The problem with noise gates is that if you lower the threshold enough to block the noise, you often lose the transient pick attack, and you also lose the tail of the decay envelope.P90s rock!
What about a noise gate pedal?
Thanks Dave! and all.... what was I thinking! P90's are staying put.P90s rock!
Which set?Have that exact pickup set in a Hamer Special K, love the pickups and worth the price of admission. True to tone without the hum.
The only drawback to P90's is the hum. I love the tone.Got them in my McCarty (Mojotone 56 quietcoils). No humz, what so ever. They sound very good, so if you detest the hum: they are a good option.
But it comes at a price, to me. They replaced magnificent Wolfetones mean/mean-5% and the mojotones don't have the magic pixie dust the wolftones have. You can say they lack some mojo?
However the mojotones stay for the forseable future. Otherwise the guitar is useless to me on stage in church, since we have some stage lights that cause a lot of magnetic interference. And did Insay they sound good?
I'm really liking the Bare Knuckle Nantucket set I put in my SE Soapbar.Just acquired a Fano (see post about Jetsons) with lollar P 90s. Quiet with my rig. No complaints here!
I think Lindy tends to voice his pickups for a sound that's articulate and pleasing to the ear.I’m throwing a set of Fralin P92s in a S2 Single Cut in June. I like these pickups in a friends guitar. We’ll see how they do in the PRS.
I put a pair of single coil P-90’s.( Wolfetone‘s mean and meaner ) in a Rivolta guitar and I was totally surprised how quiet they were compared to your typical Gibson P-90.. also they are wound reverse in the neck so when both pickups are on, they’re totally quiet.
I didn’t do this but Painting the cavity with non conductive shielding paint will help a lot as well …I am told….. the wiring cavity and the pickup cavities.
I’ve tried some P-90 noiseless pickups and they just ain’t the same