Closest match
Alnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive · brighter
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
medium confidence
DiMarzio
DiMarzio Vintage P90 Soapbar
Medium output, clear and balanced, with a dark top end.
Hotter than 49% of the 96 P-90 soapbars we have · estimated from resistance
- Alnico magnet: grade not published, so we place it mid-scale
- Darker than a typical DiMarzio
Like the DiMarzio Vintage P90 Soapbar, but…
- WarmerBare Knuckle Half Note 90Alnico 3 magnet · darker · −9% output79 match
- More biteSeymour Duncan Vintage P-90 Soapbar (SP90-1)brighter · similar output84 match
- HotterSeymour Duncan Vintage P-90 Soapbar (SP90-1)+28% output · Alnico 5 magnet81 match
- Less hotBare Knuckle Nantucket 90−21% output · Alnico 5 magnet79 match
The closest pickup in each direction that still fits the same slot. See every match
Specs
- DC resistance
- 8.12k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Alnico
- Coil
- Single coil
vintage outputdark
From DiMarzio's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules. No videos, reviews or player posts about the DiMarzio Vintage P90 Soapbar collected yet.
Fits the neck or bridge of a P-90 guitars.
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Alnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive · scooped mids
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
Compare →medium confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidence
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