Neil Young makes his sound with the P90, the Firebird pick up, but also with his souped up Fender amp, which he modded himself. It gets so hot it always has a fan standing at the back:) Of course Young's an electronic expert, designing light and sound features for model trains.
We had a lot of discussions about reliced, aged, stressed, ... guitars and basses. My head says it's strange, stupid, not done, bad, ... but my heart loves them! Especially the heavy aged Sandberg basses. If I walk into a shop and I see a brand new 50s P in Fiesta Red and there's also a reliced Pino Palladino reissue, I drool over the last one.. Can't do a thing about it!!
My girlfriend bought a great sounding P90 LP Junior in white without grain filling and clear lacquer. Just the faded version. At the back it already have some dents and some visible wood, but that's nice!!