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Well - pickup swap time. I swapped in the Lollar about a month ago. Played it enough to feel like I had spent quality time with it. Nice pickup. More detail than the MIJ, maybe a tad less bottom. Sweeter upper mid's - overall - a smoother sounding pickup to my ear.
I just yanked it and installed a Vintage Vibe. This one is a custom build up after telling Pete Biltoft know what I wanted. I asked for warm but articulate. Smooth or even slightly restrained high end. He chose ALico III magnets and a slight overwind and - damn! It's been in for a few days and all I can saw is WOW! One of the better $80 buy's I've made.
Great sounding pickup and beautifully built. He put's a little copper foil shield on the bottom, then runs braided shield 2 conductor wire. The braid is soldered to the copper foil on both halves of the pickup so I soldered it to the back of the tone pot. Not vintage looking like cloth and fiber board but very business like looking and quiet as a church mouse.
I'm going to record some DI'd samples this afternoon. Then I'm going to re-string with a set of rounds to see how those do.
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