P90 tones of my dreams.....

[Feral Feline]

I have P90s in one of my guitars, which has lead me to believe I need more guitars with P90s and that I should learn to play more than 4 cowboy chords.

 

[jimilee]

I have P90s in one of my guitars, which has lead me to believe I need more guitars with P90s and that I should learn to play more than 4 cowboy chords.

You mean there are more than 3 cowboy chords?

 

[szukalski]

You mean there are more than 3 cowboy chords?

Thems fancy city folks chords.

 

[Passinwind]

Thems fancy city folks chords.

"Hank never done it like that."

 

[andare]

How about this P90 tone, holy mackerel (12:07)

Would like to know the amp

 

[MichaelW]

Something about these really old P90's that have an "open" sound. I have yet to find a new winder that can nail that sound.

 

[andare]

Something about these really old P90's that have an "open" sound. I have yet to find a new winder that can nail that sound.

It's the wood. Old growth or not, those slabs have been guitars for decades.

 

[MichaelW]

It's the wood. Old growth or not, those slabs have been guitars for decades.

So....you're saying I should mortgage the house and buy a vintage 57 right? I suppose I'd need to get used to being single again too........

 

[Harry Klippton]

I'm glad those are not the p90 tones of my dreams and I already have access to them

 

[andare]

I'm glad those are not the p90 tones of my dreams and I already have access to them

So you have access to those vintage tones but you don't like them?
I'm not sure I understand

 

[Harry Klippton]

So you have access to those vintage tones but you don't like them?
I'm not sure I understand

I can already achieve the p90 tones of my dreams, and they're not that ^^ so I don't have to imagine how to come up with $60,000 or whatever

 

[andare]

The tone on this Jr and the guy is just a ridiculous player.
Is that a tweed tone? And no P90 hum?

 

[jjjimi84]

There's some that come close. The Lollar 50's wind neck pickup is one. But you can't discount the variances of how a particular pickup was wound on a particular day by a particular person at the Gibson factory back in 54-55. Did he/she have tuna for lunch? Did he/she burp loudly with fishy breath that caused a slight commotion with his/her neighbor winder and cause some slight loss of focus while winding and thus increase the "scatter" of the windings in a unique pattern? You also have to factor in the constituent parts, a very old dried out piece of wood adds its own magic. Then of course Uncle Larry's hands....

re: Filtertrons, they have a completely different sound to P90's and are unique, mojo laden in there own right. And YES they can sound fabulous in solidbody guitars. There's a scad of solid body Gretsch models.

Tom Bukovac's skill as a player cannot be undermined at all, I would venture a guess that he could make anything sound great and I could make that 55 sound like shit.

I don't have fuck you money to splurge on a guitar but man alive I like seeing it.

Am I the only one that would be afraid to even touch the damn thing?

 

[MichaelW]

Tom Bukovac's skill as a player cannot be undermined at all, I would venture a guess that he could make anything sound great and I could make that 55 sound like shit.

I don't have fuck you money to splurge on a guitar but man alive I like seeing it.

Am I the only one that would be afraid to even touch the damn thing?

I would touch the hell out of it given the chance.......then put it back on the stand....heh

 

[andare]

Tom Bukovac's skill as a player cannot be undermined at all, I would venture a guess that he could make anything sound great and I could make that 55 sound like shit.

I don't have fuck you money to splurge on a guitar but man alive I like seeing it.

Am I the only one that would be afraid to even touch the damn thing?

Nah not me, I would play the hell out of it. To (mis)quote Noel Gallagher "watch me play an Em"

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I would touch the hell out of it given the chance.......then put it back on the stand....heh

I would touch ALL of that guitar, every inch.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

You mean there are more than 3 cowboy chords?

there’s the three cowboy chords, and then the three cowboy chords (capo 2)

 

[Coda]

Tone is in the white socks…

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

there’s the three cowboy chords, and then the three cowboy chords (capo 2)

The guitarist in my band in high school knew 2 shapes. Punk chord and ska chord......

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

The guitarist in my band in high school knew 2 shapes. Punk chord and ska chord......

Ska chord being a major triad on the e b and g strings?