#3 was P90s. I still sound cr@p when I use them, however. :)
Please do not give up on the P-90's.....they take awhile to find your tone and yo can find that by messing with different style n size capacitors. The key I found is in manipulation of the string when using P-90;s what you do is what you'll hear.
I've been trying to convert Ben for years, I have lots of P-90 guitars, from a 54 Goldtop all the way through some custom builds with MQ's. My favourite sound is a Junior into a Fender turned up, my last real stage rig was a blonde Termolux into a Blond 2x12 Bassman cab with a 61 SG Les Paul Junior and a Strat. The junior just roared through that setup, but back the volume down and you can get an almost acoustic sound.
I'm also with you on low power Fender amps, I've an original blackface Princeton Reverb & Deluxe, a Princeton II and a hot rodded silverface Princeton Reverb. When you can turn them up they sound great. I used to use an old Tom Scholtz Powersoak on the Princeton in my apartment to record, and the sound was great.
