Worth doing or not

jackderby52

Prehistoric blues knob (not newbie)
Note sure if this will help or confuse matters... Year's ago I installed a toneshaper in my strat (now my sons strat) and it opened up a world of configurations with the flip of a dip switch.. And no soldering required to swap out pickups... Not cheap but for you endless tweakers, I encourage you to do a little digging and check it out..

http://www.toneshapers.com/
 

CapnDenny1

Student Of The Blues
Way too many degrees of freedom for this one! But I can see where it would good for some.

To the original poster. don't be intimidated by all this free advice. Remember you get what you pay for.

You could start with just the pickups. Unless your pots are scratchy, there really isn't a lot of reason to change the pots and caps and wiring. That all makes some difference, but as RR said, the biggest improvement will be from the pickup swap. Maybe just do that, and see how that goes? Some more of that free advice for you! ;-)
 

Rancid Rumpboogie

Blues Mangler
Yep, OP, I agree with CapnDenny1. Choosing good pickups is most of the battle. And I don't think anybody will argue that Gibson '57 Classics are hard to beat ... but they are pricy, around $300.00 a set. However, GFS offers their Alnico II Classics which are virtually indistinguishable from the Gibby Classics. I have them both, and can't really tell any difference. And the GFS Alnico II Classics are only $75.00 for a set.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/KP--GFS...Humbucker-Chrome--Kwikplug-Ready_p_21911.html
 

TwoNotesSolo

Student Of The Blues
If you change pots, make sure that you match the type of shaft (knurled, smooth...) to your knob style.
Also pay attention to the diameter of the bushings or you could have the pots be a hair loose (not bad) or need to ream the hole for the pots to fit.
 
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