Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker
Alnico Tone, Humbucker Size, No Noise
$175 – $350
Achieve thick, warm, dynamic tones with our Alnico Noiseless P90 Humbucker. This pickup is completely hum-canceling and features a familiar Fender top-end sparkle.
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Features
- Alnico Rods for a Fender-type sparkle
- Humbucker housing available in Polished Nickel, Raw Nickel, Gold, and Jet Black Nickel Covers
- Hum-free design for completely noiseless operation
- 49.5mm Standard Spacing works on Gibson-style instruments as well as Fender Neck spacings.
- Wound by hand using our proprietary sectioning technique for a sweet, clear tone
- Wound with USA-Made 42 Gauge SPN Wire
- 10 Year Warranty against manufacturing defects
- Wax Potted to prevent microphonics and corrosion
Sound
The Alnico Noiseless P90 Humbucker is the perfect pickup for those looking for a cleaner, more articulate tone in a Humbucker Cover. Even though we call it a P90, it’s not quite a P90: it has an airiness and sparkle not found with adjustable pole pieces. Also, it’s great for those looking to balance a dark guitar. You’ll find that this pickup stays clean, while still having a fat, beefy midrange and thickness commonly found with P90 pickups.
The Alnico Noiseless P90 Humbucker will not sound like a traditional P90, but one with a familiar Fender sparkle on the top-end. Clean and articulate when playing without distortion. You’ll find that the nuances of your playing will come out as this pickup “breathes” more than it’s compressed P90 counterpart. Chords have an excellent string-to-string definition, and single notes are round and warm. With distortion, you’ll find a breakup that is late and smooth with a familiar Fender Strat-type tone.
Our Alnico Noiseless P90 Humbucker features a pronounced midrange as well. You’ll find that the Alnico Hum-Cancelling P90 Humbucker will still sound fat and warm. The midrange is softer than a P90, but this pickup is fatter and warmer than our Big Single and Twangmaster.
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About this Sound Clip:
All sound samples are played from Neck Position First and Bridge Position Last.
Tonal Graph For Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker:
The tonal graph below for our Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker features Lows, Midrange, Highs, and general Output.
Attack: Bright & Sharp
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Lead Color Codes
See below for our Lead color codes. For help with matching to other manufacturers, check out this resource here.
Gibson Braided Lead
Gibson-Style instruments
Phase Reversible
Coil Splitting
2-Conductor Lead
Phase Reversible
Tech Specs:
See below for the estimated DCR and Polarity Information for our Alnico Noiseless P90 - Humbucker.
| SPECIFICATION | VALUE |
|---|---|
| Neck Ohm Reading: | 8.8K 1 |
| Bridge Ohm Reading: | 10K 1 |
| Neck Polarity: | Reversible with 2-Conductor With Shield Lead |
| Bridge Polarity: | Reversible with 2-Conductor With Shield Lead |
| Magnets: | USA-Made Alnico 5 |
| Wire: | USA-Made 42-Gauge Single Poly Nylon |
| Baseplate & Cover Material: | Nickel Silver |
| Baseplate Leg Depth: | 6mm |
| Recommended Pot Value: | 500K / 300K ** |
| Recommended Cap Value: | 0.02mfd 2 |
Additional Technical Info:
1 Ohm Readings can vary due to a multitude of factors, including ambient temperature, multimeter calibration, different wire batches, and other factors. Due to this, ohm readings are approximate. Learn more about Ohm Readings here.
2 We recommend a 0.02mfd Cap Value on most guitar and bass pickups. The exception is a Magic Cap, which Lindy prefers on the Bridge Pickup of Fender® guitars only. Learn More about Caps Here.
*Due to the unique design of this pickup, ohm readings are not useful when comparing to other designs | ** Use 300K to tame a bit of the top end.
Polarity Information:
Here's how we wind and magnetize our pickups:
If you're buying a set from us, all pickups will work together seamlessly. If you're buying a single pickup, all you need to worry about is Coil Direction.
To ensure your pickup will work, make sure you select multiple leads (2-Conductor, 3-Conductor, or 4-Conductor if available), or the 3-Wire modification so you can reverse the coil direction, if need be.
Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker Dimensions:
All Humbucker-Sized P90s have a 50mm string spacing
Pickup Pairing
Our Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker pairs well with the following models:
Hum-Cancelling P90 - Humbucker - Bridge
Starting At: $ 175
Pair an Alnico Noiseless P90 Neck with an Hum Cancelling P90 Bridge and we'll compensate the outputs for you.
High Output Tele - Bridge
Starting At: $ 120
This pickup pairs perfectly with a High Output Tele Bridge.
Split Blade Tele - Bridge
Starting At: $ 135
Pair with a Blues Output Split Blade for a clean, noiseless Telecaster Tone!
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47 Genuine Reviews for Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker
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Great humbucker-sized p90 sound with no noise at all! It’s so clear and sweet. Really fits to my Tele. A big upgrade!
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One of my customers came up with the idea of pairing this with the Split Steel Poled tail pup on his Tele. Really fat and punchy with some nice high end to it. Gain for days and quiet. Blues, P&W, and pop folks would love this combo. As always, very highly recommended for the right situation/player. I’ve installed quite a few P-90’s in Teles before but, this is a different level. Can’t go wrong with Fralins.
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I had emailed Fralin looking for a humbucker sized pickup that sounded like a Jazzmaster’s. Since installing an Alnico Noiseless P90 in the neck position, this has become by absolute favorite neck sound. And it completely delivers that Jazzmaster flavor without the pain of routing out a new cavity. Highly recommended!
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I put it on a Japanese Zemaitis guitar with a thick mahogany body and neck and two humbuckers, and it gave me the unique rock and roll sound I was hoping for, without the boomy bass sound I had before. I’m glad I ordered it. It’s great.
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I received my neck pickup Alnico Noiseless P90 – Humbucker size and I want to say that I am very pleased… it sounds better than I expected and I confirm the description on the website: bright & sharp, but at the same time thick, warm, dynamic.
…and very important: I think I can say without fear of being wrong that it is less noisy than the humbucker I have at the bridge !!!
I put this pickup on a DUESENBERG Starplayer TV guitar and I’m thinking very seriously of replacing the bridge pickup too … maybe with a Fralin humbucker, but why not with a bridge Alnico Noiseless P90 !!!
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This is a unique sounding pickup. For those more accustomed to either the strat/tele/single coil or the LP/PRS humbucker sound, this pickup straddles the two in a very versatile, musical way. If you lean toward the twang the middle and bridge settings of the Alnico Noiseless P90s will give you what you need plus some often missed gravitas. If you enjoy the power and depth of the Neck HB in your LP/335 type of guitar you’ll like the added brilliance of this version. Projection and versatility are the hallmarks of this pickup. Miraculously, these are as noiseless and hum-free as any humbucker. I have these in my Fender MIM tele which used to be their HH w/ coil split model. Now it’s just a quiet, slamming, P90 tele whose owner loves the way it plays and sounds.
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I’ve been a Lindy Fralin customer for year and I absolutely love his pickups. Very high quality, craftsmanship and consistently great sounding. You can’t go wrong.
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