Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

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Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JamesSGBrown » Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:49 am

Gotta get down to 2 guitars. Sad times. But for an adult cause.
Right now I've the JM Jag and a LP with p90's- which means playing live is an issue as I can't really use the latter as a backup for the former. So I'm considering getting my AV65 back and putting in Jag-sized P90's, ala The Creamery, that way I can have one "fat" Jag and one more vintage-correct.

But how far do they get in terms of an authentic P90 sound? Anyone got any experience with them?

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by Stephen_42 » Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:48 am

No experience with their P90s, but I can definitely recommend the Creamery in general. Their Sonic 60s (Burns Trisonic style) Jaguar pickups sound great.

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by Ceepers » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:45 am

I have a squier JM with creamery P90s

Obviously the JM pick up covers allow for a more authentic p90 size compared to a jag but my set sound fantastic.

Not sure on Jamie’s wait times currently but he was a pleasure to order from and is really knowledgeable. I don’t think you will be disappointed!

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JamesSGBrown » Sat Jun 25, 2022 2:07 pm

The Alt-'88 "Mid" seem interesting too...

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JSett » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:01 am

Every pickup I've ever bought from Jaime @ Creamery (and I've bought a lot) has been utterly fantastic. Best in the country I'd say.

His wait times, however, can be pretty long. He always quotes 35-40 days but usually its more like 60+ in my experience.
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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by sal paradise » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:33 am

+1 for everything Creamery is ace.

He said 90-100 days when I ordered a pickup the other week (on the 1st day he re-opened bookings)
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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JSett » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:49 am

sal paradise wrote:
Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:33 am
+1 for everything Creamery is ace.

He said 90-100 days when I ordered a pickup the other week (on the 1st day he re-opened bookings)
He's finally being realistic. That's good.
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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JamesSGBrown » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:21 am

Ah, that’s waaayyyyy too long for me.

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JSett » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:35 am

JamesSGBrown wrote:
Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:21 am
Ah, that’s waaayyyyy too long for me.
Same. That's just much longer than is reasonable for something like pickups. I had a set of WRHBs on order that I'd sold the guitar before they arrived - in fact I'd forgotten they were even coming. He needs to take on less orders or work harder IMHO.
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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:33 am

I asked the same thing a month or two ago…
Or more specifically if someone tried those yet:
https://www.ericcustom.com/Jaguar_c_17.html as the creamery and mojotone were either sold out or are taking too long…

If YOU do (check them out) please report back to me! :)

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by Embenny » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:02 pm

I put JG90s from Vintage Vibe Guitars in my #1 Jag about...Jesus. 20 years ago!

They sounded amazing. Nothing like a regular Jaguar. Way fatter, as you'd expect. Kept them in there for about a decade, at which point I changed them simply out of boredom and a desire for something new. That guitar has Guyatone style goldfoils from Novak, which look and sound great, but honestly are less versatile.

Mini P90s aren't as fat sounding as full-size ones, but the extra short scale helps warm them up a bit.

Between the smaller size and the Jaguar claw (plus Pete's standard shielding job on the pickups), they were significantly quieter than your average P90, too.
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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by JamesSGBrown » Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:45 am

MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote:
Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:33 am
I asked the same thing a month or two ago…
Or more specifically if someone tried those yet:
https://www.ericcustom.com/Jaguar_c_17.html as the creamery and mojotone were either sold out or are taking too long…

If YOU do (check them out) please report back to me! :)

Wanna order but doesn’t seem like he ships to the UK

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Re: Anyone tried Jag-sized p90s?

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:51 am

JamesSGBrown wrote:
Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:45 am
MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote:
Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:33 am
I asked the same thing a month or two ago…
Or more specifically if someone tried those yet:
https://www.ericcustom.com/Jaguar_c_17.html as the creamery and mojotone were either sold out or are taking too long…

If YOU do (check them out) please report back to me! :)

Wanna order but doesn’t seem like he ships to the UK
https://www.eyguitarmusic.com/view_cart.asp

Try this shop then. There you could at least calculate it to the UK. They seem to belong together - but the homepage works better! :-)

EDIT: they also have fancy WRHB JM Pickups for under 40 bucks

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