You can try a ceramic magnet and also change the row of hex heads towards the bridge for normal length filister screws, that'll get it pretty close to a Custom. And the Custom can chuggggggg. Oh, also Alnico 8 in the JB or the Custom is magic.
I'm in love lately with my JB with RCA5 magnet in my RG565, in this guitar it's simply better sounding than A8. This can easily be my desert island guitar. I might try the cool rails in the neck, @Kurayami is pretty happy with it.
Yes, except that the logo doesn't quite fit, lemme explain myself:
- Dimarzio like baseplate - check
- Double hex black screws - check
- Matte bobbin finish - check
That's Dimarzio in my book, ain't get more Dimarzio than that 🙂
That looks killer 🙂 As @Mincer suggested, think of what you don't like about the JB in that guitar first. I had the BW set in my 550, but it didn't last long. Both neck and bridge sounded very stiff and impersonal, maybe because that guitar just lacks low mids. After replacing the set with a...