p90 replacement for soapbar2 guitar?? noisless prefered...

[jageya]

Looking to replace the p90s...they are noisey as they should be but looking for noiseless type..or super quiet ones.. any advice?...dimarzio dlx? virtual p90?...manilus quiet goat??...looking for a reasonable priced set or even just bridge>>>> emg p90hz???..alunitones??

 

[Bluesboy998]

Lindy fralin makes hum bucking p 90 I have them in my les Paul powerful ,and quiet as a mouse.

 

[wardog]

sounds like a stacked p90 is what your looking for. Like Bluesboy posted, lindy fralin or maybe gibby p100 if you can find them.

 

[Brad737]

The Fralins sound great, as do Ron Thorns. The Gibsons I had sounded awful.

 

[garrett]

Be aware that some stacked designs won't fit. Actually, all stacked ones when I did my research several years ago. The thin body doesn't give much room for extra height.

I have the VP-90 in the neck and the DLX-90 in the bridge. The VP gets a good single coil vibe, and the DLX is closer to a regular HB. They sound great together. It's a good set for versatility when plugging straight into an amp. Overall the guitar has a real in-your-face sound that always pushes the amp harder than my other guitars. For that reason, I don't play it a lot and I'm thinking of trying out a set of mini hums.

 

[guitarfan85]

The noise is just the nature of the beast. You may find a couple noiseless p90 pickups but you may not like how they sound. Just Pick ones that sound the best to you and get an ISP decimator. I just ordered a Bareknuckle warpig p90 bridge it should be here any day now!

 

[jfine]

I'm with Brad737 on this. I used to have a Gibson ES-135 in the '90's, and while I wouldn't say the P-100's sounded awful, they didn't sound like P-90's.
Check out the current issue of Premier Guitar--they do a review of a bunch of noiseless P-90 replacement pickups. Good article.

 

[HighGain510]

While not noiseless, the Thorn GT90's are still possibly THE best-sounding P-90 pickups I've heard to date. He was just running a sale on them for the new year so I grabbed 3 sets, I think you might have just missed the cut-off date for the sale priced sets though.

 

[garrett]

P-100's don't fit the Soapbar II. Too tall. I was bummed, because that's what I tried first (I'm in the minority who likes them).

 

[Sage]

GuitarFetish makes a P-90 humbucker called the Soapbar 180. I have no idea how they sound, though.

 

[jageya]

wow.. the thorn p90 is 175.00 for 1!!!OMG... too rich for my blood!!