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I remember a thread a while back where there was some discussion about how few of the current PU guys are making the really old-sounding kind of snarly P90's that we rock players like.
My S style has a Lindy P90 in the bridge.
and that was one of the P90's that was supposed to lack that sort of grind. I gave it a good listen, and indeed, it sounded more Fendery than Leslie West, if you know what I mean.
So, I tried an experiment...
Lowered the screws almost flat to the top of the cover and raised the whole PU back where the screw heads had been (height wise)
Holy cow!
There it is...
Snarl, bite, and Leslie all there.
Turns out you can tune these PU's to be more of a Fender sound, or more middy and traditional P90 by the relationship between the screw height to the top of the cover, (taller screws = more of a Fender sound) and the closeness between the PU (with lowered screws) and the strings.
The difference is not subtle and all factors are interactive.
So, if you have a polite P90, try this, and see what happens.
dc
My S style has a Lindy P90 in the bridge.

and that was one of the P90's that was supposed to lack that sort of grind. I gave it a good listen, and indeed, it sounded more Fendery than Leslie West, if you know what I mean.
So, I tried an experiment...
Lowered the screws almost flat to the top of the cover and raised the whole PU back where the screw heads had been (height wise)
Holy cow!
There it is...
Snarl, bite, and Leslie all there.
Turns out you can tune these PU's to be more of a Fender sound, or more middy and traditional P90 by the relationship between the screw height to the top of the cover, (taller screws = more of a Fender sound) and the closeness between the PU (with lowered screws) and the strings.
The difference is not subtle and all factors are interactive.
So, if you have a polite P90, try this, and see what happens.
dc