napalmdeath
Well-known member
So it took me bit, (since I've not owned a hardtail in like, forever), to do a setup. I picked up a radius gauge that helped things along, but with the micro-tilt, there's a little back and forth with that, action, and truss rod, but it now plays spectacular with .010's. Had one or two nut slots that needed opened a bit, but it's now perfect.
However, these wide range pickups SUCK. They are lackluster at best. Bright, no punch, and kinda just bland. I didn't expect them to blow me away from the get-go, so I'm not terribly disappointed. So, I ordered a new pickguard to accommodate traditional sized humbuckers, and I think I'm going to go with a 59/Custom hybrid Trembucker in the bridge, and regular '59 OR Alnico II in the neck. I think the hybrid in the bridge will give me just that - a mix of PAF and more punch/growl. I'm going with a 920D Custom 500K full upgrade kit as well. Why Fender uses 250K for humbuckers is beyond me.
Tuning stability is awesome. I did put Graphtech string trees on it though that I had in a parts box.
I love the color. The neck is nice. Love it! 70's fat headstock is classy AF.
However, these wide range pickups SUCK. They are lackluster at best. Bright, no punch, and kinda just bland. I didn't expect them to blow me away from the get-go, so I'm not terribly disappointed. So, I ordered a new pickguard to accommodate traditional sized humbuckers, and I think I'm going to go with a 59/Custom hybrid Trembucker in the bridge, and regular '59 OR Alnico II in the neck. I think the hybrid in the bridge will give me just that - a mix of PAF and more punch/growl. I'm going with a 920D Custom 500K full upgrade kit as well. Why Fender uses 250K for humbuckers is beyond me.
Tuning stability is awesome. I did put Graphtech string trees on it though that I had in a parts box.
I love the color. The neck is nice. Love it! 70's fat headstock is classy AF.
