In this video, I finally answer my question about inexpensive guitars: Is it worth upgrading the electronics? Can a "player" guitar become a "sleeper"? I decided to find out by swapping out the stock Jackson pickups for the quintessential "Hot-rodded humbuckers" pair of Seymour Duncan humbuckers. In addition, I took advantage of Duncan's four conductor wiring scheme to add a coil split functionality to each pickup, giving me even more tonal options. The results are, quite frankly, spectacular, and now this guitar is probably the most versatile I have.
Clean channel
0:00 Intro
3:22 Jackson Neck Pickup
3:52 Seymour Duncan SH-2n pickup
4:24 Jackson Pickups Both
5:00 Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB & SH-2n pickup
5:35 Jackson Bridge Pickup
6:14 Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB pickup
Drive channel
7:35 Jackson Neck Pickup
8:05 Seymour Duncan SH-2n pickup
8:33 Jackson Pickups Both
9:03 Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB & SH-2n pickup
9:32 Jackson Bridge Pickup
10:00 Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB pickup
