Fralin Hum-Canceling P90 Pickups
All the P90 tone. None of the hum. The Fralin Hum-Cancelling P90 is the solution that actually works. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Lindy Fralin Hum-Cancelling P90 Soapbar Pickups take center stage in the Frank Brothers Arcade Goldtop, into the Benson Amps Monarch across three gain levels, followed by an extended pedalboard section covering the R2R Electric Supa MKII Fuzz, Origin Effects M-EQ Driver, Cornerstone Gladio SC, Meris LVX, and Walrus Audio M1 Vibrato/Vibe.
Other Fralin P90 demos on the channel:
Fralin Stock P90s: https://youtu.be/tR2uTQPap6Q
Fralin Pure PAF Humbuckers: https://youtu.be/lPHmESPyyxs
The P90 hum problem is real and well-documented. In a live or recording environment, single-coil hum is manageable. In a high-gain context into a pushed amp, it becomes a practical obstacle — and most "solutions" make the tone worse than the hum. Stacked coil designs cancel hum by placing two coils one on top of the other, which Fralin believes leads to a lifeless, dull tone that lacks character. Lindy's approach is different: a side-by-side dual-coil design that achieves hum cancellation without stacking, attaining a more accurate P90 tone that actually sounds like a P90.
The result is a vintage-voiced P90 tone with a slightly thicker midrange and rounder highs — the snarly midrange bark and top-end push of a real P90, with over 20dB of noise reduction. Dual-coil hum-cancelling design. Stock output for balanced response and versatility. Standard 50mm pole spacing for bridge and neck positions. Thick low end, round top end, and punchy midrange presence. Adjustable pole pieces for string-to-string volume balance.
This is the Stock output version — same wind spec as the Fralin Stock P90, applied to the hum-cancelling architecture. For a maple-top mahogany Arcade Goldtop into a Benson Monarch, the character comparison against the Stock P90s in the same guitar is the listening exercise this demo enables.
🎸 Fralin Hum-Cancelling P90: https://www.fralinpickups.com/product/p90-hum-cancelling/
🎸 Frank Brothers Arcade: https://www.frankbrothersguitars.com
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Frank Brothers Arcade Goldtop | Fralin Hum-Cancelling P90 Soapbars | B5 Bigsby
🎛️ R2R Supa MKII | Origin M-EQ Driver | Cornerstone Gladio SC | Meris LVX | Walrus M1
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch
Recording: UA Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R-121 & R10 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
