Yvette Young’s next signature model will showcase a major change – and she’s “kicking” herself for not getting into it sooner
Yvette Young has been working on a new signature Ibanez Talman behind the scenes, and as she tells Guitar.com in the latest episode of My Guitars & Me, fans should be able to get their hands on it some time this year.
The guitar also marks a major change for the Covet guitarist, as she embraces P-90 pickups on a signature model for the first time. As she admits when she visits the Guitar.com studio on London’s famous Denmark Street, she’s “kicking” herself for being “late to the P-90 game”.
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Of course, Young already has two signature models with Ibanez – the YY10 and YY20 – both built upon the Talman blueprint but featuring a Strat-style and Tele-style pickup layout, respectively.
But P-90s are relatively new to Young’s tonal palette, and she’s so inspired that she’s opted to fit her newest signature model with a pair.
“We went through the YY10, which had the Strat-style pickups, and then I went through the Tele-style pickups, because I do like my SX Tele. I was like, I want to pay tribute to that. And now I don’t know why I’m so late to the P-90 game. I am kind of kicking myself because these are just so chunky.
“I feel like I’ve been into a lot of heavier stuff lately, kind of leaning into the more grungy sludgy stuff, a lot of fuzz tones, a lot of overdrive and things like that…”
“So these are Wilkinsons,” she continues, pointing to the pickups in her upcoming Pink Sparkle-finished signature model. “I tried out so many different P-90s from all these companies, and these Wilkinsons just knocked it out of them. I did a blind test, too.”
“I’m just over the moon to release this guitar, because I think, tonally, it’s really where I’m at right now. The Pink Sparkle is a tribute to my first guitar that I ever got, sent by Ibanez.”
She also confirms the production run models will feature “special art inlays” she drew, as well as rosewood fingerboards.
“I just got to do some guitar for the Superman soundtrack,” Young says. “This was all over that. Yeah, just again, I’m kicking myself for not getting into P-90s earlier!”
You can watch the latest episode of My Guitars & Me with Yvette Young above.
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