Greetings Folks. I have a Legacy 2HB that is indeed a wonderful instrument. As background, I am mostly a single coil type of guy and my ASAT Classic is the guitar I would save from a burning building. I have found that the saturated humbucker sound of the bridge pickup works well on the occasions when a song calls for heavier overdrive or distortion, and overall, the 2HB has Swiss Army Knife-like flexibility. However, the neck pickup in hum bucking mode has never appealed to me.
Now that G&L has new models featuring a P90 in the neck position, I am intrigued by the idea of dong a swap. Ideally, the PTB tone system and split switch for the bridge pickup would stay intact.
My question is has anyone done something similar? If so, how did you like the result?
Any and all input or advice will be appreciated. Thanks . . . Jim W.
P90 neck pickup in a Legacy 2HB?
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yowhatsshakin
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Re: P90 neck pickup in a Legacy 2HB?
Jim,
Ever thought of using a Seymour Duncan P-Rails neck pup? Might give you something of both worlds.
- Jos
Ever thought of using a Seymour Duncan P-Rails neck pup? Might give you something of both worlds.
- Jos
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FidgetStone
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Re: P90 neck pickup in a Legacy 2HB?
I put a GFS "Mean 90" humbucker shaped P-90 in the neck position today an it sounds very nice. It was easy except that I had to square up the route in the pick guard to get it to fit. That's the only part of the swap that took much time but it was well worth it.
I haven't had but about 15 minuets or so of play time with it and so far but I like what I hear. It has a fatter, meatier sound than either the humbucker or split coil sound of the stock Seymour Duncan 59 it came with and I simply like the tone better.
The split coil still works for the middle and bridge settings, and the PTB tone system still works like a charm. In fact, I tried some overdrive sounds on the neck position and found that I could turn down the bass on the guitar and use way more overdrive on the neck pickup than I could before. The tone is thick and tastie like maple syrup on bacon.
Does the Mean 90 sound like a "real" P-90? Beats me, but it sure sounds good.
Peace . . . Jim W.
I haven't had but about 15 minuets or so of play time with it and so far but I like what I hear. It has a fatter, meatier sound than either the humbucker or split coil sound of the stock Seymour Duncan 59 it came with and I simply like the tone better.
The split coil still works for the middle and bridge settings, and the PTB tone system still works like a charm. In fact, I tried some overdrive sounds on the neck position and found that I could turn down the bass on the guitar and use way more overdrive on the neck pickup than I could before. The tone is thick and tastie like maple syrup on bacon.
Does the Mean 90 sound like a "real" P-90? Beats me, but it sure sounds good.
Peace . . . Jim W.