Anybody using something other than Strat/Tele and Les Paul Buckers...

Ive always loved Filtertrons and Mini Hummers like Firebird pups..... even lipsticks still sound great to me....

I've got 4 guitars with p90s, which really rock, although I'm still trying to settle on a set for my R6. THe stock gibby p90s are inconsistent and sometimes way too honky. The best I have right now is one in my '67 SG jr that jason lollar rebuilt. So i got a set of his (used) for the R6, but they're almost too single coily sounding (unlike the one on the jr which is thicker).

I also have a mid 70's lp deluxe with mini hums. I love the brightness on them, very crisp, but with a lot of girth too. And a Ric 360 with those toaster thingies. I love that sound somewhere between a humbucker and a straty single coil. Resonant and chimey, but still kinda full.

I've got a 3 pup tele w/a Gretsch filtertron in the neck position (strat middle and tele bridge) - it's definitely different ... and pretty bitchin'.

Howdy!

The wide-coiled smoothness of a Jazzmaster pickup will always be up my alley.

-Dave Nailling

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Originally posted by klasaine:
I've got a 3 pup tele w/a Gretsch filtertron in the neck position (strat middle and tele bridge) - it's definitely different ... and pretty bitchin'.

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can you still get the tele bridge/neck filtertron sound ??

I can still get the bridge/neck sound, (5 -way switch plus mini-switch that brings in bridge pup), though it's really not the traditional "tele middle" tone. It's a little darker. Same for the neck/middle sound. The filtertron sounds awesome through a roaring amp.

I´ve got a Yamaha SGV 800 with 2 P-90 style pick ups. And I´m planning on replacing most of the humbuckers in my HSS Strats with humbucker sized P-90s.

Howdy!

Do Fender's "Full Range Humbuckers" count here?

'Cause those things are COOL!

I say if Filtertrons can count, then surely these oddball Fender humbuckers can.

-Dave Nailling

You mean the huge ones Dave ??

Hey K what kind of 'tron are you using.....?

Three P90 guitars, a RIC 360 12 string with the cute little toaster pups, & a Dano Baritone with lipsticks. My electric mandolin has what looks to be a little D'Armond pickup, or similar.

Howdy!

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Originally posted by DonneR:
You mean the huge ones Dave ??

Hey K what kind of 'tron are you using.....?

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Yep! The big ones with the strange offset pole pieces. The ones in Telecaster Customs, Telecaster Deluxes and thinline Telecasters in the 70's.

Gotta love 'em!

-Dave Nailling

I'm no expert on Filtertrons so I'm just gonna describe it ... my guitar tech found it for me. It's gold, two rows of adjustable poles(big screws), the U.S. pat. No. across the top. It was originally a neck pup and is probably from the late 60's or early 70's. I really don't know anything about it other than it sounds good.
C. I've also got a strat w/3 duncan P-90's in it - very funky/sqwaky axe.

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Originally posted by DonneR:
You mean the huge ones Dave ??

Hey K what kind of 'tron are you using.....?

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Heres 'Tone Dog' my Silvertone I added a lipstick to and put an acoustic bridge with a piezo too, I guess that counts...... the neck lipstick with a little treble rolled off and the piezo on top is a killer slide or fingerpicking sound...

Tone Dog the mutt

The more odball guitars I have are a 3 lipstick Reverend Spy, Mini Hums on a Firebird and at one point, TVTrons on my Duesenberg.

The lipsticks are really cool. I like the mini humbuckers but am struggling to get the right balance of clear treble but no ice-pick on the bridge and the TVTrons are a cool sound.

This is what's going into my tele, neck position. Just redoing the finish on it, so I haven't been able to listen to it. I put the magnets and screw/poles from a Fralin steel pole in it already, and if it doesn't match, I got me some pickup wire to wind a new coil. I think it looks wicked (with tortoise guard and olympic white!). The Fralin steel pole in the bridge is one of the BEST tones I've ever had.

Morgan I really want to play on your Goldtop....I want to hear this "honky" buisness for myself.

I really want a a hamer with P90's...double cut....I was just drooling over one before I came back here....maybe next year.

Finally dropped my slimline hollow body gretsch w/ a tech with TVTrons (Plus in the bridge, regular in the neck), a new nut, and a new bridge after it sitting collecting dust for a month or so. Should have it back early-mid next week - I'll keep you posted.

DonneR (or anyone else for that matter) - How would you describe the tone of those lipstick PUs? Never had a chance to play one. Where do you think they'd fit in best - Jazz, Surf, Rock, Country, etc?

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Originally posted by ceterisparibus:
DonneR (or anyone else for that matter) - How would you describe the tone of those lipstick PUs? Never had a chance to play one. Where do you think they'd fit in best - Jazz, Surf, Rock, Country, etc?

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WEll lipstick sound like biiiig strat/ tele pickups - they have more heft and twang......best 'country Tele' sound I ever got was from the lipstick in the silvertone dog - boing city....and the nec k pickup is like a big fat strat pup but it still has the top end.......

I really like them in series humbucking, great slide tone.....