![]() Plus, now I can use the tone controls effectively without dialing out what little high end the original pickups had to offer. Not saying the original setup was bad or anything, its just that with the pickups the way they are now the guitar sounds stronger, clearer, and more articulate than the old setup was ever capable of delivering. ![]() The end result is something that sounds a lot more alive than the original did. To finish it all off, I put plastic covers on, and thanks to forum member Twang, got a sweet custom black pickguard to match it all. I also took the tape off and took turns off the winding (the output went from about 8.9k and 8.5k to 8.4k and 7.8k). So, i cut the chrome covers off (yes, cut.the commercial solder holding them to the pickup was so strong that it wouldn't come off any other way). I really wanted that full, open, P90 chime that I heard in my head and that I knew was possible out of these pickups. I had a lot of issues dialing the sound that I wanted, partially because the pickups are overwound and have chrome covers on them that don't really lend too much high end. I still wasn't getting a lot of high end or balance to the pickups, though. Well some of you might remember the last time that I said this guitar was done upgrade-wise:
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