The broadtron is more of a typical humbucker, not a true filtertron.

those are broadtrons...

I also have the new Gretsch G2622 streamliner with fidelsonic p90's....lovely setup and plays beautifully

Sorry to be pedantic but your examples of Filtertrons are not Filtertrons at all. They are Broadtrons which as Gretsch themselves say, are quite different. Having said that, the G2215-P90 has to be one of the best bargains around.

I rebuilt a 92 squire hss, plugged the trem and spring cavities, installed two Banning filtertrons and polish oil paper cap with fender tele 3 way switch....incredible sounds

"how does it compare to the classic Gretsch Filtertrons?" show picture of absolutely non-classic Broadtrons *facepalm*

Informative video, thank you!

Those are broadtrons tough, not filtertrons. Those are basically humbucker.

I've got bareknuckle mississippi queens in my SG standard but honestly the best p90 ive ever played are the ones found in the Revstar RS502t

the mustache dude is killing it

How do the Broadtron pick up compare as well? Thanks

Great playing

I just want to know what size they are...I need to buy a frame for my fidelisonics...are they the same size as the humbuckers?

A very good Review , thanks . P90 / filtertrons .

There are so many other designs of pups other than hum, P90, filtertron, and single. Gretch Super is a single coil with a lot of extra magnet. Jazzmaster is another. Burns has their own. I would be interested in "other great pickups" vids.

I have tht Gretsch P90 guitar he is playing and I like the combo they have. Plus the sound is cool.

would a Gretsch P90 replace a Broadtron (which was what was in the dark stain 335-style i think) will the screw holes line up and things like that?

A couple critiques: -Put text on the screen of the guitar that is being played. -The demo didn't play around with different sounds, more-so country-twangy, clean tones only -No links to these guitars in the notes -He said 2665 but the model he was referring to is actually the 2655. There is no 2665. -Would have been nice if you discussed how the P90 on the 2215 is a different P90 pickup than on the P90 used on the other Streamliner models

Just ordered my Gretsch G2622 P90 in Claret Burst! The FideliSonic™ 90 are very interesting and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Love the tones and sounds those pickups, in that guitar, make. Great video! Cheers! Are they Filtertron or Broadtron?

Whatever the pickup, they all sound fantastic in the hands of a great player, don’t they?

Useful video

Is there not a lot of variation between different Filtertrons, US vs Japanese Vs TV Jones etc ? Those new ones are called aomething else too

I'm sure several people have already mentioned that your quote unquote Filtertron is a Grestch bucker broadtron. It's basically a cheap ceramic humbucker with a different split/toaster cover. A far cry from a Filtertron or even a Filtertron style Broadtron. Nothing in the Streamliner range has a Filtertron. The closest you could come in that range is a Rally 2 center block that has Hi/Lo trons in it.

Hello Gretch Custom Shop - I'd like a streamliner, fully hollow, with a floating ebony bridge / bone saddle & ebony tailpiece. With Lollar P90's - And could we have 24 frets & a neck with a satin finish so our hands don't get swaety stuck in a glossy nightmare -

I just order a Gretsch with 2 P90s. The hollow body with a block in the middle. I have a G and L with A P90 at the neck. But I just one with 2. I think they make a great Rockabilly sound and Country sound. A twang with a punch.

Hi I got gretsch 2410 tg, with BT pick ups. I find them very hollow and muddy. Before buying gretsch I played epiphone wild cat and fell in love with the sound but looks and aesthetics didn't impress me. As I am new to electric guitar I loved the specs, looks and all about gretsch. Can you suggest a P90 replacement for my 2410 BT. Where I can get nice clear punchy tone. As I really feel BT lower string response is very muddy, woffy and hollow, where as when I played wildcat I could jut play it like acoustic finger picking and some jazzy chords and licks without any trouble. Your help and input is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance 😊

Nathan... damn... great playing

Thanks for doing this. You've gone to a lot of effort here but the amp settings are all way too dark to compare the thing that is most unique about a Filtertron, and therefore the way to compare it to any other pickup: the jangly highs.

Thanks for that. I'm no expert, correct me if I'm wrong: P90 refers to a 'family' of pickups that share some characteristics (?). Where does the Gretsch P90 fit into the family? Pretty representative? An outlier? Is the Gretsch P90 constructed to lean toward the 'Gretsch sound'? Is this an impossible question?

2:21 Was grooving on these licks, then suddenly ... MUSTACHE

listening to the 2 P90 vs BT- 2S comparison, I would go for thr Broad'tron BT-2S, to me the P90 sounded too "thin".

im curious if the routing under the bridge pickup mount ring will fit a second p90.... anyone?

I like those "De-Armond" style p-90s. I wanted to hear the other Gretsch "Filtertrons" the old style?

We have a name ! the INCREDIBLE NATHAN ! he is you know . Play anything .

you can take the p90s out and swap them to HiLo Trons. That's what I do. Tv Jones has the swap mods.

Eddie Cochran 6120 , p90 in neck position too!

They make a great sounding P90, but are not consistent. I have two guitars of the same model and they sound very different. Neither sound bad, but very different. The broadtron on the other hand is NOT a Filtertron, but a humbucker dressed up to look like one. The one sounds so bad I will not even use it. No matter, it will get replaced like the other one with a HS Filter'Tron. That combo sounds beautiful. Be warned, it is NOT a "drop-in" part and will require time and money to change, but is worth it.

Ok, you demonstrated the Gretsch G2215 p-90, the Gretsch G2622T fidelisonic p-90, and the Gretsch G2655T broadtron which is not a filtertron. Please get your facts straight.

Are G2622's last frets easily accessible for, let's say, playing a solo (or even shredding)?

P90'S have their appeal but I still like the slumd of the filtertron. It comes down to one's ear .

Do people simply not have any clean tone guitar playing repertoire at all to demonstrate differences in tone?

Thickness and brightness pickup chart was cool.but should have had Mini Humbucker in there. Especially since Gretsch have them in some of their guitars.

I’m looking for a pick up that sounds like a lion roar , a mustang car , powerful

Personnaly, I own Gibson guitars with P90 on one hand and Gtresch with BTron on the other hand, completly different and the world is perfect, no need to have a mix for the while ... 😊

I think the ultimate configuration is neck P90 + real Filtertron on the bridge. Period. Done. Take my money :D

Finally someone of can actually play

Was hoping for real tone comparison between P90 and Broadtron, but my ears can’t tell much difference with this play style. Perhaps something a bit slower with some full chords thrown in. Still can’t decide. Uggghh.

Wish that Junior Jet had a Bigsby option.

Somebody buy this guy a comb, please!

I like the p90s but...clean they sound like they dampen the sustain or something. They need a bit of dirt /effects. Plus some are REALLY noisy. I love the sound of them on records tho... I dunno? Never been happy with them in practice-band situations tbh always went back to SC's FTs or HBs.

Kirk Douglas?? Is it you???

those are NOT Filtertrons at all. The video with its audio samples is pointless, sorry man. Anyways, I swapped those Broadtrons in my Streamliner and replaced with Seymour Duncan Phat Cats (sort of P90s), and the guitar came to life.

Uhmmm, those aren't Filtertrons.....

This is as far from Duane Eddy as one can get. Make mine twangy without all the distortion thank you.

I realise this video is not about Gibson, but here's misinformation about Gibson P90 pickups in this video - firstly, there was another pickup in production between the "Charlie Christian", and P90. It was called a P13, and these first appeared around 1940, and were replaced by the P90, which first appeared around 1945 in the ES125, et al... P13s had nickel covers, so thanks to the war demands on metal, and presumably, an easier/cheaper production method, the P90 became the pickup of the moment around 1945, well before 1952, as mentioned in the video. As an aside, Gibson "sold a boxcar full of P13 pickups, to Harmony Guitars in Chicago", (according to urban myth), though it must have been several boxcars full, as they continued to use them on lap-steels, and in several archtop models (eg, Espanada) until around 1962.

Seems to me people buy to mod, the p90 fits where the Filtertron or Broadtron fit without much modification required. Otherwise the purist knows why he is buying a Gretch. Why would I buy a Gretch only to swap out the pups to have it sound like a Gibson? I did see a pair of original p90s on Reverb going for $22k. Dont know if they ever sold. But still, you cant say a Gretch is cheap and then slap in a pair of 4 digit pups and say you got a deal.

Obvious elephant in the room: a staple pickup is quite a different pickup design to a P90. In many ways, having an individual magnet per pole piece, it's more like a Jazzmaster pickup than a P90 in design. Differences in pickups can be exaggerated, obviously. But those 'Fidelisonic' pickups aren't actually P90s. There's at least as much difference between them and P90s as between a Filtertron and a PAF humbucker.

I have yet to fully understand why a P90 in the neck is so popular. Why would you put a rolled-off, boomy pickup in the most rolled-off, boomy position? I feel like a p90 is perfect for the bridge position where as a pickup that compresses low end and has more clarity would be best for the neck.

Didn't pay much attention to the pickups. The moustache guitarist distracted me🙂

Prefer the Broadtron

I think you're just comparing a humbucker with a p90. What's complicated is the frequency distribution of the pickups. And that's really what people need to know and almost no video creator has done. People over it guitar nutz 2 do these kinds of things all the time, but it's rather disorganized and fragmentary and difficult to read.

Brother...just delete this video and start over. Awesome playing, absolutely stellar! but a broadtron is not a filtertron. Actually just re title it, although it's apples to oranges. Again, killer playing!

I feel that guy may have made a deal with the devil to play like that, but instead of paying with his soul, he has to have that mustache...

You definitely need a better player to demo this, sorry!!

The kid needs to practice a bit more.

I hate the demo guitarist. Christ how awful

Those are just some humbuckers with metal covers...

Sorry, but your sound quality in your video is muddy and poor, so the comparison is unbearable…