Recent content by dreamwarrior

I have a 2011 LP studio and I'm getting bored with the 59/Custom hybrid I have in in it now. I've adjusted the height closer to the strings and it's helped a little bit, but still not quite what I want. I said years ago that I wouldn't do active pickups again, but I'm intrigued by the various...

I tried my first magnet swap the other night and it was pretty easy. I did, however, have to use some paper as a spacer because the A5 I tried was thinner than the ceramic magnet I was swapping out. And it got me wondering a few things 1. Is the magnet supposed to be flush against the bobbins...

I was a longtime user of EMG 81 pickups until I got a Les Paul studio last year and loved the 498t. I was feeling the 81 was sterile for a while but had no clue what pickup to try so I kept using them no matter what guitar I used (BC Rich mockingbird, Epi LP custom, Ibanez Xiphos). But now...