My latest custom build

[Colin Maddison]

Hi folks this is my 1st post on this site,, so i appologise for any mistakes in advance. im building a new guitar and im looking for advice on which  pups to fit, im looking to fit 3 P90 style pick ups and require a not to heavy rock and blues sound,,ANY IDEAS

[ezbass]

 

Artec or Wilkinson are a good place to start as they're not expensive. However, they most likely won't be calibrated for 3 pickup style guitar and you'll need to buy either 2 bridge or 2 neck pickups and sort out the output later. https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/p90-pickups/

[Colin Maddison]

I had the same thoughts,, seymore duncan a set of 3 single  humbuckers but this is not the look or sound i want,, pity they dont do a set of 3 P90 ,s

Edited March 17, 2023 by Colin Maddison
wrong type

[randythoades]

I have to agree with @ezbass. I am a fan of Wilkinson pickups in general, very well made and sound far better than their price suggests. I found that their alnico bass pickup suited me better than the seymour duncan or dimarzio pickups I had in my Precision bass, for less than half the cost.

My main guitars are Vintage VZ99 Zips, a mongrel between Danelectro and les Paul junior, the weight of a feather but LP attitude. I thought I would need to strip and replace all the Wilkinson pickups and electrics when I bought my first one, but they are excellent pickups, good output and very responsive.

But you would need to go for 2 neck or 2 bridge pickups to make up the 3.

 

Although if it was just for the look, then you could leave the middle one unwired and go for a standard 2 pickup wiring maybe and not worry about balancing the 3 outputs.

[Jimothey]

I can’t recommend IronGear pickups enough they sound awesome without breaking the bank……

[Colin Maddison]

Many thanks for your responses,, i think i have found a set of 3 soapbar pups,, as a matched set,, i dont know what they are off or what brand they are but i like the  look,, i just hope i like the sound