UNDER THE HOOD

A closer look at Gretsch’s new FideliSonic 90 pickups

Removing the pickups you see that the centre block is far from solid [pic 6] – one reason for the lack of weight. Imagine two longitudinal bars running between the top and back (and connecting them) allowing the bridge and Bigsby to be firmly screwed but the actual centre is air. Small wooden blocks are necessary to mount the pickups on – with them unscrewed and removed, the control harness can be pulled through with ease. It’s therefore pretty easy to investigate the controls, and we find Alpha ‘Made in Korea’ A500k pots, although there’s no treble-bleed on the master volume. The original ‘staple’ P-90 used rectangular (height-adjustable) magnetic polepieces; these FideliSonics are different. The BHK label on the brass baseplate [pic 7] tells us they’re made by Booheung, the giant…

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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2021

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