The name refers to the part number as designated by the company.
Officially, P-90 pickups were introduced in 1946, when Gibson resumed guitar production after World War II.
As with other single-coil pickups, the P-90 is subject to mains hum unless some form of hum cancellation is used.Īround 1940, Gibson offered a new bridge pickup cased in metal for the ES-100/125 series as an alternative to the classic Charlie Christian pickup. This makes the P-90 produce a different type of tone, somewhat warmer with less edge and brightness. The Fender style single coil is wound in a taller bobbin, but the wires are closer to the individual poles. Compared to other single coil designs, such as the ubiquitous Fender single coil, the bobbin for a P-90 is wider but shorter. The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson Guitar Corporation since 1946, as well as other vendors. For other uses, see P90 (disambiguation).Ģ41.1 mV at 6.405 kHz resonant frequency
