Alright, let me try this instead... I am now in the middle stages of a planned complete electronics swap. My intention is to drop a pair of P94's and all new electronics in an Ibanez AXS32 that, unfortunately came with God-awful pickups, cheap electronics and really bad soldering, but a really nice mahogany body and a great neck. It has potential.
I have a handle on the schematics for a total electronics change out, but I have a few lingering questions.
First up, does anyone know if P94's follow more of a humbucker installation schematic? I know the lead isn't braided, so a standard single-coil install isn't possible.
Next, I am still curious as to everyone's opinion on pot selection. Both pickups have separate tone and volume controls and I've heard varied opinions about the choices for the pots, such as 500k or 250k, 500k Vol and 250k or 300k tone, audio or linear taper for vol and/or tone, etc.? I'm looking for a fairly vintage tone, so I'm thinking 500k all around. I had a non-reverse '65 Firebird with 3 P90's stolen from me three years ago and if I could get a similar tone, it might help me stop weeping at night.
On to capacitors:
Which caps are recommended for the highpass on the Vol pot, .001MFD were recommended, what do you think? Also, ceramic disk or Sprague?
Which caps are best for the Tone pot,.022MFD or .047MFD and, once again, ceramic disk or Sprague?
I'm looking forward to reading all suggestions and any anecdotes from folks who've had success with their own mods.
Look at it this way, with your help, there will be one less guy with bad tone you run the risk of hearing!
Thanks again!
-Fud