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P-90 pickups guitar tones

Songs whose original tone used a P-90 pickups. Don’t own one? GuitarToneAdapt re-creates the sound on the pickup type and rig you actually have.

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P-90s sit between single-coils and humbuckers — single-coil clarity and bite with more midrange grunt and output. Gritty, raw and great for rock and punk. They need a starting point between the two: a bit more gain than a Strat, a bit brighter than a humbucker.

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Paranoid — Black SabbathIron Man — Black SabbathRat Salad — Black SabbathHey Jude — The BeatlesSurreal — Flawed MangoesGans Media Retro Games — Hot MulliganPlanet Caravan — Black SabbathDangerous Woman — Ariana GrandeBlack Sabbath — Black SabbathIs This It — The StrokesDay Tripper — The BeatlesBlandest (Demo) — NirvanaRing of Fire — Social DistortionMr. Jones — Counting CrowsWhatsername — Green DayPlush — Stone Temple PilotsInterstate Love Song — Stone Temple PilotsVasoline — Stone Temple PilotsWalk This Way — AerosmithSweet Emotion — AerosmithDream On — AerosmithBuddy Holly — WeezerTake Me Out — Franz FerdinandGimme Shelter — The Rolling StonesRoadhouse Blues — The DoorsCendrillon — TelephoneUn autre monde — TelephoneAmerican Idiot — Green Day

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P-90 pickups — FAQ

Do I need a P-90 pickups to get these tones?

No. GuitarToneAdapt models how a P-90 pickups shapes the sound and compensates so you can get close on your own pickup type and rig — free, in the browser.

What songs used a P-90 pickups?

Paranoid by Black Sabbath, Iron Man by Black Sabbath, Rat Salad by Black Sabbath, Hey Jude by The Beatles, Surreal by Flawed Mangoes, Gans Media Retro Games by Hot Mulligan, Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath, Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande, and more.

28 songs · settings are community-researched estimates, adapted to your gear by GuitarToneAdapt.