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TV Jones builds Trons into P90 soapbar housings but at a premium.
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DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan and Oil City Pickups offer assorted P90-sized humbuckers.
Alegree has definitely built a Stratocaster single coil into a humbucker cover.
In theory, it ought to be possible to wind an inner coil to Tele specs, solder the finish end to an eyelet, then continue winding to a hotter P90-ish coil configuration.
One problem is that a Fendery single coil needs to be narrower and taller than a P90 or, say, a Jazzmaster coil.
I shall leave it the pickup builders on this forum to explain how to build such a beast.
I'm after twangy but not thin. Filtertrons might be a possibility, I liked the blacktops I had in an Electromatic Jet, but supposedly they're not very typical for filtertrons, and I've not tried any others. Probably not an easy drop in for a P90 route either.
https://entwistlepickups.myshopify.com/products/al-90
https://bootstrappickups.com/products/bootstrap-usa-t-90-for-gibson®-p90?variant=12671375048789
Edit - I forgot to mention I have a Mojo Staple Bucker in my Daniels Pugilist. Even though it's a HB, it acts a lot like a Tele Bridge. It's a fantastic pickup. The other pickup in the guitar is a Firebird, I don't think it is like a fat single coil like some others mention, but YMMV (your mileage may vary).
I have a set of Sunbear Staples in a Les Paul Special, and they sound killer. Super clear, ballsy and twangy in the bridge. Doesn't sound much like a P90 to me, which is good because I'm not a huge fan of the P90 sound.
Other suggestions such as Dynas and Filtertrons are also good, but I really do like the Staples.
A more twangy tron-type is the Magnatron, rod mag Filtertrons. TVJ does P90-size versions though to me they're not majorly pretty to look at.
Are these the ones with fixed slugs?
The S in P90S is supposed to stand for slug.
- Firebirds
- Alnico slug P90s
- Dynasonics
- Filtertrons
- Staple P90s
Plenty more things to research now!
But one further question - why are firebirds not what I'm looking for? That was my original thought but open to being educated!