Well that happened fast - i was thinking about doing up my 1990 Washburn KC-40V which had been sat unloved in a cupboard for years. Before I knew it I had fixed the floyd rose (which had come away from its bushings), found a trem arm that sort-of fits, cleaned it up and ordered a new set of pickups.
I went with Irongears - it's a HSS set up so I've got a steamhammer at the bridge (tapped) and texas locos as the single coils.
It's still in pieces but I've checked the wiring and it's working with a coil tap, so I've just got to reassemble and restring the damn thing now. Pics to follow.
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My last issue is a lot of noise coming through the pickups from the tremolo arm - it's an earthing issue as it stops when I touch it. With a NR pedal it's not an issue but any tips to minimise it on the original signal will be appreciated.
The tone from the new pickups is awesome!
If you remove the arm and just touch the tremolo does that stop the noise too? If so it seems like the bridge is not grounded, there should be a stray wire in the control cavity that disappears seemingly to no where in the body. It goes to one of the holes drilled for the bridge mounting posts. Double check that this wire is also grounded to a pot.