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http://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-p-90-pickups/staple-p-90-neck
personally I don't want the adjustability of the originals, just the magnet layout
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Lollar and THorn both do stapletop P-90's without all that other junk (shorter magnets too)- I think its only SD offering adjustable ones
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It went hideously wrong.
Alternative is this link to Lollars page for this Staple 90
http://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-p-90-pickups/staple-p-90-neck
Here is the inimitable Phil X kicking it out in 2010 on a 1956 Les Paul Custom.
"That was awesome" at 3:40, yes indeed !
Duration 9:09
I love those Alnico Vs and have a 79 Pro Deluxe that would love to be home to one of them!
I don't know how true all the above is, and I can't find the source... but its stuck with me. Can anyone confirm?
...and they are mighty fine!
http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/repairs/GibsonAlnicoV-Staple/
I looked into the possibility of producing accurate looking Staples a few years ago, and made a successful prototype, but the economic viability sucked. It's a limited appeal pickup, and the commissioning of custom length oblong alnico magnets, production of flatwork, and tooling of custom covers would never have been worth it for the low volumes I would have sold.
My own 'Sun-T-Ron' produced to special order (that one's a bitch to make too) does DynaSonic in a humbucker shell, and if anybody wants one, I could pretty easily put it in a P90 soapbar or Dogear case, but the 'look' won't be 'Staple' even if the sound is very close.
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The 2015 LP Juniors were fitted with a rod magnet P90, as mentioned by TheGuitarWeasel above. I have one to try out when I get a, err, guitar/free time to experiment with...
One other possible option to explore, in the meantime, is from a comment by @WezV in the "Gold Foil pickups" thread:
"I used Marc's bladed dog ear p-90 in a junior recently and it's the closest tonewise I have got to a uk made staple top."
I seem to recall that one of the reasons why Duncan could not supply Staple replica pickups to the UK was EU regulations concerning Lead. I cannot recall where the lead figures in the manufacturing process. It might just be the solder.
it is a little misleading since they are not a drop in replacement to most P-90 routes
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Lack of direct customer-to-CS communication means that what you get might not be exactly what you thought you had requested.
In order to comply with RoHS regulations, pickup manufacturers are obliged to use lead-free solder. I suspect that some of the unique constructional aspects of the Staple demand good old-fashioned 60/40 leaded rosin core solder.