I currently have a guitar with a single coil in the neck (6k ish i think) and an Oil City Blitz in the bridge. I've had a bucker sized P90 sitting around for ages (vintage vibe guitars) that has a reading of just over 10 and I'm thinking about sticking it in the neck position instead of the Strat pickup. The thing that is stopping me is the potential vol difference because of the output difference, but I'm wondering if simply setting the P90 quite low will counteract this enough so that the difference isn't that noticeable. I've never had a P90 before, so am I on the right track here?
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I think inductance is a truer measure of their power.
As you can tell, I'm not really up on electronics.
yes, it might make it hard to balance volume but you can get close by adjusting heights. I like a humbucker in a tele neck position. You generally notice the tone difference more than the volume one.
also, vintage vibe p-90 sized humbuckers were the first custom pickup I used about 12 years ago. DiMarzio, SD's and the other usual suspects before, U.K. Made swinesheads and bkp's shortly after.... Totally non standard construction but I remember them being pretty good
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Tweaking heights never got me there, so had to split them: coupling the P90 with another P90 and the humbucker with another humbucker.
P90s are pretty punchy, and I think it has much to do with the double magnet design.
Note: the P90 did balance well with another bridge humbucker (14K awg 43, alnico IV).