WTB: Humbucker for dogear P90 or noiseless P90

jdbwales · July 2021

Right - I’ve got a LP Junior that is bloody amazing but the P90 hum is doing my head in.

Has anyone got a Humbucker in dogear format (a la The Creamery) or a noiseless dogear P90 for sale?

I know, I know, mad to swap out a P90 etc, but I play in a functions and events band where people are more likely to be put off by excessive hum and buzz than they are to fully appreciate classic 50s tones etc etc.

ToneControl · July 2021

Alegree (via his ebay site) does some cheap imported P90 soapbars that are noise-cancelling
I bought a pair

bear in mind, they often need you to drill out 6 x 10mm holes about 4mm deep in the bottom of the existing hole to get the pickup to fit

AFAIK you can get a different cover to use soapbars as dog ears
https://kinman.com/model-products.php?pid=6&products=P-90&modelid=85&model=Overview&group=Single Pickups#dogear

I have never done it, you need to research that

I would assume that Kinman do the best noise cancelling ones, since their strat pickups are amazing

jdbwales · July 2021

ToneControl said:

Alegree (via his ebay site) does some cheap imported P90 soapbars that are noise-cancelling
I bought a pair

bear in mind, they often need you to drill out 6 x 10mm holes about 4mm deep in the bottom of the existing hole to get the pickup to fit

AFAIK you can get a different cover to use soapbars as dog ears
https://kinman.com/model-products.php?pid=6&products=P-90&modelid=85&model=Overview&group=Single Pickups#dogear

I have never done it, you need to research that

I would assume that Kinman do the best noise cancelling ones, since their strat pickups are amazing

Thanks man - I’ll have a look at the Alegree ones. I’ve seen a video he did about swapping base plates and
it looks easy enough!

Funkfingers · July 2021

jdbwales said:

I play in a functions and events band where people are more likely to be put off by excessive hum and buzz than they are to fully appreciate classic 50s tones etc.

So, use a noise gate pedal.

Somewhere amongst the tFB FX £ listings lurks my Rocktron Hush The Pedal dual threshold noise gate. One switch for on/off. The other to select between the two threshold settings.

I can not recall what price I posted. Haggling is a possibility.

EDIT: I just bumped the pedal listing.

jdbwales · July 2021

Funkfingers said:

jdbwales said:

I play in a functions and events band where people are more likely to be put off by excessive hum and buzz than they are to fully appreciate classic 50s tones etc.

So, use a noise gate pedal.

Somewhere amongst the tFB FX £ listings lurks my Rocktron Hush The Pedal dual threshold noise gate. One switch for on/off. The other to select between the two threshold settings.

I can not recall what price I posted. Haggling is a possibility.

EDIT: I just bumped the pedal listing.

Thanks, I’ll have a look but I a) don’t fancy buying a noise gate pedal for one guitar I use for a couple of songs live and b) don't have room on my board for another pedal!
Edit: ahh yeah, just looked and it’s pretty big - would never get on the board! My guitars are otherwise humbuckered and very quiet, think I’ve got a handle on a pickup now though! Thanks anyway man.

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