The Brickhouse BH-90 achieves a no compromise hum cancelling benefit with the authentic tone and feel of a traditional vintage 50's P90.
Serious Vintage P-90 Tone Without The Hum!
The Brickhouse BH-90 pickups have a unique sound that falls somewhere between a single-coil and a humbucker. They offer a warmer, thicker tone than a single-coil, with more low-end and midrange. However, they retain the clarity and brightness of a single-coil, avoiding the sometimes muddy or overly saturated sound of a humbucker. While the standard P-90 has great tone, its major drawback is that dreaded 60 cycle hum… Our BH-90s are perfectly quiet! This makes them really versatile for a range of genres, from blues and rock to country and jazz.
Best of all, these are humbucker sized to fit directly into any standard humbucker route! Each pickup is hand crafted by David Shepherd himself to have the most powerful, articulate, dynamic, and responsive qualities, that will inspire you to push your sonic boundaries. Say goodbye to hum and hello to a full and authentic vintage P-90 tone with the Brickhouse 90.
Key Features:
-Cast Alnico 5 Magnets
-500k Pots & .022uf Cap Recommended
-Hum-Canceling
-Output Compares To Vintage 50's P-90
-Vintage External Braided Lead Wire
-Lightly Potted
-Neck 17.5k (Average) See Note Below
-Bridge: 19.5k (Average) See Note Below
Premium American Quality:
David Shepherd meticulously hand builds each pickup one at a time using custom USA sourced parts and materials to ensure the highest quality standards and procedures are met throughout the entire build process.
Note:
The DCR reading is much higher than normal single coil P-90's due to the nature of their hum-canceling design. This is a case where DCR should not be considered as a measurement of output because these are equivalent in output to a vintage P-90 that ranged in DCR readings between 7-9k.
Looking For More Options?
Most of what we list online are the most popular options that we stock. If there is a specific option you would like us to custom build for you, please contact us to see what we can offer.
I ordered these from Dave and they were shipped the next day! Got them in my USA PRS and used that guitar on a number of recordings from a project I was hired to do… They really have a snarly attitude P-90 thing and they’re highly dynamic and clean up nicely when turned down….
Well, time to tune up Bluey and back to work…. Oh, and these pickups are dead quiet. More so than some humbuckers I have
I contacted David about making me a custom replacement noiseless HB 90 for the stock (single-coil) neck HB 90 in my Sublime Tomcat Deluxe and he graciously agreed to do it. I sent a picture of the stock pickup and he was able to perfectly match the original look.
And for the sound, Oh.My.Word! Clear, punchy, loud, responsive and absolutely no noise! It sounds great on its own and blended with the Porter HB in the bridge. Even though it was a custom order, he delivered very quickly and kept me updated with its progress throughout the build process.
If you need a HB-sized P90, this should be your first and last stop. If you want something different than another vintage PAF, give these a spin.
When I ordered the Shep 90 humbucker sized hum-canceling pickup set, I knew I wanted something different. These are perfect. All the punch, growl, and bite of a regular P90, but No hum! Customer service was amazing. I needed the pickups aged, going in a 40 yr old guitar and the new covers just would look right. Contacted the company and David replied promptly with, yes, I can age them, no problem. When they arrived, I had a question about them, David promptly responded! Great sounding, thanks!!!
These pickups are the best! I put a Shep 60 PAF into the bridge of one of my Charvels as well as a Shep 90 Hum in the neck position. Man these things have so much harmonic content and really sing when you play through them. Sounds like butter. Love them!
