Oil City makes a much better looking humbucker-size Filtertron IMO. That said, TV Jones makes several pickups in the Filtertron size/mounting factor. The good news is any Gibson-type humbucker drops right in, including some FilterTron soundalikes made by TV Jones. Browse this page to learn more about Gretsch specs and unique features. The neck pickup adds a sweet warmth to the brightness. Both are used to reduce the 60 cycle hum that the pickups collect from ambient sources of AC noise, but there are physical and tonal differences. You can test the actual value of a tone control capacitor with a voltmeter. One night some guy sat in with my band a played a Tele Deluxe and I still hear that tone. DCR: 4-5 8K bridge, 7.6K neck. From 1976-1981 DiMarzio or generic Japanese humbuckers were fitted to many models. Still with the classic bright tone but with an added fatness with more in the mids. You'll need to do some routing if you want to put in Mini-humbuckers, which are pretty much the same size as P90s. Although there are several alternative makers of 'trons the choice for me comes down to TV Jones or Oil City's Cow-T-Rons. The guitar only works with a small voltage, so there is no need to buy a capacitor rated for 400 volts. Get the real pickups in the real full size and be happy. Guitars fitted with these pickups just aren’t very Gretsch-like, generally speaking, and have been mostly overlooked by both players and collectors. If close isn't good enough, and that is the sound you're after, I'd say damn the torpedoes: full speed ahead. Synchro-Sonic™, DynaSonic™, Filter'Tron™, HiLo'Tron™, Space-Control™, Electrotone™... what does it all mean? Filtertron Style Design in a Gibson Humbucker Size. The Wide Range Humbuckers is a great pickup. The guitar in question is an Ibanez Jet King. I'm going to find out more about the ones you mentioned. Right now it has GFS pickups in it, a Dream 180 in the neck position and a Vintage '59 in the bridge. Filtertrons are not the same size as any other pickup. Re: Size Difference Between a P90 and a Filtertron « Reply #5 on: July 16, 2007, 03:22:57 PM » I also looked at the Edwards and a few Gretsch's and found what looks to be a reasonable foundation in the new Hamer guitars. Thanks for the suggestions, guys. TV Jones do offer quite a wide range of Filtertron-size pickups to suit most needs. * £180 for set £95 for single +£5 per gold, burnt or black +£20 aged _____ Tronbuckers Exact reproductions of the original Gretsch type Filtertron pickups but in a full sized humbucker housing. Available as a hotter 8-5 Special Humbucker as well for more gain and presence. The Filter’Tron has a narrower coil spacing and a narrower string spacing. No, filters and 90's as mentioned above are a different size; contact TV and he'll give you the options. Higher voltage has nothing to do with the operation of the capacitor, and will only add cost and size to the component. A fuller tone, almost humbucker-like but with that twang unique to this design of pickup. A hotter, overwound version of the original Black Cat pickup. That being said, depending on the guitar with … 8-5 12.5K.