Had the same guitar as well. After I set it up and adjusted the pickups, I did a complete rewire. CTS 500k pots, vintage pushback wire, SwitchCraft Jack and toggle, orange-drop caps, 50’s wiring schematic. It SERIOUSLY livened up the p-90’s.
I think one of the most noticeable changes to the tone were related to the caps. I put a .022 on the neck, and a .047 on the bridge. Typically it’s the other way around.
After the mods it had great “balance” and was much brighter without being “shrill/ice-pick like”. It retained its fullness but also added some “life”.
I agree that LF and Lollar make fantastic pickups. I had Lollars on a G&L Thinline that sounded fantastic.
But, in many cases a complete rewire costs around $100.00 (*for the parts...and this could be less depending on the amount of pots the guitar has) and is a great place to start. Many “lower end” guitars suffer from cheaper quality pots, caps, etc. so one can never go wrong upgrading them first.
Of course YMMV, and all of that.
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Last edited by PTony; 09-08-2019 at 04:09 PM.
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