Want the focused mid bite and unique attack of a P-90, but have an instrument routed for humbuckers? You need a humbucker sized P90 Phat Cat Set. The Phat Cat is a true single-coil P90 Soapbar retrofitted under a humbucker cover for use in humbucker-equipped guitars. Seymour Duncan originally developed this pickup in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop for Hamer Guitars, but eventually the demand became so great that they moved it to regular production.
The Phat Cats give you all the authentic P90 bounce and sparkle that you’d expect from a great vintage P90 Soapbar in the neck position. Chords have bright, ringing harmonic overtones while solos have that classic P90 cut and edge. Seymour Duncan use two Alnico 2 bar magnets to give you more sustain and a compressed attack, while the metal covers provide more shielding and noise reduction than standard soapbar covers.
Other appointments include a nickel silver bottom plate, single-conductor braided hookup wire and vacuum wax potting for squeal free operation. The neck model is RW/RP, reverse wind reverse polarity, from the bridge pickup to provide noiseless operation when used together. The Phat Cat humbucker size P90 pickups are hand built in Santa Barbara, CA.
Features
- Authentic P90 bounce and sparkle
- Chords have bright, ringing harmonic overtones
- Solos have that classic P90 cut and edge
- two Alnico 2 bar magnets to give you more sustain and a compressed attack
- metal covers provide more shielding and noise reduction than standard soapbar covers
- Nickel silver bottom plate
- Single-conductor braided hookup wire
- Vacuum wax potting for squeal free operation