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well. The amp would also have an effect on sound it's a rabbit hole really. If it is sounding good I would just play it and enjoy it.
Good luck.
But yes, the difference imparted by the differing scale lengths and bridge types/materials will affect how the strings are responding and in turn what the pickups are picking up. Distance from pickup to bridge is a big factor in how a pickup responds, too; I'm not sure if there's much of a difference between the position of a P90 in a pickguard in front of a Strat bridge compared to a P90 mounted in front of a tune-o-matic.
It'll be subtle to most non-guitarists, but I think most of us would hear a difference. Especially when playing, when you can hear how it's responding to your pick attack a bit better than if you're just listening.
I had a Yamaha SG1802 and the high output SP90-3s were too noisy.
Maybe something vintage would have been nicer, but I'd go with what I know and return to the Phat Cats.
So, based on that, I would say yes I think. Although maybe Gibson have different kinds of P90s too?
This is why people tend to like unpotted pickups and looser windings ... however the down side is the lack of controllability with very microphonic pickups.
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From what you're saying, the Lollars will be picking up more of the body resonance of the hollow instrument with would explain the extra low end. I know you get this with humbuckers too in a hollowbody but in my, albeit limited, experience the difference seems greater with P90s.
First however I’m going to get the stock circuit board with 300k volume pots replaced with a loom with 500k to see if that improves the clarity a bit - will also make it easier to swap to non-Gibson pickups if I do decide to make the change.
The 'staple' was introduced to try and curb some of the bass happy tendencies of the P90 (and because at the time Les Paul liked DeArmonds over Gibson pickups).
You can get more sparkle by lowering the winding count certainly ... but that's not how Gibson did it.
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Recent experience with a 2021 LP Standard suggests that nominal 440k is the wisest compromise value.
It's quite subtle though, to the point where after playing for a few minutes I just forget about it.
What isn't subtle though is the effect of positioning on P90s, way more than humbuckers in my experience, probably due to their narrower field.
Some late 60s SGs have the bridge pickup a lot further from the saddles than other models, in fact it took me three scratchplate attempts to find the sweet spot on my SG.
Your Strat has the pickup a bit further from the saddles than say a P90 equipped Les Paul, so that's a big factor that's worth bearing in mind, probably way more than scale length or body materials.