Seymour duncan - Humbucker, P90, Single, all in one?!

[Music&Chaos]

This has me intrigued. If I had any cash, these would be my next acquisition for testing. You think it can do well at all, one, or none? Time will tell.

https://www.stewmac.com/new/seymour...utm_medium=email&attn_lid=23&externalId=mTNOn


Description:

Seymour Duncan SHPR-1S P-Rails​

Truly unique and versatile humbucker pickups that combine a Hot Rails coil with our Vintage P90 to give you unmatched tonal variety.

In the past, if you wanted humbucker tone, P90 tone, and Strat tone, you would have needed three different guitars. But now, the P-Rails humbucker delivers all three sounds in a pickup that is a drop-in replacement for any standard-sized humbucker slot. Using any 3-way (on-off-on) mini-switch, each unique hybrid humbucker can be split to give you a super fat, authentic vintage P90, or be split to the Rail coil for a classic Strat-like tone.

With both coils on, you get a big-sounding humbucker that packs a nice full punch. The neck version is wound RWRP so that, you can use both P90s or both Rails together and achieve hum-canceling operation. Hand built in Santa Barbara, CA, each P-Rails versatile humbucker pickup uses a pair of alnico 5 bar magnets, comes with a 4-conductor lead wire to allow for all the wiring options, and is vacuum wax potted for squeal free operation.

 

[ChurchHill]

Never tried it, but I have my doubts. It could be interesting as a humbucker and the P90 might be close, but the single coil is about half the size of a Strat pickup so it's not gonna sound the same. I doubt it's terrible, might be good for someone who needs a lot of sounds without switching guitars or is willing to settle for an 80% solution. For me, I'll pass.

 

[Geo]

It's interesting but it's like asking your toaster to be a blender.

Not sure it would sound good in any position.

 

[VonBonfire]

Not sure it would sound good in any position.

I'm sure they will be decent but truthfully who wants a guitar with all three when you can just buy a couple other guitars? It's a solution to a problem that exists only for a few utility type players who would be doing fly dates or something like that i.e next to no one.

 

[Greazygeo]

Have had one in my old EPI USA Special for many years. It’s a pickup…the world is still spinning.

 

[phillybhatesme]

Goddamnit, I am almost certain I have these in one of my 70 guitars.

 

[fusedbrain]

These have been around for a while.
The p90 coil is pretty good.
The humbucker and single coil tones not so much.

 

[Music&Chaos]

These have been around for a while.
The p90 coil is pretty good.
The humbucker and single coil tones not so much.

I hadn't seen them before.

I was thinking it could make a really neat/unique humbucker sound - probably a good P90 sound, and the single coil sounds are never right unless they are actually a single coil IME so I didn't have any hope for that really, but it is an interesting idea.

 

[tallcoolone]

Those are ugly af

 

[Nigel]

P90 tone is legit. Single blade sounds good too. Parallel is great. Hum bucking is super hot, big mids that can bloat. Might work well with 1 Meg pots in series with dropping resistor(s) for singles/parallel.

When I ran a set I rarely if ever used series humbucking.

 

[rsm]

or you could get another guitar with the type of pickups you want?

 

[Music&Chaos]

or you could get another guitar with the type of pickups you want?

If you had something with a humbucker, but wanted a P90 sound, you could go this route or a Humbucker sized P90. If this route offers more verstility, it could be a solid choice.

I agree in general - Let something be its own thing, not every thing.

 

[Anje]

I've never tried one, but always been curious about those; I remember Ty Tabor in particular loves them and has been playing them in some of his guitars for quite some time since the late 2000's.
Quite a strong endorsement in my book.

 

[Nigel]

I've never tried one, but always been curious about those; I remember Ty Tabor in particular loves them and has been playing them in some of his guitars for quite some time since the late 2000's.
Quite a strong endorsement in my book.

That is an astute and scholarly point of worth. I wondered if anyone else knew of Ty’s love for the P-Rails.