ASS MM90 Pickup change...

[applemacintosh]

I'm considering changing my MM90's for Seymour Duncan P90 Stacks, and switching the 3 way for a 5 so I can add the coil split tones to the standard ones - plus my Piezo tremolo ones...

Has anyone tried this with the SDP90 Stacks? Wondering about the height issues as mentioned on the SD P90 web page.

Any knowledge helpful!

Mainly considering for the versatility of tones and also My neck pup sounds a bit weak for some reason.

Mike

 

[beej]

Haven't tried 'em, but having played other P90s I can't imagine wanting to part with the stock MM90s- they are remarkably good pickups. If your problem is the neck volume, you might try shimming it to bring it up slightly. I find they're well balanced on my Axis Sport MM90 though.

The SDs look to be a humbucker in a P90 package- they'll be noise-free but I'm guessing you won't get the "sparkle" you get with true single coils. Most noise-frees are close but usually miss the mark slightly. They do have 4 conductors- so with the 5 way switch you could probably get humbucking tones wiring each p'up in series as well as the intended parallel wiring. Might be neat.