Last one for sure?

[fender3x]

BTW, I saw this on YT recently...



The answer to his question is "not necessarily". Stamps from famous makers do not mean the pickup from a cheap Asian factory is actually an expensive US pickup. How do I know? I bought no-name pickup on eBay that had the SD logo stamped on the bottom which was visible in the pic. It is possible that the baseplates were made in the same factory as ones for SD...but that was the only resemblance. The rest of the pickup was definitely not SD. I am guessing the same is true for bobbins. They might just buy their parts from the same place. Unless you know that the mfg makes pickups or other parts for a name-brand, this is a bad bet IMHO.

[Tgraham]

Very interesting

[Tgraham]

Thanks mate great info, esp about how to make a paperweight

[fender3x]

Ha! One of a number of failed experiments on my desk ;-)

[Trevor Davies]

I’m thinking of upgrading pickups on this build, hopefully without breaking the budget, what have others used and or recommendations please.

I have used the Tonerider pups from PBG and are very happy with them!

[Tgraham]

Thanks Trevor, there are so many options ranging from almost no $ to omg so much. Tim suggested I start a new post on pickups for more discussion which I nearly did but then thought there would be so many ideas I would be totally confused.
On another matter why do bugs always find my spray jobs so fast, the little shites are frustrating.