Phat Cat P90 Pickups
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Gibson P-90 Soapbar Underwound vs Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1)
Gibson P-90 Soapbar Underwound
P-90 soapbar
79 match
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1)
neck P-90 soapbar
Compared with the Gibson P-90 Soapbar Underwound, the Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1) has hotter output and an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Gibson P-90 Soapbar Underwound | Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 7.2k | 7.98k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnetdiffers | Alnico 3 | Alnico 2 |
| Coil | Single coil | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 6.3 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | no chart | 6 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | no chart | 5 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | no chart | 7 / 10 |
| Slotdiffers | P-90 soapbar | neck P-90 soapbar |
| Traits | vintage output, soft & warm | vintage output, soft & warm |
How close on each spec
100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works
Output
85
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
90
Alnico 3 vs Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type
Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).
Videos
Gibson P-90 Soapbar Underwound
No videos of its own collected yet.
Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1)
Gibson P90 vs Seymour Duncan Phat Cat - neck pickup comparison
What players and reviewers say
On the Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1)
“I am loving the Phat Cat in the neck of my warmoth tele (semi-hollow mahogany body, ebony LP scale neck), and I'm looking for a bridge pickup thats just as fat sounding.”
“Too me, the Phat Cat has more mids than the jazz, and its covers more frequency from lows to highs.”