Songs featuring P90s

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I love the P90s tone (esp. my SD Phat Cats) but I was thinking that I am not sure I could identify one in a song.  I can pick out teles and strats in a bunch of songs as well as LPs and SGs in others.  But I don't know that I have ever heard P90s (I am sure I have but...)

So here is my question:  can you provide examples of songs featuring P90s?
 
Most anything by Social Distortion has P90s in it. I think Mike Ness has them in all his guitars (he even uses Phat Cats, if I'm not mistaken). Check out "Bakersfield" off their new album. The intro to that song pretty much has my perfect guitar tone.  

And aren't Phat Cats great? I've got a set and I just love 'em.
 
I think Leslie West with Mountain would be the classic P90 in you face tone but there are a few surprise P90 tones out there.  All of the early Santana stuff was with P90 even when Neil showed up he was using Gold Top with P90s, and the solo from Another Brick in the Wall was done on a Gold Top with P90s. And I still cant' get over how Sean Costello made me want a gold top with P90's so bad. And a few others for fun
T-Bone Walker, Little Charle Baty, and Last but no least early Freddie King
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEcNpcTwUM[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JryQXilMj4[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKvkRSBEGI[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKeL6MGTq80[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVR8lg1YLuc[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKOQ8MbmmL4&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx9cyJ0mhE[/youtube]
 
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct9aBySJkRQ[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxf0t29LCPQ[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTVv7kyz8OA[/youtube]

I think Syl's Les Paul has P90s in it.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zTmpFLThA[/youtube]

Barden makes them now:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNIA-N3iNM[/youtube]
 
Opening riff for "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles?

A lot of Beatles songs has the Epiphone Casino underneath the lead guitar, all 3 guitar playing Beatles had one & in those days they had to track two guitars at a time on overdubs to fit it all in. It was very handy for The Beatles that their bass player could track on guitar. to help with the workload. Songs that feature on the Let It Be & Abbey Road albums would have an Epiphone Casino mostly on John Lennon's tracks, as that was what he was using by then.

Also I think the main guitar track for "Yer Blues" (White Album) was Lennon on his Epiphone.
 
E.G. Jones said:
A goldtop with P90s is the current object of my guitar lust. I need a drooling smiley right now...
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It was mine too so I picked up an Epi '56 GT reissue for cheap on the bay. Had it professionally set up and an bone nut installed, then I dropped an RS Guitarworks electronics upgrade and a couple of Lollar 50's-wound P-90's in it. It kicks ass, but it wasn't all that bad stock, either.

Anyway, if you can live without a Gibby for awhile, it's a fun, relatively inexpensive alternative.
 
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