Hi folks,
just thought I'd share this. I have this Strat-style sorta testbed guitar that I try various wiring options on. I have a couple of pickguards, some pots and switches, and of course a zillion pickups and I mix and match. So I said - let's give these Korean (Sky Pickups) Kent Armstrong P-90's a try. And it works cool.
The guitar is pretty bright-sounding by itself and the P-90's are fatter-sounding than regular Strat-style pickups, so this evens out nicely. I use just two volume pots (500K Audio) and a 3-way mini-toggle, and the setup works for me. You can go from dirty to clean in about 1/4 turn of the pot - that's easy to do and it makes all the difference in tone. I tested it today with my all-tube Laney LC-15 and a Marshall Bluesbreaker II set for the Boost mode. The tone cleans up pretty well even when you roll the volume down with the boost on - it's not surgically clean but nice. So to make a long story short - if you want and can experiment like this, I think this is a viable way to go.
Peace
Tony
just thought I'd share this. I have this Strat-style sorta testbed guitar that I try various wiring options on. I have a couple of pickguards, some pots and switches, and of course a zillion pickups and I mix and match. So I said - let's give these Korean (Sky Pickups) Kent Armstrong P-90's a try. And it works cool.
The guitar is pretty bright-sounding by itself and the P-90's are fatter-sounding than regular Strat-style pickups, so this evens out nicely. I use just two volume pots (500K Audio) and a 3-way mini-toggle, and the setup works for me. You can go from dirty to clean in about 1/4 turn of the pot - that's easy to do and it makes all the difference in tone. I tested it today with my all-tube Laney LC-15 and a Marshall Bluesbreaker II set for the Boost mode. The tone cleans up pretty well even when you roll the volume down with the boost on - it's not surgically clean but nice. So to make a long story short - if you want and can experiment like this, I think this is a viable way to go.
Peace
Tony
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