AES-1 Special

[ozzbike]

Mark,

I have a tele with a bigsby coming and have also ordered a set of ToneRider Rebel 90 (P90) pickups for that build. They are hum bucker sized P 90's.

It will be interesting to see how noisy they are being bigger.

I think you need some colour in this one....your natural finishes and subdued finishes have been legendary.....bright time for you.

But that is just my opinion. (But that carved top is screaming for some colour to go with the grain and shape.)

Good Luck.

[Simon Barden]

I have a tele with a bigsby coming and have also ordered a set of ToneRider Rebel 90 (P90) pickups for that build. They are hum bucker sized P 90's.

It will be interesting to see how noisy they are being bigger.

They should be slightly quieter if anything. The metal housing of humbucker-sized P-90s will cut down on a lot of the hum a standard plastic-covered P-90 picks up. Internally, the coil will vary slightly from a true P-90 because the coil isn’t quite as long, so to fit the same number of turns in the space available, the bobbin either has to be a bit deeper or they use thinner 43AWG rather than 42AWG wire. As from a marketing point of view they normally like to publish DCR figures that are similar to classic P90s (unless promoting a hot version), then the slightly deeper bobbin is the normal method.

As the same number of turns are now spread out over a taller bobbin, the coil itself is a bit thinner. So it senses a slightly smaller length of string, resulting in a slightly brighter tone. But some of this is then cancelled out by the extra capacitance from having the pickup cover, so the end result is pretty damn close.