Jared James Nichols Signature JJN P90 Silencer from Seymour Duncan

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Pickup sounds killer. A good p90 is tough to beat
 
Maybe this is the noiseless P90 the world has been waiting for.
I hated the Gibson P100s.

Have a set of Stealth 90s from Kent Armstrong in a Hagstrom.
They sound very good, with great hum rejection.
Still a tad more polite than the real thing, though.

Wondering whether these JJNs use opposing coils or an over/under design.
Also kinda surprised there's no neck model. Not everybody plays a one-pickup guitar.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Wondering whether these JJNs use opposing coils or an over/under design.
Also kinda surprised there's no neck model. Not everybody plays a one-pickup guitar.
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I recently watched a new Seymour Duncan factory tour video from Premier Guitar on YouTube. They showed the Jared James Nichols pickup
without a cover and it is a new design that has three coils. It looks pretty weird. LOL Duncan's engineer Kevin Beller briefly discusses and shows the new pickup. Start watching at around the 37:00 mark in the video. The new pickup stuff starts around 37:30. Enjoy!
YouTube link:

EXTRA: HMMMM.... Check out the diagrams of the DiMarzio Fantom P90. (Scroll down the page a bit to see the diagrams) 4 coils instead of 3 but it looks like Duncan got the coil layout idea from DiMarzio.
https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/vintage-paf-output/fantom-p90-full-size-humbucker-cover

Extra: They briefly discussed and showed a picture of Dave Mustaine's rig at the 47:00 mark in the video. He's using a Quad Cortex into a 700 watt Duncan Powerstage power amp into his Marshall Cabinets.
 
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Interesting. I love the old P-90 sized Vox CoAxe pickups in my SSC-55. Cool and very good sounding pickups
They too used a pair of rails flanking a row of center poles, but the windings inside weren't like the JJNs.
There was an inner coil with two taps - giving you three different output levels - and an outer one just for hum rejection.
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I'm definitely interested in the JJN Silencer. P90s are sooo noisy, and IMO the best noiseless so far are still a little polite.
I really wish the JJN was available a neck version though.
In dogear types, height adjustment is not an option.
 
napalmdeath said:
I dig the guy's playing, CAN'T STAND watching him play.
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I can’t even get into his playing. I want to see a new kind of rock or band that takes the world by storm, and is filling stadiums again BLOWING THE ROOF OFF!
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Interesting. I love the old P-90 sized Vox CoAxe pickups in my SSC-55. Cool and very good sounding pickups
They too used a pair of rails flanking a row of center poles, but the windings inside weren't like the JJNs.
There was an inner coil with two taps - giving you three different output levels - and an outer one just for hum rejection.
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I'm definitely interested in the JJN Silencer. P90s are sooo noisy, and IMO the best noiseless so far are still a little polite.
I really wish the JJN was available a neck version though.
In dogear types, height adjustment is not an option.
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DiMarzio made those pickups for VOX. They are called the Three-90. When they first came out, VOX had exclusive agreement with DiMarzio to use them.

Here are some Google links about this pickup: https://www.google.com/search?q=vox...GKABGAriAwQYACBBiAYBkAYC&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
 
mooncobra said:
I can’t even get into his playing. I want to see a new kind of rock or band that takes the world by storm, and is filling stadiums again BLOWING THE ROOF OFF!
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Yeah man - I don't get him much either. Nothing new at all here or even interesting to me. I love blues rock, but the genre has fallen off for me really.

But today it is about getting endorsements and clicks vs putting out great music really.
 
Literally the only JJN song I know of is Honey Forgive Me which definitely fucks

He seems like a proper bro
 
JohnnyGtar said:
DiMarzio made those pickups for VOX. They are called the Three-90. When they first came out, VOX had exclusive agreement with DiMarzio to use them.

Here are some Google links about this pickup: https://www.google.com/search?q=vox+guitar+dimarzio+three+90&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=558074753&sxsrf=AB5stBhtq-01WnuVsIBRgf5jghkve3Nt4A:1692350879356&ei=nznfZIW0FeGRur8PrfO84A0&ved=0ahUKEwjF__6n8uWAAxXhiO4BHa05D9wQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=vox+guitar+dimarzio+three+90&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHHZveCBndWl0YXIgZGltYXJ6aW8gdGhyZWUgOTAyBRAhGKABSN16UJYHWKJ1cAZ4AZABAJgBiAGgAfwJqgEDOC41uAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICBRAhGKsCwgIIECEYFhgeGB3CAgUQABiiBMICBxAhGKABGAriAwQYACBBiAYBkAYC&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
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The Three90 was used on the very earliest version of the Virage, but I think it was discontinued when the CoAxe was developed.
AFAIK the CoAxe was a completely different pickup from the three-coil DiMarzio; it's basically a big singlecoil plus an outer hum coil.
The single main coil has taps for different output strengths, and the perimeter coil is for noise reduction only.
Here's a pic of the inside:

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It'd be interesting to see the inner workings of a Three90; might be closer to Duncan's JJN design than the CoAxe is.
A quick search got no images for the Three90, though there was a Reverb listing for a bass the owner claimed had a Three90, which actually was a four-pole version of the later CoAxe.

Here's a Virage with the Three90s - note the three blades:
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And an SSC-55 with the CoAxe pickups for comparison - similar look, different innards:
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eclecticsynergy said:
The Three90 was used on the very earliest version of the Virage, but I think it was discontinued when the CoAxe was developed.
AFAIK the CoAxe was a completely different pickup from the three-coil DiMarzio; it's basically a big singlecoil plus an outer hum coil.
The single main coil has taps for different output strengths, and the perimeter coil is for noise reduction only.
Here's a pic of the inside:

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It'd be interesting to see the inner workings of a Three90; might be closer to Duncan's JJN design than the CoAxe is.
A quick search got no images for the Three90, though there was a Reverb listing for a bass the owner claimed had a Three90, which actually was a four-pole version of the later CoAxe.

Here's a Virage with the Three90s - note the three blades:
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And an SSC-55 with the CoAxe pickups for comparison - similar look, different innards:
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I stand corrected. Thanks for your post! Great info!
 
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