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The “P-90” name is a trademark owned by Gibson. But lots of companies make copies of the same design, and call them by the generic term “soapbar.” (The standard Jazzmaster pickups, however, are a completely different design - but even Fender also sells models with soapbar P-90 copies!)
@@BOBANDVEG Something else I just noticed: Both the the DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan sites refer to their respective product lines as “P90,” with no hyphen. Well, I guess that’s lawyer-approved!
@@wangobadankas4038 I’d mentioned further in the thread, I noticed a funny thing that the DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan models are “P90,” not “P-90.” The hyphen must make some difference for the lawyers!
Jazzmaster pickups are just a completely different design all together. Whereas the Stratosonic pickups are trying to replicate P90’s without calling them P90’s, Jazzmaster pickups are not.
I’m sorry but this is wrong-those are clearly manufactured more like P90’s than they are like actual Jazzmaster pickups. Fender may not want to use the term “P90’s” because of trademark or legal issues with Gibson but that doesn’t change the fact that the term “soapbar” is almost synonymous with P90’s construction. Maybe that’s just in my area but “soapbar” implies P90 & I don’t think we would ever call vintage JM pickups “soapbar” here. The key difference between “Soapbar” P90’s or JMp90’s which are just P90’s with a shorter JM bobbin & actual vintage style Jazzmaster pickups is that vintage JM pickups only ever have alnico rod pole pieces & a bobbin that is not quite as tall as a Gibson P90’s. Vintage style JM pickups never had either screws for pole pieces or alnico bar magnets inside but that is exactly how P90’s are constructed. If you can see screws for pole pieces instead of alnico rod pole pieces that means it has either alnico or ceramic bar magnets inside & those are actually a JMP90.’s which Fender calls “single coil Soapbar” pickups. Again-the term Soapbar is almost synonymous with it being constructed like a P90. I should also note that Squier actually uses both types on different models-actual vintage JM pickups & JMP90’s. What Squier uses on Paranormal Cabronita, Stratosonic & J Mascis JM are actually called soapbar JM P90’s & they are actually constructed in a way much closer in construction to P90’s than vintage JM pickups-namely that they have screws for the pole pieces & alnico bar magnets just like “soapbar” P90’s are constructed but just with a shorter height JM bobbin than a Gibson P90. the JM pickups on CV & 40th JM models for example are not the same as what you have in your Paranormal Stratosonic & the ones in CV & 40th Anniversary JM are actually constructed like vintage JM pickups with alnico magnet pole pieces-not with screws for pole pieces & not alnico bar magnets. Go check the Fender specs for CV JM or 40th JM & you’ll see the specs there never once call them “soapbar” because they’re actually single coil vintage style JM pickups with alnico 5 rod pole pieces. They only call them “soapbar” single coil JM pickups in the Paranormal & J-Mascis JM specs because they’re actually constructed like JMP90’s with screws for pole pieces & alnico bar magnets. It’s the magnets & overall construction difference that makes them more like P90’s (JMp90’s) not just because they also look similar to Gibson P90’s.
"p-90's are single coil pickups, it's just in the windings and magnet configuration that make they P-90's per se'..... thesse Squier's pickups ARE P-90's ... they sound a little different cause all pickups sound a little different, but they are P-90's...... and they sound good.
I was surprised to learn that I actually preferred the Squier not-P90s (P-notties?) to the Gibson’s real deals. But who knows? It could be different through my amp. That said, I LOVE both guitars.
You’re right - Jazzmaster and Fender designed soap bar pickups are not P90s, however, actual P90s do come in a format known as “soap bar”, as well as a dog-ear format. Same pickup, different mounting method and cover. At least that’s how I always heard them designated.
They are P90s... and some of the cheap squire Jazzmasters actually have p90s under the jazzmaster pickup cover. These days P-90 is just a construction type.. just like Seymore Duncan can make a s style or t style pickup they can make a p90.. same with this guitar
The reason a JM pickup isn't a P90 is because of the magnets, they use the typical 6 magnet fender construction, whereas a P90 has 6 non-magnetic pole pieces with a pair of bar magnets underneath. Without getting into the 'play authentic' type argument you're talking about that's the actual difference.
I wouldn't call the pole pieces in a P-90 "non-magnetic" they are "magnetic" (a magnet will 'stick' to them), they just have not been "magnetized". A non-magnetic pole piece would have be made out a non-ferrous metal, like aluminum, gold, silver, brass, ect. Have a great day! Bryan
To be clear, the P90 has a bar magnet with steel pole pieces and more winds (8k). The Fender vintage single coil has magnetic pole pieces and less winds(5.5-6k).
Yup success, but only because this "Soapbar" pickup is outstanding. Squier somehow made this Soapbar to sound like a big, full Fender single coil pickup even on a 24.75" scale and nothing like a typical 'P90'. Definitely a different tone. I would seriously look at this Squier Strat-o-sonic or the Squier Paranormal Nashville if I were buying another guitar right now.
Wait so are Fishman Fluence™ Greg Koch Signature Gristle Tone™ Pickups (TM™) P90s or not? They aren't even wound at all. They have circuit boards. How futuristic! PS: They have fully canceled the hum too. Has cancel culture gone too far? Why is it Fishman instead of Fishperson? Fishsician, heal thyself!
Calling pickups like these P90s is like calling Landon "Preston Yarborough". Assuming there's a guy somewhere named "Preston Yarborough", and that he looks like Landon ...
Yeah, these Stratosonic pickups are a Fender's take on the P90. They put them in their Mexican-made Noventa series too. (Noventa = 90 in Spanish.) It's okay to call them P90s. 👌🏾
I'm really curious as to whether the Squier pickup and the P-90 are interchangeable. As I already have a Les Paul Special, I have been thinking that it would be fun to get the Stratosonic and put some P-90-housing TV Jones Filter'trons in it, but I'd have doubts if the Squier route or mounts are different in some way.
Yes they are. However, different P90's can have different windings and perhaps different magnetic strength. Those two parameters are the only parameters that define the difference in the pickups.
I have EMG DG20s and they have two magnets at the bottom rather than magnetic pole pieces. Apart from the windings, they're probably more similar to P90s than Soap Bar pickups.
Bailey ... You Are Nutz ! (I think it has to do with the Canadian Thing !) 😁 Thanks for doing this . I did not guess which was the actual (P 90)... But which one I liked the best. And ... It was "X" ... I though it sounded a bit brighter ,and more articulate. I guess "P90" may be a Gibson trademark ... as they invented the puppy... But like the Humbucker ... I'm not sure whether Gibson owns that designation, but everybody calls dual coil, hum-cancelling pickups as "Humbucker", so Gibson would be suing the world ! Now mistaking the Jazzmaster style for the "P 90 Style" ... is a no-no ... as they do look different, and most importantly SOUND different. I have a few quasi P90 equipped guitars, no JM style ... But I find even "cheapie" P 90 styles sound pretty good ... PS... I bought that same SOS you have, as your review was instrumental. But what is the deal with your buddy "Dylan" ? ... I guess he just wants to sell pickups ?
Soap Bars are P90's Fender Jazzmaster PU's never had a slang name. In the early 60's guys even referred to black P90's as soapbars because the first LP in 53 only came with cream colored P90's. In fact calling them P90's only caught on in the 70's because the first 2 hot rod PU makers DiMarzio and Mighty Mite called them that. Once again Jazzmaster PU were never called anything but Jazzmaster PU's. I should know I was there I am 76. I even had a used 50's LP with soap bars in it. It was about $300.00 USD used. in around 64. No one wanted one only a Std LP was thought to be cool.
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P90-style then? I have a HB kit I built and it is stated "Pickups: 2 P90 single coils (bridge and neck)"...plus I am replacing with GFS Gold-foil Alnico SOUPBAR pickups :)
I had to replace the bridgge in my Stratosonic. It wouldn't intonate properly. Otherwise, it's great. Maybe I will replace the pickups with Gibson P90s, not sure yet.
@@landonbailey interesting. The Fender definitely sounded more treble heavy - I actually liked it better. I assumed it was 25.5 scale vs the Gibson 24.5.
Landon Bailey, I love this guy! Seriously now, night and day between the two pickups, and easy to identify the Squier FAT single and the Gibson P90. Oh, and you're not the only one having to correct the masses about the difference between the two pickups. Thank you, again, Mr. Bailey, purveyor of truth and justice. Righter of wrongs. Doer of don'ts...what???
Soapbar picks really come in two flavors, P -90s and bass pickups like EMGs. Fender can't call it a P-90 without paying a royalty to Gibson. The EMGs tend to be humbucking by the way. Jazzmasters are built VERY differently to P-90s. P-90s are taller like the thickness of a humbucker or a Strat pickup. A Jazzmaster is like a low wound Strat pickup but it is smooshed like if you put your hand over a sandwich and pressed down hard. The shallow depth and spread out coil winds give a very different sound. So a Jazzmaster pickup is NOT a P-90. Fun fact: For the PAF humbucker Gibson decided to split the winds from their P-90 and put half the winds on each of the two coils! So a P-90 and a PAF should be pretty much the same amount of winds!😉👍✨
So all P-90's are Soapbars... but not all Soapbars are P-90's. Just like all squares are rectangles, but not all frogs wear waistcoats... i get it now 👌👌
The Gibson P90s definitely had their distinct sound. The Soapbars are still very P90-like. The Squier and Special both sound delicious IMO... P90s/Soapbars Coke/Pepsi Sprite/7up Mr. Pibb/Dr. Pepper Ketchup/Catsup Favor/Favour Bacon/Porkbelly Coffee/Kaffe Skillet/Frying Pan Fingerboard/Fretboard Laissez Faire/Casual ...and yes, I had too much time on my hands
So what happens if we start talking about humbucker sized single coil pickups ? Will Gibson interject with "don't say P-94!" ?? As much as I like to dunk on the "Play authentic" attitude from G, their trademark folks know how the process works.
What are they modeled after? They don't necessarily have to be made by Gibson to be P90s! I just ordered another Thompson T90 that's true to the P90 formula like other various makers of this fat single coil that'll always be called what is based on... P90 which a humbucker sized one definitely isn't.
Fender just does not want to use Gibson part number. "Fender designed Alnico Soapbar single coil" is more of a description. Those are P-90's dude. We can say it, just Fender does not want to.
wouldn't the patent have expired by now? Or is this another Mickey mouse situation. Also how do we know they did not recreate the Gibson winding, since the Fender winding they are probably referring to in WIKIP is for a Strat or Tele.
Different guitars sound different with the same pickups. If you can disassemble the pickups and find glaring differences in their construction, then they're not the same. P90s come in soap bar and dog ear. The trademark of the name doesnt matter, otherwise we wouldn't all call cotton swabs Q-Tips.
Actually it's a totally acceptable thing to call them p90s even if they're technically not... here's the reason many people including fender and basically every guitar and guitar part manufacturers has at least one pickup that they use that they use the term PAF with. Which they're not paf. But to nitpick based on a mildly mildly different design that if gibson could they would sue fender over cause they really are no different is dumb. It's a p90. Gibson made it, and made it popular too so in a way they get to name it. I will continue to call them p90s. And another reason who the hell wants to say soapbar pickup. P90 is just easier. Now... what he said! Play guitar!!
P90 has become a generic name. Just like "Googling" something (on Bing) or "Hoovering" the carpets with your Dyson. Not all "P90"s are P90s. Just like not all "Teles" are made by Fender.
A video making a statement based in a web description!? Come on! Take off these pickups, open it and see how they are build... just only you are able to say "this is or this is not a p90"
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If it looks like a p90, constructed like a p90 (maybe), sounds like a p90......Yeah I am going to call it a p90.
but what does it taste like?
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The “P-90” name is a trademark owned by Gibson. But lots of companies make copies of the same design, and call them by the generic term “soapbar.” (The standard Jazzmaster pickups, however, are a completely different design - but even Fender also sells models with soapbar P-90 copies!)
You know how many plays I've seen on "PAFs" lol.
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@@BOBANDVEG Something else I just noticed: Both the the DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan sites refer to their respective product lines as “P90,” with no hyphen. Well, I guess that’s lawyer-approved!
I believe the trademarked name is actually owned by a firearm maker. It only takes a few seconds to find several non-Gibson branded P-90s.
@@wangobadankas4038 I’d mentioned further in the thread, I noticed a funny thing that the DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan models are “P90,” not “P-90.” The hyphen must make some difference for the lawyers!
@@erickleefeld4883 lol 💯 that
Jazzmaster pickups are just a completely different design all together. Whereas the Stratosonic pickups are trying to replicate P90’s without calling them P90’s, Jazzmaster pickups are not.
Yeah they are like the exact same pickups that are in Epiphones that are called P90s
Until someone cracks one open or actually measures it, we are still in the dark. I imagine they all come from the same factory in China.
I’m sorry but this is wrong-those are clearly manufactured more like P90’s than they are like actual Jazzmaster pickups. Fender may not want to use the term “P90’s” because of trademark or legal issues with Gibson but that doesn’t change the fact that the term “soapbar” is almost synonymous with P90’s construction. Maybe that’s just in my area but “soapbar” implies P90 & I don’t think we would ever call vintage JM pickups “soapbar” here.
The key difference between “Soapbar” P90’s or JMp90’s which are just P90’s with a shorter JM bobbin & actual vintage style Jazzmaster pickups is that vintage JM pickups only ever have alnico rod pole pieces & a bobbin that is not quite as tall as a Gibson P90’s. Vintage style JM pickups never had either screws for pole pieces or alnico bar magnets inside but that is exactly how P90’s are constructed. If you can see screws for pole pieces instead of alnico rod pole pieces that means it has either alnico or ceramic bar magnets inside & those are actually a JMP90.’s which Fender calls “single coil Soapbar” pickups. Again-the term Soapbar is almost synonymous with it being constructed like a P90.
I should also note that Squier actually uses both types on different models-actual vintage JM pickups & JMP90’s. What Squier uses on Paranormal Cabronita, Stratosonic & J Mascis JM are actually called soapbar JM P90’s & they are actually constructed in a way much closer in construction to P90’s than vintage JM pickups-namely that they have screws for the pole pieces & alnico bar magnets just like “soapbar” P90’s are constructed but just with a shorter height JM bobbin than a Gibson P90.
the JM pickups on CV & 40th JM models for example are not the same as what you have in your Paranormal Stratosonic & the ones in CV & 40th Anniversary JM are actually constructed like vintage JM pickups with alnico magnet pole pieces-not with screws for pole pieces & not alnico bar magnets. Go check the Fender specs for CV JM or 40th JM & you’ll see the specs there never once call them “soapbar” because they’re actually single coil vintage style JM pickups with alnico 5 rod pole pieces.
They only call them “soapbar” single coil JM pickups in the Paranormal & J-Mascis JM specs because they’re actually constructed like JMP90’s with screws for pole pieces & alnico bar magnets. It’s the magnets & overall construction difference that makes them more like P90’s (JMp90’s) not just because they also look similar to Gibson P90’s.
noted . 📝 .
This is gold!
What is really wild is that Gibson recently tried to trademark the name "soapbar pickups"
they were trying to clean up their rep
"p-90's are single coil pickups, it's just in the windings and magnet configuration that make they P-90's per se'..... thesse Squier's pickups ARE P-90's ... they sound a little different cause all pickups sound a little different, but they are P-90's...... and they sound good.
The riff from In Limbo came out of f*cking NOWHERE. Awesome.
Star Shopping was super clean too. 👌🏻
I was surprised to learn that I actually preferred the Squier not-P90s (P-notties?) to the Gibson’s real deals. But who knows? It could be different through my amp. That said, I LOVE both guitars.
Now I need a video on canceling my fender hum
You’re right - Jazzmaster and Fender designed soap bar pickups are not P90s, however, actual P90s do come in a format known as “soap bar”, as well as a dog-ear format. Same pickup, different mounting method and cover. At least that’s how I always heard them designated.
They are P90s... and some of the cheap squire Jazzmasters actually have p90s under the jazzmaster pickup cover. These days P-90 is just a construction type.. just like Seymore Duncan can make a s style or t style pickup they can make a p90.. same with this guitar
Maybe the confusion is that the soapbars don’t look like bars of soap. Usually soap is white, green or blue and bigger. 😂
The reason a JM pickup isn't a P90 is because of the magnets, they use the typical 6 magnet fender construction, whereas a P90 has 6 non-magnetic pole pieces with a pair of bar magnets underneath. Without getting into the 'play authentic' type argument you're talking about that's the actual difference.
I wouldn't call the pole pieces in a P-90 "non-magnetic" they are "magnetic" (a magnet will 'stick' to them), they just have not been "magnetized". A non-magnetic pole piece would have be made out a non-ferrous metal, like aluminum, gold, silver, brass, ect.
Have a great day!
Bryan
To be clear, the P90 has a bar magnet with steel pole pieces and more winds (8k). The Fender vintage single coil has magnetic pole pieces and less winds(5.5-6k).
Yup success, but only because this "Soapbar" pickup is outstanding. Squier somehow made this Soapbar to sound like a big, full Fender single coil pickup even on a 24.75" scale and nothing like a typical 'P90'. Definitely a different tone. I would seriously look at this Squier Strat-o-sonic or the Squier Paranormal Nashville if I were buying another guitar right now.
The Epiphone Les Paul Jrs' pickups are not real P90s , right bro?
You always make me smile bro. 🤘🎸🤘 Thank you 😊
My pleasure!!
Fender called them “Black Doves” back in the early aughts. I’d go with that, honestly.
I go by shape so they’re P90’s to me. 😂
Totally different construction between each other , magnet use makes big difference
Wait so are Fishman Fluence™ Greg Koch Signature Gristle Tone™ Pickups (TM™) P90s or not? They aren't even wound at all. They have circuit boards. How futuristic!
PS: They have fully canceled the hum too. Has cancel culture gone too far? Why is it Fishman instead of Fishperson? Fishsician, heal thyself!
i love that you play radiohead sound demos
Calling pickups like these P90s is like calling Landon "Preston Yarborough". Assuming there's a guy somewhere named "Preston Yarborough", and that he looks like Landon ...
Show of hands who based on the tones liked X better than Y in the sound clips? 👋
I was kinda surprised. I definitely like the sound of the squire better
🙌 I liked X the best, Y seemed slightly muffled.
I was _rooting_ for the Squier cuz I like that new model.
X sounded brighter and livelier for sure.
I’m glad it wasn’t just me! I thought that X sounded huge while Y sounded thin and muffled. For under $500 you could do a lot worse!
@@arnolddealiii4259 I could tell guitar x was the Squier cause it did still kinda have a stratish sound kinda
The funny part is the Squier J. Mascis signature Jazzmaster has pickups that are basically P-90's that look like Jazzmaster pickups.
Same thing in the Paranormal Squier Cabronita Thinline Telecaster. JM Pups don't usually have adjustable poles. Love 'em tho!
I think the pickups on the squier sounds very close to the Gibson p90. I dont know if it would worth changing them for the real Gibson P90.
I've decided to call them "Thing One and Thing Two"
What a hissy fit over nothing!
hissy fit?!?! I've told people 8 billion times to stop exaggerating
@@landonbailey Ooh. It seems I've touched a nerve.
I think you accidentally the whole joke
@@landonbailey Can you translate, please? Is this a Canadian joke?
the firebird pickups they don't go
in that squire🐿️
Preach on reverend Bailey.
I like Reverend guitars
the used an Epiphone bridge , I think there is a possibility they used a fender designed pickup made by someone else *cough* Epiphone *cough*
Yeah, these Stratosonic pickups are a Fender's take on the P90. They put them in their Mexican-made Noventa series too. (Noventa = 90 in Spanish.) It's okay to call them P90s. 👌🏾
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Guitar X is the soapbar and y the P-90, the P-90 is rauchy, dirty and bright, the soap bar is lower in tone and cleaner.
I'm really curious as to whether the Squier pickup and the P-90 are interchangeable. As I already have a Les Paul Special, I have been thinking that it would be fun to get the Stratosonic and put some P-90-housing TV Jones Filter'trons in it, but I'd have doubts if the Squier route or mounts are different in some way.
Yes they are. However, different P90's can have different windings and perhaps different magnetic strength. Those two parameters are the only parameters that define the difference in the pickups.
Yamaha calls their P90 pickups P90 pickups. I don't think Gibson will sue Yamaha.
I like the pickups in the mustard colour guitar the best.
Landon, thanks for a very informative and entertaining video!
My pleasure!
I have EMG DG20s and they have two magnets at the bottom rather than magnetic pole pieces. Apart from the windings, they're probably more similar to P90s than Soap Bar pickups.
Bailey ... You Are Nutz ! (I think it has to do with the Canadian Thing !) 😁 Thanks for doing this . I did not guess which was the actual (P 90)... But which one I liked the best. And ... It was "X" ... I though it sounded a bit brighter ,and more articulate.
I guess "P90" may be a Gibson trademark ... as they invented the puppy... But like the Humbucker ... I'm not sure whether Gibson owns that designation, but everybody calls dual coil, hum-cancelling pickups as "Humbucker", so Gibson would be suing the world !
Now mistaking the Jazzmaster style for the "P 90 Style" ... is a no-no ... as they do look different, and most importantly SOUND different. I have a few quasi P90 equipped guitars, no JM style ...
But I find even "cheapie" P 90 styles sound pretty good ...
PS... I bought that same SOS you have, as your review was instrumental. But what is the deal with your buddy "Dylan" ? ... I guess he just wants to sell pickups ?
Soap Bars are P90's Fender Jazzmaster PU's never had a slang name. In the early 60's guys even referred to black P90's as soapbars because the first LP in 53 only came with cream colored P90's.
In fact calling them P90's only caught on in the 70's because the first 2 hot rod PU makers DiMarzio and Mighty Mite called them that. Once again Jazzmaster PU were never called anything but Jazzmaster PU's. I should know I was there I am 76. I even had a used 50's LP with soap bars in it. It was about $300.00 USD used. in around 64. No one wanted one only a Std LP was thought to be cool.
LOL Got it right. Off topic , but a shred master effect with p-90s? ok. Thanks for posting the video.
Lying about your age....another reference to Norm!
Great video, I always associate gibson neck pickups with a very unique darkness, and p90s always have that growl to them. The other is a singlecoil.
Both P90’s & Jazzmaster pickups are single coil pickups.
@@ericb7799 yes, but they are not the same. I shouldve said the others sound like a typical single coil. Aka, brighter and thinner.
I get it right because the guitar X was snappier than the Y. Typically sign of a bolt on neck for my ears
Outstanding video ‼️🎸🔥😍
You should try to review some Tagimas. They are hard to come across outside of Brazil though.
there's a shop in Olympia WA has some and a shop in Georgia
on Reverb 🔶
i am leaning towards the
turquoise sparkle -
if the body is full size fendrr strat tho'
since
i don't need another squire 🐿️
size guitar really
G&L makes some pretty sweet p90 style pickups…I think they call them WFD or something like that
I guessed correctly. Do I win one of those guitars? No? Dang!
X sure sound more like a fender single coil. Y is the true P90!
P90-style then? I have a HB kit I built and it is stated "Pickups: 2 P90 single coils (bridge and neck)"...plus I am replacing with GFS Gold-foil Alnico SOUPBAR pickups :)
I had to replace the bridgge in my Stratosonic. It wouldn't intonate properly. Otherwise, it's great. Maybe I will replace the pickups with Gibson P90s, not sure yet.
the fendrr said it was not going to put any more Epiphone
bridge on their guitars .
That first riff has some Jeff Buckley vibes.
In Limbo - Radiohead
I'm guessing the scale length had more to do with the tonal differences than anything else in this case.
same scale length
@@landonbailey interesting. The Fender definitely sounded more treble heavy - I actually liked it better. I assumed it was 25.5 scale vs the Gibson 24.5.
I prefer bodywash pickups. I pamper myself
Landon Bailey, I love this guy! Seriously now, night and day between the two pickups, and easy to identify the Squier FAT single and the Gibson P90. Oh, and you're not the only one having to correct the masses about the difference between the two pickups. Thank you, again, Mr. Bailey, purveyor of truth and justice. Righter of wrongs. Doer of don'ts...what???
😝
I couldn’t tell the difference, but I got the blind test right. I figured you’d play the fake P-90’s first and then the real ones..
Soapbar picks really come in two flavors, P -90s and bass pickups like EMGs. Fender can't call it a P-90 without paying a royalty to Gibson. The EMGs tend to be humbucking by the way.
Jazzmasters are built VERY differently to P-90s. P-90s are taller like the thickness of a humbucker or a Strat pickup. A Jazzmaster is like a low wound Strat pickup but it is smooshed like if you put your hand over a sandwich and pressed down hard. The shallow depth and spread out coil winds give a very different sound. So a Jazzmaster pickup is NOT a P-90.
Fun fact: For the PAF humbucker Gibson decided to split the winds from their P-90 and put half the winds on each of the two coils! So a P-90 and a PAF should be pretty much the same amount of winds!😉👍✨
"There's no hope for you".
This scandal goes all the way to the top! Stay away from hot tubs and small aircraft Landon!
We can't handle the TRUTH! Hey
Nailed it 🤘... the second time
yoooooooooooo what the music at 4:30 is a crazy choice
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“I’m just lying to be cool now, like the rest of the world.”
Stealing that.
I was lying about lying
I am not gonna choose till I hear Z.
Nice P90s.
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So all P-90's are Soapbars... but not all Soapbars are P-90's. Just like all squares are rectangles, but not all frogs wear waistcoats... i get it now 👌👌
Interesting...i thought i will like the P90s more...but blindtest told me otherwise 😂 thanks 👍
A P90 is a P90 is a P90...that said, Guitar X is the Gibson.
is it though?
@@landonbailey I honestly don't know. Both sound pretty close.
Got it right - Y is earthier and X is brighter.
I guessed right. Do I win the guitar now?
The Gibson P90s definitely had their distinct sound. The Soapbars are still very P90-like. The Squier and Special both sound delicious IMO...
P90s/Soapbars
Coke/Pepsi
Sprite/7up
Mr. Pibb/Dr. Pepper
Ketchup/Catsup
Favor/Favour
Bacon/Porkbelly
Coffee/Kaffe
Skillet/Frying Pan
Fingerboard/Fretboard
Laissez Faire/Casual
...and yes, I had too much time on my hands
So what happens if we start talking about humbucker sized single coil pickups ? Will Gibson interject with "don't say P-94!" ??
As much as I like to dunk on the "Play authentic" attitude from G, their trademark folks know how the process works.
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What are they modeled after? They don't necessarily have to be made by Gibson to be P90s! I just ordered another Thompson T90 that's true to the P90 formula like other various makers of this fat single coil that'll always be called what is based on... P90 which a humbucker sized one definitely isn't.
Fender just does not want to use Gibson part number. "Fender designed Alnico Soapbar single coil" is more of a description. Those are P-90's dude. We can say it, just Fender does not want to.
wouldn't the patent have expired by now? Or is this another Mickey mouse situation. Also how do we know they did not recreate the Gibson winding, since the Fender winding they are probably referring to in WIKIP is for a Strat or Tele.
Different guitars sound different with the same pickups. If you can disassemble the pickups and find glaring differences in their construction, then they're not the same. P90s come in soap bar and dog ear. The trademark of the name doesnt matter, otherwise we wouldn't all call cotton swabs Q-Tips.
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Me some P90s
Am I being trolled?? 😂
You are Bill Murray
Yeah i just call them soapbars 🤷♂️
Actually it's a totally acceptable thing to call them p90s even if they're technically not... here's the reason many people including fender and basically every guitar and guitar part manufacturers has at least one pickup that they use that they use the term PAF with. Which they're not paf. But to nitpick based on a mildly mildly different design that if gibson could they would sue fender over cause they really are no different is dumb. It's a p90. Gibson made it, and made it popular too so in a way they get to name it. I will continue to call them p90s. And another reason who the hell wants to say soapbar pickup. P90 is just easier. Now... what he said! Play guitar!!
Forehead slapper, Lando. We need Ezra Miller to go back in time and get you to spend the time invested in this video doing literally anything else.
I'm sure if he went back in time he would have a _lot_ of other things to do first.
P90 has become a generic name. Just like "Googling" something (on Bing) or "Hoovering" the carpets with your Dyson.
Not all "P90"s are P90s. Just like not all "Teles" are made by Fender.
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A video making a statement based in a web description!? Come on! Take off these pickups, open it and see how they are build... just only you are able to say "this is or this is not a p90"
I WON. OMG>
Guitar y sounds better
Not only that, STOP calling them Telecasters and Stratocasters unless they are not from Fender and Squier.
P-100 are better anyways. Goodbye.