need suggestions - country with a JCM800

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P90 pickups > compressor > 5751 tubes in the Marshall > set MV at 10 > control utility volume from PV control...

Nothing sounds quite like a P90 loaded (G&L) Tele through a Vox or Marshall.

P90s are a good call! I'd like to have a strat style guitar with P90s in the bridge and neck, and a single coil in the middle. 5 way switch, maybe add in a switch between series/parallel wiring for good measure

I was thinking about trying out those Duncan P-Rails pickups. They are a P90 and a single coil in one housing, so they can technically be a humbucker, P90, or single coil all in one pickup. Clips sound pretty nice, but I need to try them out in person.

I think that would be a cool pickup to use for country stuff. Single coil mode for the sparkly clean twangy stuff, P90 for the just barely broken up "time to dig in" kinda sound, and the humbucker for when all hell breaks loose. Sounds fun to me

When it comes to country stuff, I'm a fan of running an amp just on the edge of breakup, and using pedals + your guitar controls to get what you need. Starting with a simple, clean sound that breaks up just a bit when you dig in and play hard is the right place to be, IMO.

Also, a bit of reverb and slapback delay is good too!

Check out some videos of Greg Koch playing. He is one of my favorite players. I love watching him play country stuff, even though I'm not a country guy. He has great tone too. This video goes over a bit of his rig, and teaches some basicis of chickin' picking. Should be helpful!

I want to check out the P-Rails also. I have a 60's Classic Player Strat with CS 69 pups, but they seem to be a bit noisier than the average bear? My guess is there's no shielding underneath, so I'll need to check it out.

Love the Greg Koch clip!