Hi Peter,
ich bin ein riesen Fan von P90 und weniger ein Freund der Minihumbucker, von daher wuerde ich die sofort wechseln. Hier ein Ausschnitt aus dem TQR Review von Wolfes Meaner 90 Version:
"P90s are one of our alltime favorites, and the sound of a great one played through a vintage Fender amplifier is mesmerizing, so we felt a special twinge of anticipation when we read Wolfe's comments about P90s on his web site: "I've always felt that a good P-90 should be mean, raunchy, and nasty, but still able to clean up and become sweet when needed. P90s have always been my favorite pickups to make as well as play, as they seem to offer the best of both worlds.";
Indeed, they do. Wolfe's P90s come in three flavors - 'Mean,' 'Meaner,' and 'Meanest' with radually increased output, midrange and growl. We received the 'Meaner' variant measuring 9K, and constructed with Alnico II magnets. As Wolfe put it, "Well suited for the bridge position, it's meaner and raunchier than the 'mean' P90 with a thicker midrange and more low end grunt.";
Do you know how a truly exceptional vintage P90 sounds? If you do, let's compare notes, and if you don't, you will now… In preparation for this review, we installed a new set of Pyramid .010-.048s on the Junior and ran through all the P90s we have on hand - the original Gibson, a Fralin, Lollar, our 50s P90 gifted by Riverhorse for another birthday we won't count, and Wolfe's Meanie.
Sounds like a fun afterpickupsnoon, dun't it? Wait a minute… Remember the smartest guy in the room from last month? He's baaaack. "So you listened to five different pickups in the same guitar, taking what - twenty minutes to swap the pickup out each time? That's not right. How can you remember what they each sound like compared to the others?"; Of course we can - it's just hard to imagine for people that have never done it. And when in doubt, we'll always reload to verify our initial impressions.
One of the singular characteristics of a great vintage P90 is the massive low end that gushes from E and A strings. Playing an aggressive, hard-charging rhythm, you may actually have to lay off the wound strings a bit, and especially the big E to avoid overwhelming the treble strings on full, 6-string chords. For rock & roll, the vintage P90 is a beastly pickup with a huge low and midrange voice that is audibly rolled off on the very top. However, when you move into solos, the treble strings sing with a sweet, overdriven tone like no other pickup on earth. You simply need to learn to work with it, rather than indiscriminately bashing on the strings. At lower volume levels, the superior vintage P90 becomes jangly and clear as only a single coil can, with beautiful harmonic textures and chime, yet it remains direct and focused, responding to pick attack with a percussive clarity and power that you'll otherwise only find in a great Tele bridge - but still, the P90 is fatter. Work with it, and you'll be amazed by what a great P90 can deliver.
Unfortunately, for those who have not experienced the sound of a stellar vintage P90 in hand, all of this might seem as useful as stepping outside, looking up and wishing on a star… unless you were to order a Wolfetone. Assuming that Wolfe has his act together to the extent that he can produce a consistent and repeatable outcome, you can expect to hear all the qualities we've just described in Wolfe's P90 with just a bit more sparkle, presence and snap than a typical 50 year-old P90. Indeed, if we were tasked with cutting the ultimate rock guitar track endowed with an unforgettable tone that would stop conversation among guitarists cold, we'd ram the Junior through our '58 Tremolux goosed with the Bob Burt Clean Boost and call it a day, confident in the knowledge that for this style of music, we had arrived at the end of the road in the Quest for tone. We were in fact so impressed with Wolfe's P90 that we switched it back and forth with our '50s Gibson again the following day to insure that we can say without qualification… Quest forth!"
Sorry fuer die Laenge, aber ich dachte, dass die gesamte Beschreibung ganz gut passt.
Bei einem Wechsel musst Du zwar nichts Fraesen, aber bedenke, dass Du die Elektronik vermutlich wechseln werden musst, um den Sound etwas zu entschaerfen (250kO Potis!) - gerade bei einer Deluxe mit Ahornhals!
Du weiss ja, dass ich an meiner Custom nichts, aber auch gar nichts verändern werden. Die P-90 von Wolfe, könnte ich mir aber auch darin vorstellen:
Ein Versuch wäre es aber allemal wert.
, die Mini Humbucker sind doch genial und auch optisch der wahre Leckerbissen. Ich habe mir 1979 bei Cream Music in Frankfurt/Main genau so eine Deluxe gekauft und den Verkauf für den Rest meines Lebens bitter bereut. Du musst doch dann Holz ausfräsen, oder?
.... irgendwas 'neu' oder verbessert bei denen?! Keine Ahnung ... 
