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Vela, it’s lovely but it may be on the block as I may need something with full on humbuckers which I don’t own at the moment.
The new set is like night and day - a huge improvement. I now have all the body I felt was lacking, but still with plenty of articulation, and the dynamic response is way better. I'd definitely recommend having a chat to @TheGuitarWeasel (Ash
at Oil City) - he was very helpful and patient in dealing with my many queries, and clearly knows both how to make a great pickup and how to match it to a customer's requirements.
I replaced all the pots for 500k CTS, and I kept a split on the tone pots (push-pull, because CTS don't make push-push, and I wanted to get the best quality pots available). The stock tone pot was 300k, but went to no-load at 10. I found that a bit "all or nothing" - it was hard to get a softer sound without going muddy. Again, the new pots fix that and I can get lots of usable sounds, particularly between about 3 and 7.
Regarding coil splits - I had previously installed partial split resistors, and had the same put into the new wiring. It makes the split sounds much more usable - still distinctly single coil in character, but with less of a volume drop. I don't use them a great deal in positions 1 and 3, but I play a lot in the middle position, and there I find mixing one single coil with one full humbucker quite useful.
Aesthetically, I saw a tobacco SG2000 with nickel covered PAFs a while ago and always liked the look. I'm sure the SG2000 purists would be appalled, but it's my guitar I would have liked to keep the reflector knobs, but I find speed knobs easier to use live - particularly on push-pull pots. These are from Gibson and I think they look pretty good.
So, let's have a look at your SG1000 then
JM build | Pedalboard plans
There ya go!
Many thanks for your post. You mirror my thoughts almost exactly. I have never liked the no-load tone pots on the SG's because on 10 the pickups are bright and once you lower the tone pot , as you say, they go muddy. The pickups are fine with gain but, again like you, I play mainly clean and light overdrive these days. Paf type of output is where I am tone wise.
I would probably keep the pots and just change the pickups so it is easy to go back to spec should I sell it. That's unlikely though!
I will browse the Guitar Weasels site and have a look see. I have been meaning to anyway because he gets a great rep on here.
Many thanks for taking the time!
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My friends bought me it for Xmas while travelling round Asia together for a year, I think in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
It's branded 'Future', written in the Fender font, and despite having bought, and sold, many expensive acoustics since nothing comes close to how it sounds and feels.
2004 Mexican Standard, upgraded in 2008 with Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups which suit the big, open stuff I play using a lot of pedals. Best neck I've ever played. I think I was lucky and got a very good one.
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