Checked the pickup Inductance and resistance, a typical P90 would be about 8kΩ and the inductance on a vintage P90 would be somewhere around the 5.3-5.9Henries.
I dont pay much attention to capacitance other than it tells me i have a complete coil, and why dont i use capacitance? because DC resistance is NOT a power rating; it is the resistance of the wire in a pickup's coil at zero hertz, something that only occurs when the guitar isn't played. But people always ask me how many KΩ a pickup has calling it output etc so i quote it. To quote the late Bill Lawrence who i admired immensely and who i could ask all the questions in the world, and he would always reply with advice, may he RIP.
"DC resistance (Rdc) tells you as much about a pickup's tone and output as the shoe size tells you about a person's intelligence!
Now why am i waffling on with all this? i just put this Chinese P90 clone through its paces and was astounded to discover.
We have a 6kΩ reading for resistance so that puts it in low Strat/Tele territory, i like to wind a telecaster Bridge that reads about 5.75-6kΩ it give me that Roy Buchanan type of thing with an inductance of about 2.7H
So i check the Inductance and whoa
Without hearing it i would say this is going to be one nasty toppy, shattered champagne glass, fingers down the blackboard pickup with no grunt.
When i get time i will strip it down and have a further peek inside. A typical P90 will have A3or A5 mags both south facing on to the slugs and about 10000 turns.
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