Every pickup maker expresses their own interpretation of tone. Like giving the same ingredients to ten cooks, the outcome will always vary.
We offer our own vision for P90 pickups – rooted in musicality, balance, and feel. We drew our inspirations from the eras past and have made every effort to recreate the vintage tones in our products.
This top-tier Hot P90 Set is designed to bring out the absolute best in your guitar. Whether you are upgrading your current setup or crafting your new custom build, this set delivers the iconic P90 magic with hotter tones. Dominate all modern style landscapes, whether playing soulful blues and jazz or executing intricate lightning-fast shredding and complex high-gain heavy metal riffs.
THE ULTIMATE HYBRID TONE: UNCLEASH THE POWER OF THE P90
The P90 is the holy grail of in-between tones, where single-coil clarity meets humbucker muscle power. By fusing the bobbin topology of a single with all its clarity and articulation with the dual-magnet powerhouse design of a humbucker P90 cuts straight through any densest mix.
Difference between 42AWG and 43AWG in the P90 design.
42AWG: Thicker wire that takes up more space, resulting in fewer total turns on the bobbin. This produces a lower output with a brighter, crisper, and more articulate response closer to the traditional single-coil.
Sound: snappier with bell-like clarity, high-end sparkle, perfect string-to-string articulation, superb dynamics.
Guitars: Ideal for Tele and Strat-style guitars, or any instrument that requires a brighter tonal profile.
Styles: Blues, country, surf, rock, pop
43AWG: Thinner wire that allows for more wraps in the same amount of space. This creates a higher output with a darker, punchier, and more mid-heavy profile.
Sound: Rich, thick, bold, muscular warmth, sweet highs, add some gain and get a compressed gritty midrange punch that pushes your tone closer to classic humbucker territory.
Guitars: Gibson-style guitars like SG, Les Paul, hollow body, dark-sounding mahogany, goes well for Tele as well in rock or heavier context
Styles: Jazz, blues, rock, punk, metal, progressive
Magnet quality plays a critical role in tone. Inferior modern magnets can restrict string vibration and produce dull or harsh results.
We use specially manufactured magnets designed to replicate the composition and behavior of vintage originals. This helps achieve the characteristic frequency response and feel associated with classic pickups. Every component is considered, every choice deliberate.
Magnet selection, winding pattern, materials, all of it goes toward string-to-string balance and genuine responsiveness. Your nuance comes through. For anyone playing with expression at the center of their approach, that matters enormously. If you've ever felt like your guitar was fighting you instead of singing with you, you know how much that responsiveness affects everything from tone to technique to the simple joy of playing.
Authentic 1950s Strat pickups are celebrated not only for their tone but for their incredible dynamic range and clarity.
Our designs emphasize articulation and responsiveness. Careful selection of magnets, winding patterns, and materials allows for exceptional string-to-string balance and expressive playing dynamics.
Kinetic Pickups are built for musicians who want their playing nuance to come through. They make you a better player simply by responding so honestly to what you do. Ideal for expressive, professional performance.
Here's what virtually every guitarist agrees on. P90s are among the most versatile tone generators ever created. We can't imagine playing death metal on a Tele or nailing authentic jazz with a Strat. But we feel pretty confident covering all those bases with a good P90.
For more than 80 years, P90s have evolved in response to changing trends, finding their natural home in every musical landscape. They're valued for their distinct tonal signature and ability to cut through any mix with prominent character. Their unique adaptability makes them the preferred choice for players who refuse to be limited by genre.
VERSATILITY: THE GREAT EQUALIZER THAT FITS VARIOUS MUSIC STYLES
This is exactly what you need if you're after a stunning upgrade that can truly transform your instrument with new “hot sounds”.
It responds nicely to gentle or punchy playing and can sound sweet or forceful at the same amp settings, based solely on your ability to control and pick notes.
It will expand the scope of your expressive powers and playing talents on a whole new level.
Kinetic Pickups are built for musicians who want their playing nuance to come through – making them ideal for technically challenging styles and professional performance.
This set of P90s is ideal for shredding and technically demanding styles delivering the lightning-fast tracking and superb note definition.
Built specifically to unleash your guitar's true power and inspiration.
This isn't some mass-produced recreation with marketing hype attached. This is the real deal, an excellent weapon for both classic and modern edge overdriven sounds.
Experience the absolute joy of playing your Strat with iconic vintage character.
Kinetic Pickups are built for musicians who want their playing nuance to come through—making them ideal for expressive, professional performance.
If you’re looking for a Strat with extra depth, power, and personality – this is it. A true professional upgrade that seamlessly integrates with any legacy or current-production instrument.
Thanks to the mixed wire gauges in the winding design, these tones remain full, balanced, and highly usable – adding more expressive options to your sonic palette.
The idea behind these pickups is that so many guitar players spend years trying to nail that iconic Stevie Ray Vaughan sound. Well, consider your search over.
The entire pickguard configuration and pickup design recreates that legendary tone with stunning accuracy.
The moment you play a bending note, you'll hear your guitar singing back to you with the emotional touch of a vocalist.
These aren't pickups built to sit in a drawer with other unused pickups. They're built to stay in the guitar. Because once you've played them, once you've felt what that combination of vintage wire and hand-wound coils and proper magnets actually does to your tone, going back isn't really an option. You can still hear what you're missing.
- Thinner 43AWG for the Neck 12.5k resistance, 2.8 Henry inductance
- Thinner 43AWG for the Bridge 13.2k resistance, 3.3 Henry inductance
We believe great vintage pickups sound open, warm, balanced, and natural—allowing the instrument to “breathe” and project a full, expressive voice.
Through extensive testing and study of magnetic behavior, we’ve worked to recreate that unmistakable character—clear, dynamic, and alive. The result is a tone that feels immediate, musical, and responsive.
As the 0,050 mm (43AWG) wire is much thinner, making it easy to achieve extremely high DC resistance numbers. This allows more turns on a bobbin, greatly increasing output while maintaining a compact physical profile.
43 AWG — More output, stronger midrange, a harder edge. Cuts through a band mix. Works well with overdrive without getting woolly. The extra output means less chain noise and more direct signal, which matters when you're competing with drums and bass for sonic space. The midrange push means your guitar sits higher in the mix without getting harsh, and the harder edge means overdrive responds more consistently, the pickup drives the amp rather than getting lost in the noise floor. If you're playing rock, if you're playing in a band context, if you want your guitar to lead rather than support, this is worth trying.
It’s the best choice for creating "hot" pickups without sacrificing clarity.