Re: Fender Pawn Shop Series - No April Fooling
Plus they are a year older then you!
AD3THREE wrote:I'm kind of to the point now where it makes more sense to buy cheap and mod it, going totally against what Joe Bonamassa does which is buy what you want to begin with and leave it alone.
This makes total sense.
Pickups are the easiest way to change the tone of a guitar... and if the guitar sounded good to begin with, are the chances it will sound better or worse? The Crappy thing about pickups is you'll have NO idea what they'll sound like from guitar to guitar... and most people don't have the same make and model of pickups in all of their guitars. I know (for example) Kirk Hammett has EMG active pickups in all of his guitars, thinking he'll get a truer sound out of all his guitars. Me? I like my guitars to have all different flavors, it sort of justifies G.A.S. - you gotta have different sounds!
I contemplated taking the '78 Gibson pickups out of my new (old) Les Paul Custom, but I really like to keep it all stock, and the pickups are better than decent, so I won't mess with it.