P-90 sound in a humbucker size. Big, fat, and punchy.
Item: SEMSPH90
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20 People rated this product : 7 out of 10
3 People wrote reviews









9 out of 10
Feature:
There aren't that many things to muck around with in a pickup.
Quality:
It seems to be pretty amazing. I haven't had any problems. I have a neck and a bridge pick-up and they are both pretty incredible.
Value:
It's a little pricey for a single coil but given that it can go in a humbucker spot and it is way cheaper than Gibson's version, it's pretty good value.
Desirability:
Ok, it is a pick-up. However, if you want that amazing P-90 tone and you don't want to buy a brand new guitar, get this. I really wanted that tone.
Sound:
This is a very nice pickup. I knew the P-90 sound would be what I was looking for and it was. It just seems to fall in that happy middle ground between normal single coil and humbucker. I have replaced to high output humbuckers on my vintage Yamaha SBG-500 with these babes and there are so many cool combinations. The bridge is just the jazziest thing ever. The bridge pick-up is just incredible and right in the middle is the no hum zone, which leads me onto why I rated it so. I gave it a 9 because of the hum which in all honesty isn't that bad. I think it would be pretty sweet if they could make this in a stack pickup and still maintain it's tone...
Ease of Use:
It's a pickup so it's pretty easy. Don't try and put it in yourself unless you kind of have an idea of what you are doing or your local music store will laugh at you, I know from experience.
Support:
I dunno what the support is ike but let's not ruin it's rating because of that.
Overall:
Besides spending a total of $160 on the guitar, which is something you have to come to terms with when you own such an investment, and the problem all single coils have with noise, it's an amazing product. There is really nothing to validly complain about, I knew about the price and the hum going into this. It's just what you need for that P-90 sound. I think I am going to get a cheap guitar for the road and I am going between getting a single pick-up Les Paul and switching one of these in or just getting the double pick-up one. The fact that these are really the way to go is making this decision quite the task.
Submitted: 6/30/2007
Style of Music: Indie Pop (currently)









9 out of 10
Feature:
No "I heart p-90s" stickers. No catalog of outfits to dress them up in. SD really fell down on the job here.
Quality:
Nothing seems amiss, and once installedm, it's hard for anything to really go wrong with a pickup.
Value:
Sounds great, and fits in where a humbucker would go. For a Gibson P-90 you'd pay more upfront, and then have to take a router to the top of your guitar.
Desirability:
Looks like a normal shiny humbucker... but wait... the posts are running down the middle... is that a giant single coil??? Be still my heart.
(Sad truth is that I'm enough of a guitar geek that the above was not meant as sarcasm)
Sound:
If you love that P-90 sound, you won't be disappointed. Crank them up and you get one of the all time great rock 'n' roll sounds. Huge, thick, sloppy notes with crazy amounts of tone. Not the right pickups for your machine gun shredding (all that pick work will be lost) but the best pickups in the world for big nast riffs and power-chords. HIGHLY recommended for punk guitarists.
Support:
Haven't dealt with them, but they have a pretty good website.
Overall:
I play a bunch of different guitars. But this will be my primary one for some time to come.
Submitted: 11/8/2005
Style of Music: indie/punk rock
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