Perhaps if I were a better guitarist (I'm working on that). I just can't get the same expression out of them. Now that I've been playing with a P90 guitar for over a decade, I don't want a guitar that doesn't have P90s.

The HB or SC pickups won't give me the sfz at all, just a normal accent. Without at least one pup in the P90 position, I can't go from a smooth, legato attack to a sforzando accent. On only a couple of songs will I use the Humbuckers. Sometimes, I'll put one in the HB and one in the P90 or one in the P90 mixed with the piezo. The Pickups stay in the P90 position almost all the time. With a Piezo under the bridge that I can play alone or mix with the mag pups, it's a 'Swiss Army Knife' guitar. It gives me the light weight of the 330 or Casino but with a solid body, plus I can get Rail, Series Humbucker, Parallel Humbucker and P90 sounds out of the pickups. All Duncan pickups, but neither the SC's or the H gave me what the P90s did.Īfter that, I bought another Parker, and had them put Duncan P-Rails in it. So I got a Parker Super-Strat with an S-S-H configuration. And when picking hard, it didn't have that bright accented attack sound. I couldn't get the dynamic response out of the humbuckers that I could out of the P90s.

Plugged in, there is very little difference between the two.Īfter gigging on that for over a year, I decided to get a solid body guitar. Unplugged the Gibson sounds warmer and fuller, the Epiphone thinner. I bought it because my 330 with the long neck has become a collector's item and I didn't want to bang it up on the gig. I must have the US P90s in mine (I bought it used). The Asian P90’s are brittle & harsh while the USA P90’s aren’t…. The biggest thing to me is the sound difference. There are probably more but this gives an idea…. Many of the Appointments like reverse Neck Inlays & Headstock. There is no Royal Tan in Asian or Korean Casino’s. 5 Ply vs 3 Ply Top to begin with… All the Electronics, Tuners, Nut & Pickups are highest quality USA vs MIC or MIK. There are many differences between the Peerless & USA. The Peerless, I own one, are really good Guitars.

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