the distortion channel of the amp they're amost clean, but play hard and you get a punchy mid rangey distortion with a nice bite on the high end. Play a complex chord voicing and you hear every note in relation to the others. Single notes stick out as much as you want them to. If you are at the point in your playing where you want a lot of subtle control over note dynamics, these could be for you. Styles: Roots rock, funk, world beat, alternative, alt-country, Jam Rock. The only thing I miss about the old pickups is the glass slide sound I would get from the 498t. The only complaint i have is that the neck p/u seems a little too bass heavy.

I would replace. I might put these in my other guitars too.
Been playing 25+ years.
I will always search for THAT sound!

OK so I was not a big fan of p-90s. Then I heard p90s with a bass contour a a standard treble control with 250k pots. I wanted something strat like yet with more tone. I found it. The set up on my guitar is a set of phat cats with a 500k volume and a 250k bass conture and a 250k tone/ treble cut. Mixes with a piezo bridge. I finally found that blend I like.

The pickups are in a schecter C1-ea. It came standard with duncan designed hb102s. pure mud. I wanted a brighter sound and so phat cats from ebay. 100.00 for the pair. I'm thinking about another guitar just like it because I like the sound so well. Tone is definitely a 10

The output is better than I expected and really clear for a metal covered pickup. I am running these through a Kustom coupe 36 or a POD xt live and in ear monitors it depends on the gig. As far as tone they are juicy. I expected either a more sterile sound like normal p90s but I think the 250k tone controles help. they are perfect for what I play. Rock worship, classic rock, and I can even get a respectable not as chunky but doable drop D. I wouldn't use these for metal but as for everything else Yeah they are great.

If it were lost or stolen this I would replce it in a heartbeat. I have been playing for 33 years and the laundry list of gear rages from stupid to stupidly pretentious. I have a couple of favorite pieces like my Breedlove acoustic and my hard disk recorder with all of the effects stuff. These pickups like I said range very widely tonally. They are awesome. I compared them to the Reverends, and the schecter p90s and the gibson p90s. I just found my tone. Worth every penny in my book. The bass and treble controls help a great deal.

Passive single coil pickup. Supposedly a p90 dressed up as a humbucker.

This is in an Epiphone Sheraton II (335 style semi-hollow). Both neck and bridge. Replacing stock humbuckers. I wanted a single-coil tone, originally a strat tone, then I learnt above p90s, played some, and realised thats what I wanted.

Im using it through a Marshall Compressor, a Boss SD-1 and a pair of danelectro 7-band eqs, into a Peavey Valveking 112 on the clean channel.
The tone is perculiar - these do NOT sound like true p90s. But they do sound good. Real good. The main difference is they dont have as much mids, in fact they actually have a scooped sound. With my treble and bass at 0 and mids at 10, through the SD-1 which is a very middy overdrive, I still get that harsh scooped sound. But its easily solved with a 7-band eq to boost the mids considerably, it then gets warm smooth and oh so sweet. But without the eq, it is true that they have scooped mids, and this isn't typical of p90s. It won't give you the typical p90 overdriven sound. They are raw and raunchy, just not middy enough. With some drastic EQing it can be fixed and you get a great p90 tone.
Clean is another story, they are oh so good clean. The bridge first - it is chimey and jangly, almost like a gretsch or rickenbacker. Though its still smooth, and still twangy. You get some good snap and twang from it. A pretty rounded sound. Good solid bass and a fantastic sparkling high end. VERY versatile, will pretty much do anything classic rock/blues. Roll the tone off and it gets smooth and mellow. The neck is incredible - it has LOADS of bass, but not making it overpowering or muddy, it just makes it THICK and DEEP, and really damn nice. Its still got a fine sparkling high end. Blues licks are POWERFUL from this neck pickup. Rhythm strumming is really thick. It is balanced. Roll the tone off it gets REALLY mellow and smooth. The neck pickup is incredible for overdriven leads with the tone rolled off a bit, really Santana-esque! Again, with the neck pickup you get some awesome twang and snap. These pickups are VERY lively and detailed, and react great to picking dynamics and style. In the middle position, the tone gets much thinner, a bit quackier and twangier, but nonetheless thin, a bit too thin for clean stuff. Overdriven though, it has a really nice squeal to it. For clean stuff in the middle position, you will want to roll the tone off a bit to get some thick sounds.
Overall tone - incredible cleans (bridge = jangly/chimey, neck = thick/deep), for overdriven stuff you might need to do some drastic EQing to boost the mids, but if set right you can get some REALLY smooth, warm distortion tones. Perfect for blues and classic rock. Very responsive and lively-sounding. Twangy (but not too much). I'll take a point off as they might not be what you expect of p90s, but if they weren't marketed as p90s they would surely get a 10!

I would DEFINATELY buy again if stolen. If I had unlimited funds I would try out other company's hum-sized-p90s, but if in doubt I would always rely on these pickups to give me my tone.
I love the tone, basically. They are unique. But damn, damn good. You might wanna get a little eq from danelectro for $30 to boost the mids though. Rather odd that pickups marketed as p90s have scooped mids. But then again, it gives you the excuse to get the eq, and that makes your sound much more versatile, giving you TWO tones from the same pickup!
I am satisfied. These pickups have helped me achieve my signature tone, which I am incredibly proud of and would never change.

Pickup features: Single coil
Impedence or other specs: dunno

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez AK-85 DVS (Artcore Jazz)
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: neck + bridge
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: dunno
You musical style(s): Jazz-projects
Reason for pickup change: I wanted a more "Grant Green" like sound on this relatively cheap guitar. The upgrade with the SD P-90 Phat Cats is truly great and worth and penny. Roght now, this is real value for aoney. !!!!

Perceived output level: Makes me feel that I am in control of the output
Tone: Balanced
Sonic evaluation: I play with a Fender Deluxe, with a few mod's (C-12 Celestian 12", Svetlana's and Electro Harmonix 12 AX.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Jazz jazz jazz

Comments: I play for almost fifteen years and the last years I am on a Jazz Exoerience tour. It's great
I don't need Gibson on my neck just for making me feel good. Just buy the right things and upgrade it yourself !!!

Pickup features: Single coil, nickle covers, passive, humbucker sized
Impedence or other specs: 8.5k bridge, 8k neck

Model of guitar or bass: Gibson ES-333
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Gibson original 490R/498T
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: don't know, don't care
You musical style(s): Blues, jazz, light rock
Reason for pickup change: Already have another ES-333 with 490R/490T combination (I don't like the 498T too well in the ES's). Thought on this, 2nd ES-333 I'd go for a little different tone.

Perceived output level: About the same as a Gibson 57 Classic
Tone: Tight bottom, not boomy, very scooped mids, sparkly highs.
Sonic evaluation: "Peabody here, with my pet boy Sherman. Sherman set The Wayback Machine to 1963, so we can revisit the root tones of the Phat Cats....."
Both pickups are brighter than the 490/498 stock combination. Output is markedly lower than those two as well. Keep in mind, the 490 is more powerful than the 57Classic (which will be our output standard). The 498 is much noticably louder than the 490, and much louder than the 57Classic, and therefore much louder than the Phat-Cats. I'd say the Phats are about as loud, or have the same output as a Gibson 57Classic, or the same as a medium level humbucker. I'll call the 490's a bit hotter, more of a "hard rock" output (but considerably less than "metal" or "shred").
There is an interesting scoop to the mids overall, and the upper mids in particular on the Phats. The result... is that they have this very appealing chime, without getting "icepick" or "brittle". I think the "how" to this sonic effect is subtle, yet worth noting. By reducing the upper mids, you are not drowning out those sparkly chimey high end sounds. I think they're always there, but on a heavy mids pickup - like a 490 or 498, you dont get to hear them as well because they're getting stepped on. Those sparklies are what I'd say what makes the Phat's signature tone, and you can hear it on the Strat, and on both pickups of the ES-333.
The low end is solid. Tight. Not muffled. Not Tele-quack either. On the neck pickup, you get a smoothness that you'd expect. With the tone control rolled off a bit, you begin to quickly lose those sparklies and here's where finesse comes in. The tone control now gives a very wide palette of tones, and you have to be careful with the setting - there's a lot of good flavors there. The stock 300k (250-275k really) volume pot seems well suited to the Phats, and give a good response for swells. No doubt you'd get a bit more high end with a larger pot, but I dont personally think its needed.
Playing chords, rhythmic stuff, is a pleasure and the output is controllable and predictable. Actually... as I'm thinking about it, the tone sounds very similar to the 52RI neck pickup that I have in my mahogany/maple Tele Thinline - with the solid goncalo-alves (a harder tight grained mahogany) neck... except the Phats are higher in output. They've also got better dynamic range, so when you're searching for some punch with the 52RI's... the Phats just deliver. In that way, they're like a P90.
On the bridge side, we've got similar even tone with sparkly top, just a bit more treble, a bit more bite, and a bit more punch, as you'd expect from the bridge pickup (wound a bit hotter too, for compensation). No suprises here. Bell like, chimey, glistening top end, reduced mids (they make that great top end possible) and solid, non-boomy bass end. The response is smooth, even, totally predictable and comfy for the ears. One problem is the tone control. Not a major deal but it sounds good with the .022 capacitor there, but it rolls off a bit too much. Let me restate that. The capacitor value determines the corner frequency of the filter its part of. Well other things do too, its a balancing act, but we CHOOSE the capacitor value to change the corner frequency, since we cannot go about changing the impedance of the pickups. The .022uf is just fine. It sounds fine, it works fine - with one issue. When you roll off the treble fully its a bit too rolled off. This is not a capacitor issue (unless you consider ESR an issue, and it wouldn't change things that much). Its a matter of range. The pot is in series with the cap, to ground. The range of the pot is 500k to 0k, so that when the treble is fully rolled off, the signal is shorted to ground through the cap. The fix is to add a resistor, and I dont know the size but will guess, and put it between the cap and pot. The effect is to lim

Comments: Duncan says they're like P90's (sort of). They are not. I've got guitars with P90s, and Phat Cats are not like 'em!
Phats have their own tone, fatter than Fender, lighter than a P90... just a big round tone. Very pleasant to play on, and listen to.

Pickup features: Single
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: 1980 Gibson LP Firebrand
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: stock pickups--Dimarzios?
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): whatever pays the bills--rock, country, jazz, blues
Reason for pickup change: I wanted a second "single coil" guitar and figured I'd give these a try in an old guitar I didn't play much anymore.

Perceived output level: seems a little hotter than the stock pickups
Tone: well balanced
Sonic evaluation: 1980 Gibson LP Firebrand, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with Jensen C12-N replacement speaker.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play mostly in a Country/Classic Rock/Oldies band

Comments: I've been playing for 30 years, pro for 22. I put the Phat Cats in an old Gibson that was my first electric guitar, purchased new in 1980. I've kept the guitar all this time (obviously) but rarely played it. After hearing another guitarist playing a Les Paul with P-90's in it, I started checking out guitars with that type of pickup. After seeing that the Phat Cats were designed to replace humbuckers, I decided to give them a try instead of buying a whole new guitar. I'm extremely happy with the sound. The combination of guitar and pickups is working very well. I love having the ability to blend the two pickups together --something you don't usually get if you go with a Tele, Strat or other more typical single-coil guitars. The LP Firebrand guitar is much lighter than a regular Les Paul and I think this works to my advantage tone-wise with the PCs. After many years of not really liking humbuckers or regular single coils, I'm finding the P-90 sound to be very close to what I've been after all this time.
I previously used a G&L Comanche as my main guitar, but really only like the sound of the neck pickup, not crazy about the bridge. I've had the same feeling about a lot of Teles I've tried, too. The P90 bridge pickup is not as brittle, and that's a big plus for me. As far as other guitars, I also have a '79 ES347 that I'm considering putting Phat Cats in, plus a couple of Ibanez electrics, a Jackson bass and a few acoustics laying around, too.

Pickup features: Single Coil (P90) passive
Impedence or other specs: Unknown

Model of guitar or bass: Epiphone Sheraton II
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: SD '59 neck and SD JB bridge
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: Not known
You musical style(s): Post rock, alternative rock.
Reason for pickup change: The stock pickups sounded OK, but muddy so I swaped them for a SD '59 in the neck and SD JB in the bridge as I had these in a guitar I never play. Put them in and there just wasn't sufficient improvement. I usually play telecasters and absolutely love the sound of single-coils - you just can't get single coil clarity with humbuckers. Anyway. I'd seen a band play who play a similar style of music to me and one of the guitarists used a Sherton and I loved the sound so bought one... but I knew that the pickups HAD to go (I realise that I just don't want a humbucker sound). I was looking for the tone and note clarity I get with my tele's but warmer, with a more balanced bass response and less icepick highs (I find my teles can be a little thin at times). I looked around for single coil pickups that fit hubucker housings and considered the Fralins, the harmonic designs and the symours - I went for the seymours based on reviews I'd read and their affordability.

Perceived output level: Hotter than the single coils in my teles - actually almost as hot as humbuckers.
Tone: These pickups are very well balanced - great highs, mids and lows - nothing sounds harsh. All really cut through the mix.
Sonic evaluation: I'm using the following rig:
Epip Sheraton II with Phat Cats > Boss DD5 > Boss RV3 > Boss OD3 > Boss Keeley BD2 > Rat II > Big Muff Pi > Line 6 DL4 > Boss TU2 > Fender Twin reverb.
Yes. Delays at the front of the chain.
It sounds incredible. I was looking for something that sounded like my tele's - I've played teles for years and love their sound, but find that they can soumetimes be a little to thin and trebbly - basically not warm enough. As mentioned, I'd seen someone use a Sheraton and loved it - but as soon as I played the Sheraton with its humbuckers, I knew I had to put single coils in there. I'd never played a guitar with p90 type pickups before so it was really a case of me looking for single coil pickups that come in a humbucker housing - so I wouldn't have to do any majore modifications... I read about these, considered a few alternatives but went for the SD's.
They sound FANTASTIC - very tele-like but fatter, warmer, great clarity. Sound really great with overdrive/distortion - growling and you can hear every note! I am very very pleased.
I mainly use the neck pickup and find that with my tele's, if I switch to the bridge, I really need to change my amp settings otherwise it's icepicks allround - NOT SO with these - the two are very well balanced and usable without changing amp eq settings. Nice.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Post-rock, alternative rock. Explosions in the Sky. Mogwai, Low, Radiohead, Interpol, DO Make Say Think. These pups are beautiful for this - clean guitar parts with delay/reverb sound beautiful, add distortion and you still have the clarity - lovely sounding.

Comments: I adore these pickups - they have transformed the guitar for me - from mushy sounding to singing clear. I cannot recommend these enough - really great sound, really good price. Get 'em!

Pickup features: p-90 style humbucker-sized passive single coil
Impedence or other specs: dunno

Model of guitar or bass: epiphone g-400
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: stock epiphone
Other pickups on guitar: -
Artists using this pickup: don't know any
You musical style(s): blues, rock, thrash metal
Reason for pickup change: stock pups were dull and muddy, wanted biting rock sound, heard some recordings with p-90 guitars

Perceived output level: pretty hot for a single coil, about as much output as the epiphone humbuckers
Tone: quite the opposite of the epis... very sharp, super-twang to say the least. trebly-middy. extremely touch-sensitive. sounds much sharper and nastier than p-90s i have heard or tried. almost too brutal, but now the pots are useful even on an epiphone guitar. the sg's dry-sounding character really adds to these already very aggressive pups, which may or may not be a good thing.
Sonic evaluation: a) laney tf700 120w hybrid head with behringer 4x12 cab
b) behringer v-amp 2 amp modeler with roland cube-15 solid state combo
no effects, guitar goes right into amp.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: awesome for blues and rock, not that good for either soft stuff or hi-gain mayhem, they're just too nasty.

Comments: what i really love about these is the insane attack they have. i can easily go from more quiet (yet sharp) sounds to loud bangs only by picking technique. and i mean loud BANG!s, you think the cab explodes... it crunches the solid state clean channels of my amps easily, unlike any other guitar/pup i've tried yet.
this is great for clean blues solos, but really shines at mid-gain riff/solo mixes (think jimi hendrix), since they are as responsive to your picking as other guitars are only when played clean. it's so much fun playing with these, all other guitars i played sounded boring to me in comparison, e.g. gibson les paul, gibson sg special (which sounded fairly similar to stock epiphone), fender usa tele, framus panthera (stock humbuckers are duncans), or gibson les paul melody maker (which has a p-90, but it sounded much softer and friendlier than these).
softer stuff requires using the tone pot a lot, which doesn't sound as good as a good clean-playing-pup. thrash metal is a little problem, for you have to crank the gain to make palm-mute shredding do that "chomp-chomp" sound. but at those gain levels, the overall sound gets too harsh... and since they're single coils, they collect a lot of electromagnetic pollution (unless you switch to middle position, the phat cat neck and bridge pup combined are hum-cancelling). this doesn't mean you can't get satisfying results, but it could take a lot of fine-tuning, and some harsh-sounding amps like marshalls might be completely not so good for this purpose. if you prefer hi-gain stuff, i recommend humbuckers.
when playing the guitar with stock pups, i always had to crank the treble of the amp and use hard carbon picks. i made the mistake to start with the same configuration after the replacement, that caused severe pain in my ears. now i mostly have the eq at middle, so in the end i think i've found my sound.
i'm very satisfied, but since it's not perfect, it won't get a 10. it's not everybody's darling and doesn't do every style. and then, 170 euros for a pair is also a bit pricey. it deserves 9 though.

Pickup features: P 90 in a humbucker size
Impedence or other specs: somthing like 8ohms neck 9ohms bridge

Model of guitar or bass: 70's Cortez Les Paul copy
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Burstbucker
Other pickups on guitar: both are phat cats
Artists using this pickup: Me
You musical style(s): Blues Rock jazz Rockabilly
Reason for pickup change: cant afford a gibson let alone a 50's gibson

Perceived output level: Like the old sweet 60's gibson's, a classy non metal hot
Tone: Nice balance for a single coil,not to sharp yet not dead
Sonic evaluation: Paul copy,overdrive pedal Peavey classic 30

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Not as solid souding played clean as a humbucker,however does amazing things with mild to hard overdrive distortion

Comments: Im sorry to say that most of the folks on this forum praise alot of garbage-adleast in my tastes-Ill say this-this is the p90 for those of us who are humbucker addicts-the hum is cancelled in mid position and is not that bad when 1 pup is used,and I HATE single coil hum-
The reason I tried this was because of an amazing 65 sg jr I tried-
and couldnt afford.I noticed that its p90 was picking up alot of the guitars suble harmonics(bloom) and I was told that the reason being for that is that a p90's feild of what picks up the strings is narrower than a humbuckers-So I took a shot on these reluctantly thinking odds were Id sell em in a day-I was afraid they sound like gibsons new p90's which sound nasal n terrible IMO.But I lucked out
-This pup definetly is for mild or heavey overdrive,totally clean is not its strong point-Not for the jazz guitarist-But on light overdrive it has a muddy waters kinda twang and on heaver it almost sounds like Alman Bros live at filmore(strange but true since its a single coil)What it doesnt sound like is a fender(thank god)
Ill tell you what Ive tried so you can see if our tastes are similar:
gib 57 classics-weak thin pup-nice high end but no presence-hated em
gib 490's- This isnt my favorite pup,however they have a nice presence,a bit too much mids,nice clean,soso overdriven
gib BurstBucker pro's-This is what I was using,A great clean pup,decent overdriven,great punch,probally gibsons best in there new line IMO
Duncan Anttiquities- Man sooo close to an old sounding pup so so close, but it aint- Very nice mellow pup,definetly lacking somthing though-Great in a les paul ,sucky in a hollowbody,liked it alot,but not my fav
Lindy Fralin Humbucker-Buying this is what happens when you listen
to morons on this forum- PLain plain plain n overated- No personality
whatsoever-an expensive waste of money
Duncan's Seth lover - Seymour I love you for making the phat cat but the seth was a dissapointment-No frills sounding bucker
Anyway I hope this has helped-Ill give it an excellent 8 because anyone who says 10 is a moron unless they talking about a paf or a 50's strat pup or somthing of the sort-Good luck on your pup quest!

Pickup features: P-90's for Humbucking guitars
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Epiphone ET-290
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Stock humbuckers
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Noisy, Jagged, Poppy, Chordy Rock
Reason for pickup change: I don't like Humbuckers in general, and especially the ones this guitar came with. I'm not a fan of the muddiness or smooth, warm tone of Humbuckers, but everything else about the guitar is stellar, so I had to make the switch.

Perceived output level: Much more loud and gainy than most single coil pick-ups I've played, which is fine.
Tone: Very "middy", so to speak, which is great. Intense clarity.
Sonic evaluation: Playing through Peavey StudioPro of some variation, compression, and overdrive, which makes the guitar sound like a Fender Tele or something instead of a Humbucking guitar, which it is no longer. Excellent. Very punchy and almost clanky when thrashing, which is alright news! Gritty but clear notes with overdrive up.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Excellent match for my style: garage rock punk stuff. Sounds best with both positions going.

Comments: If it were destroyed or stolen, I would assume my guitar would also have been destroyed or stolen, and I would have to focus on finding another of said guitar, which is no easy or cheap feat. If a thief somehow managed to steal the pick-ups alone, I would replace them sooner or later. This product saved my favorite guitar from smooth muffy Humbucker muddiness hell. I'm ever grateful.

Pickup features: Single Coil P-90
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Heritage CM150 (Les Paul)
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Heritage Rendall Wall
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Classic Rock Blues
Reason for pickup change: Heard a '52 Les Paul with P-90's...

Perceived output level: Powerful cutting tone. Clear yet breaks up nicely when driven
Tone: trebly, yet refined
Sonic evaluation: I'm using a Fender Blues Jr., but I sometimes run a POD in front of it for extra tonal options

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Rock, Blues

Comments: My guitar tech (Eric's Guitar Shop in Van Nuys CA) recommended them when I told him that I wanted my LP to sound like my friend's 52 LP. It does! If stolen I'd replace them immediately. After installing these I sold my Boss ME-50 on eBay. Sounds so good straight through to the amp that I didn't want anything else in the way! I've been playing them for about 5 months and my band loves the new sound. My old humbuckers were great, but without the definition and clarity. I've found THAT sound.

Pickup features: P-90
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: PRS McCarty
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: McCarty Standard Pickups
Other pickups on guitar: N/A
Artists using this pickup: ?
You musical style(s): Blues
Reason for pickup change: Humbuckers too 'mushy'

Perceived output level: Hotter than a single coil
Tone: Chimey, rude Mids
Sonic evaluation: PRS-->TS-9 (Analog Man)-->Bogner Shiva

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Great pickup for blues, Hendrix, Arc Angels, Doyle Bramhall II

Comments: Playing 20 years. Never played P-90s before. Play a Strat w/ Texas Specials--love the tone, but wanted a non-trem. Picked up the McCarty b/c I love the Rosewood neck. I like the concept of Humbuckers (i.e. sustain, output, etc) , but never liked the mushy tone. These pickups for me are the Ultimate in the quest for 'The Tone'. No Hum. Incredible with the McCarty Rosewood. Would immediately replace.

Pickup features: passive P90 in a humbucker cover
Impedence or other specs: see web site

Model of guitar or bass: rebuilt/modified kay jazzer (solid mahagany center block and neck)
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: generic P90's
Other pickups on guitar: all P90's
Artists using this pickup: The bloke in the strokes, don't know his name.
You musical style(s): Rock blues, and anything else i feel like
Reason for pickup change: the old pick ups were a bit flat, no character.

Perceived output level: slightly hotter than the old ones, great variation in tone using the vol/tone pots.
Tone: really well defined bass, great mids, biting, cutting but warm and sweet and a lovely sparkling top end with no harshness, amazing.
Sonic evaluation: the dogs bollocks, amazingly versatile, i really can't understand why people use humbuckers, P90's are truly the most versatile pick ups around, ok maybe that's abit of a generalisation, i just don't like humbuckers.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Rock, blues, punk (clash, ramones, greenday)P90's really will do it all.

Comments: i would definatley buy them again tomorrow, but only for humbucker replacement, if i wanted soap bars or dog ear P90's i'd go to tim at Bareknuckle pick ups

Pickup features: P90 single coil clone in a humbucker case
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Gibson Hawk
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Gibson 490
Other pickups on guitar: TV Jones Tron thing
Artists using this pickup: Picasso, Dali, Renoir
You musical style(s): Blues, rock, roots
Reason for pickup change: Needed more clarity and bass string articulation than a humbucker can give.

Perceived output level: Less than the stock 490 humbucker, very similar to an *average* p90
Tone: trebly, though balanced and clear
Sonic evaluation: I use it with my '68 Super, a Mk I reissue Boogie, and a 30 watt Laney. I am not mister distortion, rarely getting past Zep or Cream levels, and I do a fair amount of roots rock. Here's my deal: tone wise, I do just about all I want with a Tele and a cranked amp. But my Gibson Hawks are easier to play. So how do I get them to sound twangy? Yank the humbucker and put in one of these. End of story. Less twang and more snarl than a tele, sure, but still cool. Lots of killer rock from Who, Santana, the Dead, Mountain, etc. featured p90s, so if you like that, try one of these.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: This works great for my weirdness, and I look forward to putting one in the neck position so as to get that beautiful both pickup sound

Comments: I am typically disappointed by aftermarket pickups, but this one is a keeper. Its only drawback is a bit of hum. It compares favorably with my Bill Lawrence p490, which is a similar configuration, but with more of a strat voicing (the Lawrence also puts out some beautiful frequencies that most pick ups miss, the way an AC 30 puts out some tones that a Marshall will miss, if you know what I mean).
I had purchased a Rio Grande brand version of this pickup and it was a piece of sorry noisy junk in comparison.
Except for the slight noise, I think this is a great rock and roll pickup, nailing the virtues of the best p90s. Though I don't play that style, I would guess that it is not the best choice for extremely high gain metal (by virtue of its tone, output, and hum). But hey, it might be.

Pickup features: passive hot p-90 single coil with humbucker-sized plating
Impedence or other specs: seymourduncan.com

Model of guitar or bass: epiphone fat-210 strat (humbucker in bridge)
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: gibson 57 classic plus
Other pickups on guitar: 2 epiphone single coils
Artists using this pickup: yomama
You musical style(s): pop/punk/rock/metal/blues/funk
Reason for pickup change: want something loud like the 57 plus but with better definition. 57 plus is deafening.

Perceived output level: extremely hot. loudest pickup next to classic 57 plus
Tone: emphasis on high and high mids with warm low end. nice mid cut.
Sonic evaluation: epiphone strat -> orange twin channel head -> custom mesa 2x12 cab with eminence swamp thang/cannabis rex combination.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: believe it or not this pickup is versatile and can nail any style, even metal!

Comments: i was kind of taken aback by this pickup. not usually a p-90 kind of guy. i saw a monster rock show with one of these in les paul goldtop once. this has sizzle and bite with a clear high end, really brings out the strat quality in my guitar unlike others. similar to 57 but retains the clarity, you can roll down the volume. roll it down more and the tone changes to jazz as another reviewer said. does not get muddy, great for soloing AND brutal rhythms. this competes with a hot rails (also loud) and the gibson 498t hot alnico. an interesting option if you tried other pickups and are looking for something new.

Pickup features: Humbucker sized single coil P90ish design
Impedence or other specs: don't know, don't care

Model of guitar or bass: HAMER STUDIO CUSTOM
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: SEYMOUR DUNCAN 59 HUMBUCKERS
Other pickups on guitar: N/A
Artists using this pickup: DON'T KNOW
You musical style(s): Blues, Jazz, Rock, rockabilly
Reason for pickup change: I personally do not like humbuckers but love playing gibson and hamer guitars.

Perceived output level: seem to be quite hot to my ears
Tone: great bottom end, clear mids and treble
Sonic evaluation: Using a Hamer Studio Custom through a Fender deluxe reverb. Great tone!!!!!!! This is the tone I have always wanted in my humbucker based guitars. This pickup screams when required. Cuts through the mix like a hot knife, but roll of the volume and listen to a lovely jazz tone. This pickup was first fitted on Hamer Newport Semi guitars but trust me, they sound the business on solids as well. This pickup could change the Les Paul as we know it or in my preferred case the Hamer forever.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: blues, jazz, rockabilly, country, rock

Comments: If these pickups were stolen, I would hunt down the culprit to the end of the earth. They are SENSATIONAL. Could be the biggest thing for guitar tone for quite a few years. Forget that muddy, weary, tone of your humbuckers, put some life and soul into your guitar, hear it breathe, hear all the frequencies it can deliver. YOU MUST GET A SET OF THESE WITH HASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!