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But I'm a traditionalist so P90 and maybe a touch hotter for your JS
CONSIDERATION #1
Stacked coil, noise-cancelling recreations of classic single coil pickups never sound right. P90s should sound fat and rude. The Gibson P100 is almost certainly THE worst attempt at a noise-cancelling P90. Insipid, gutless, not even slightly rude. Duncan STKP1s are a bit better - not least by dint of having 4-con + shield output cabling.
I have performed the single con + braid to 4-con + shield conversion on a Gibson P100. It still sounded shite in series, parallel and single (upper!) coil modes.
CONSIDERATION #2
The pickup cavities may not be deep enough to accept a stacked coil replacement pickup. Even a P90-sized humbucker could be problematic if the polepiece screws protrude very far from the baseplate.
Good suggestion. My preference would be for a Seymour Duncan JB90.
If you want a powerful P90 sized pickup, buy a hot P90. BKP Pig'90, f'r'instance. You might want a professional quality volume pot to tame this beast.
On some guitars, its seems to be possible to get more "power" by using a vintage style P90 and cranking the amplifier input gain. (Duncan Antiquity P90s are consistently good this way.)
The UK-based pickup makers on this board can probably meet you needs. Check out their web sites. Maybe, somebody out there offers a tapped P90 with vintage and hot level outputs? Imagine that.
The build quality and playability was fantastic too!
I had one of these in the bridge position of mine https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/soap-bar/dlx-plus-bridge and it worked really well!
I often wonder who has my old one now?! I don't suppose yours has a postcode written onto the rear cavity cover in security marker ink does it?????
and no @agibbo it doesn’t have anything written on the cavity cover.
They seem fairly rare, especially the Japanese made ones like mine, and I really love the neck and body shape, so much so I am regularly on the lookout for a JS6, or maybe a JS6000 to go with it.
You've made me feel all nostalgic and regretful....sad face, lol!
That may be an idea for a future project though, if I can find a used one at a decent price!
ah the joys of adulthood
I installed a Bare Knuckle ‘Pig 90 in the bridge and it’s exactly what I was hoping for.