This Guy Describes The Les Paul Very Well:

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Jared James Nichols Explains Decision to Switch From Strats and Teles to Les Pauls: ’This Feels Like a Cadillac!’

In his new interview with Total Guitar, modern blues master Jared James Nichols reflected on his use of Gibson and
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A P90 guy. I can relate. I debated his signature Epi a while back, but my happiness with SG axes has been satisfying enough for me of late. Still dig my LP axes though…and there’s a P90 Jr/Special style in there, so…no “real” need for me.
 
I could agree with his argument on the Les Paul. I've never owned one myself ( one of two styles I'd like to own, along with a V ) but I have actually played a few Les Pauls over the years ( unlike a V). As a kid, that was like graduating when you got to play one for the first time. It's bigger and heartier feeling than most, very thick sounding yet smooth and not abrasive. They even look more sophisticated and elegant when you compare them with most Fenders ( which I started out on one in a Tele). They had much easier necks and fretboards.

I ended up floating towards SGs however for a long time starting out. It was like taking a Strat and it's double cutaways, but making them sharper while incorporating the humbuckers and most of the neck feel of a Les Paul. Sort of a nice compromise between the two. These days I jump around on guitars, but I still love an SG as it was my main guitar for nearly a decade. Still would love to get a Les Paul sometime though and even a nice V!

As for the P-90s? That's something I have NEVER played oddly enough. I totally dig the sound they give, which is smack dab in between a Fender Single Coil and a fat Humbucker. I've even thought about tinkering with an old Epiphone G-400 I have ( first guitar I bought on my own after being gifted the Tele on my 12th birthday) and completely stripping it down and rebuilding it with P-90s like a poor man's Tony Iommi build
 
Clockworkmike said:
I could agree with his argument on the Les Paul. I've never owned one myself ( one of two styles I'd like to own, along with a V ) but I have actually played a few Les Pauls over the years ( unlike a V). As a kid, that was like graduating when you got to play one for the first time. It's bigger and heartier feeling than most, very thick sounding yet smooth and not abrasive. They even look more sophisticated and elegant when you compare them with most Fenders ( which I started out on one in a Tele). They had much easier necks and fretboards.

I ended up floating towards SGs however for a long time starting out. It was like taking a Strat and it's double cutaways, but making them sharper while incorporating the humbuckers and most of the neck feel of a Les Paul. Sort of a nice compromise between the two. These days I jump around on guitars, but I still love an SG as it was my main guitar for nearly a decade. Still would love to get a Les Paul sometime though and even a nice V!

As for the P-90s? That's something I have NEVER played oddly enough. I totally dig the sound they give, which is smack dab in between a Fender Single Coil and a fat Humbucker. I've even thought about tinkering with an old Epiphone G-400 I have ( first guitar I bought on my own after being gifted the Tele on my 12th birthday) and completely stripping it down and rebuilding it with P-90s like a poor man's Tony Iommi build
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I can do without P-90's based on their noise, but some people do dig them!!!!
 
Clockworkmike said:
I could agree with his argument on the Les Paul. I've never owned one myself ( one of two styles I'd like to own, along with a V ) but I have actually played a few Les Pauls over the years ( unlike a V). As a kid, that was like graduating when you got to play one for the first time. It's bigger and heartier feeling than most, very thick sounding yet smooth and not abrasive. They even look more sophisticated and elegant when you compare them with most Fenders ( which I started out on one in a Tele). They had much easier necks and fretboards.

I ended up floating towards SGs however for a long time starting out. It was like taking a Strat and it's double cutaways, but making them sharper while incorporating the humbuckers and most of the neck feel of a Les Paul. Sort of a nice compromise between the two. These days I jump around on guitars, but I still love an SG as it was my main guitar for nearly a decade. Still would love to get a Les Paul sometime though and even a nice V!

As for the P-90s? That's something I have NEVER played oddly enough. I totally dig the sound they give, which is smack dab in between a Fender Single Coil and a fat Humbucker. I've even thought about tinkering with an old Epiphone G-400 I have ( first guitar I bought on my own after being gifted the Tele on my 12th birthday) and completely stripping it down and rebuilding it with P-90s like a poor man's Tony Iommi build
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I can do without P-90's based on their noise, but some people do dig them!!!!
 
P90s really are super noisy. I don't know if its their wider coils or just that they're so much fatter sounding than Strat type singles.
Noiseless P90s are getting better though.
I didn't like the Gibson P100s at all, but I have a pair from Kent Armstrong that are pretty darned good.

As with all noiseless singles IME - even the Kinman Strat singles, which I also like - they're missing only a tiny bit of something.
In the Kinmans, it's sparkle - they deliver true Strat glassiness, yet the attack doesn't chime quite as much as a classic singlecoil.
With the Kents, there's a hair less bark and aggression. It's legit P90 tone, just more towards the polite end of the P90 spectrum.

In both cases IMO the differences are inaudible in a band context, and a good solution for noise in unpredictable environments.
 
67plexi said:
Why would someone put P90's in a Les Paul Deluxe ??

I've owned 3 LPD guitars all were stock with mini HB pickups

the 1969 LPD I sold last year one piece body one piece neck why did I sell it offered 40 times more than I paid for it.

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Because a lot of people HATE mini humbuckers and would rather just make it more early 50s. I can't say im a fan of them either if I'm honest. They're probably best in a Firebird but even some models of them, they don't hit right

Ironically a stacked single coil humbucker often sounds better.
 
Clockworkmike said:
Because a lot of people HATE mini humbuckers and would rather just make it more early 50s. I can't say im a fan of them either if I'm honest. They're probably best in a Firebird but even some models of them, they don't hit right

Ironically a stacked single coil humbucker often sounds better.
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I have the PAF-ish style minis in my 1974 SG. I think they are very cool sounding pickups.
 
smitty_p said:
I have the PAF-ish style minis in my 1974 SG. I think they are very cool sounding pickups.
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There's a crowd that obviously enjoys them or else they wouldn't still be selling and using them in many guitars. But for me personally, I thought they are too bright. A humbucker is known for its fat sound which often means a lot of mids and low end. Minis are nearly the opposite of that in everyway.

I don't entirely hate them because like I said, in a Firebird I think it fits for some reason and in fact the Studio firebird with full humbuckers DOESNT sound as good to me.
 
Clockworkmike said:
There's a crowd that obviously enjoys them or else they wouldn't still be selling and using them in many guitars. But for me personally, I thought they are too bright. A humbucker is known for its fat sound which often means a lot of mids and low end. Minis are nearly the opposite of that in everyway.

I don't entirely hate them because like I said, in a Firebird I think it fits for some reason and in fact the Studio firebird with full humbuckers DOESNT sound as good to me.
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Here’s a clip I recorded many years ago. I’ve posted it before. This is my ‘74 SG with mini-humbuckers.

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Brief practice clip. Guitar: 1974 Gibson SG with mini-humbuckers.
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Keep in mind, if your experience with mini-humbuckers is based on your experience with a Firebird, they aren’t the same thing as the PAF-style minis. They are constructed quite differently. The Firebird minis are quite a bit brighter.
 
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