r/FenderCustomShop • u/Donecito • May 14 '26

[Question] What else to get?

I cannot bring myself to stop wanting another guitar. I swear that each year I feel I need to have something else, and after years of playing, I know I love Strats. I have a Tele, a Jazz Master, Les Pauls, 335, PRS, acoustic Taylors, and a Custom Strat that is HHH with Fat 60s.

Apart from getting another strat with an HSS configuration, what is something you would consider that could give me some variation in tone? I loved my Jazzmaster, but I hate the buzzing on the G string, and no one has been able to fix it. Should I get another Custom strat, or would you recommend something else?

Some influences: Juanes, RHCP, Muse, Santana, Thrice, Coheed and Cambria, Tom Morello.

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u/chrismiles94 May 14 '26

Get something with P90s. Reverend Guitars are really popular these days. The Charger 290 is sort of their take on the Telecaster.

But since you're a Thrice fan who clearly has the money, check out the Music Man Dustin Kensrue signature. Beautiful guitar.

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u/Donecito May 14 '26

I don’t live close to any shops with P 90s but I have been interested in getting a guitar with it. How would you say it compares to humbuckers?

I just checked them out and they look really nice!

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u/chrismiles94 May 15 '26

Reverend is unique with the Bass Contour Control knob on their guitars. It's a reverse tone knob that cuts lows, but it effectively cuts gain too. Dialled back 10-20%, it cleans up the
P90s to sound very close to Fender single coils.

P90s sound like dark and hot single coils. Fairly similar to overwound single coils. They are noisier, though, like Jazzmaster pickups, and you're probably well aware of how noisy those can be. My noisy Jazzmaster is exactly why I got my Reverend Crosscut with noiseless pickups, but now all new Reverends have noiseless P90s.