Talk:P-90

Kinman section written like an advertisement
The Kinman P-90x supposedly has a perfect sound according to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.30.108.169 (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Proceeding with removal of section from article. While there's kernels of truth here, it is strongly tangled with adcopy and is far from encyclopedic. Cassie is Asleep (talk) 07:30, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

About the P90
The Gibson P90 is one of the most expressive single coil pickups ever created. The coil is wide and shallow. The area of string coverage is therefore quite wide compared to a fender single coil which gives the pickup comparably more bass and mid range. generally these pickups were not potted and can be quite microphonic. they are also quite susceptable to 60 cycle hum.

Modern reproduction P90's are now available from Gibson, Shed Pickups, Seymour Duncan, Kent Armstrong and Bare Knuckle Pickups to name but a few.

Merge proposal
I believe that "soapbar" is a nickname for P-90 pickup in its specific form-factor. Wouldn't we rather have one fuller article with varities or form-factors description section rather than 2 distinct articles that have 90% in common? --GreyCat 11:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, a soapbar is just the way the pickup cover looks, while the dogear is a different cover. The main difference is that the soapbar is drilled directly into the wood between the polepiece, while a dogear is screwed in by the ear parts. Inside, they're identical.--Alexrules43 02:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

P-100
Do you think the P-100 pickup should be mentioned? It looks identical to the P-90, but it's stacked so the hum cancels, and doesn't exactly sound the same. --SeanMcB 9:15, 25 September, 2006 (UTC)

Well, if there wouldn't be a separate P-100 article, just make P-100 a redirect and add information to this one. I guess it would be right. --GreyCat 18:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Confusing Passage
"By the 1970s, single-coil pickups, mini-humbucking pickups and uncovered humbucking pickups began replacing the P-90 pickups on Gibson's budget and lower-end models."

--Roivas (talk) 16:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * True. Maikel (talk) 18:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Notable users section...
Do we really need to have a giant section of wanking material for 13 year old Rolling Stone readers who happen to own a Squier starter set covered in dust in the corner of their room? "The guitar Eric Clapton keeps in his bathroom to fiddle with while he takes a dump is equipped with P-90s and he's a famous musician, so he's a notable user!" The damn list is like a third of the article. 76.16.85.100 (talk) 23:27, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia really DOES love its lists doesn’t it. There honestly should be a generally accepted definition of the word 'notable'. And for however added 'James Faulkinbury' (who according to google seems to exist ONLY on every P-90 list ever): 'notable user' doesn’t translate to 'that one guy I ran into at the mall one time carrying a guitar'. But anyway, instead of just ranting about lists like these like most people do, I'm gonna actually do something about it and try to cut into it a bit. Not using my fast P-90 knowledge (sarcasm) but let's start with some common sense: Player or band doesn’t even have a wikipedia article? Right.. real notable users. 'Uses P-90 occasionally'? Those are going. Editor couldn’t be bothered with a sentence longer than two words? bye-bye. This should cut it down a bit. I ask anyone with any real knowledge about P-90 sound to select a few (lets say ten) that can stay.OmikronWeapon (talk) 07:38, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

dead link
the third 'source' reference at the bottom of the page (a university web link) is dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.62.51 (talk) 15:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

What the heck?
Ok, so I saw in the infobox, under "Type", that this is a "Passive single-coil" pickup. So I went, what is a passive pickup, and clicked on the link (to Pickup (music technology)). Apparently the section name was changed to Pickup (music technology). So I tried to change the link to that, but when I tried to edit it...it only had a link to "single-coil". I added a link anyway but when I previewed it, it just had passive twice, on linking to the incorrect title and another to the correct one. I can't figure out where this link is coming from. ??? Eman 235 / talk  03:12, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

It was a problem with Template:Infobox Guitar Pickup. Fixed it. Eman 235 / talk 06:51, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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