Vintage P-90's from the '50s were very special because of their vocal and dynamic qualities, with bold highs that breathed with clarity. The only problem was the 60-cycle hum and for today's player, 60-cycle hum can be unbearable at times. Mojotone's patent-applied-for '56 Quiet Coil™ hum-cancelling P-90 delivers all of that vintage goodness of a coveted 1956 P-90 without ever compromising tone or feel.
Our approach was very simple, to make a P-90 pickup that sounds like a real vintage P-90 without the hum. ‘56 Quiet Coil™ P-90 pickups are passive and only use the parts and materials found in original vintage 1956 P-90 pickups. Vintage spec 42 gauge coil wire, lower Gauss Alnico magnets, adjustable polepieces, and vintage braided leads.
No PC boards, batteries, stacked coils, or anything else associated with other hum-canceling pickups were used in our design. The result is simply the most pure and authentic P-90 tone possible, with absolutely no loss of true single coil P-90 tone. Cranked, they are big and bold with a classic grind that pulsates with the amplifier like a sophisticated sounding P-90. Roll back the volume to get a sweet clean tone of a vintage P-90 without losing clarity or treble.
Quiet Coil™ Design Features:
Consistent scatterwound coils for that handwound tone, sensitivity, and clarity.
Vintage formulated Alnico magnet cores with lower Gauss levels like an aged vintage P-90 pickup.
Vintage braided leads for easy push-back soldering.
No routing modifications are required to fit shallow vintage routs like the taller stacked hum-cancelling designs.
Less parts are used to build the Quiet Coils™ compared to other designs. Like a vintage P-90 pickup, they are SIMPLE!
All of our pickups are proudly built inBurgaw, NC!
"Put one in a bridge tele, and one in an SG junior. All the grit and attitude, very cutting, and zero hum. I’ve tried tons of humbuckers, single coils, and p 90s over the years and this is my favorite pickup. Highly recommended!"
