Hi Hank thanks for your info. I have no problem to do the work myself. My plan is to rem,ove the complete loom and rewire using CTS 500K audio tapers. I have a good supply of NOS caps. I plan to keep all the old stuff and replace with Mules. The old Pu's and wiring loom will be kept just in case I ever come to sell the guitar. The guitar is very worn ans as such I won't be affecting the value, plus I will still have the original loom.
In terms of Burstbuckers , They can sound great in some guitars but are very guitar specific.
I have a pair of antiquities in an old 72 Gold deluxe ( routed) which sound fantastic but in an R9 of mine they sound lousy, such is the way of the guitar.
I've ordered the Mules now and will start the restoration when they arrive.
Looking forward to that
Sounds like a plan to me! The crawlers should be very nice with the custom trough a JTM clone. I play trough a JCM800(2205) and a Bluesbreaker '90 reissue and tend to use boosters alot. The unpotted alnico IV mules are pretty unique and i was desperate to try them since i dont need high output pickups on my amps. Maybe not historically correct, but high output pickups on a JTM makes so much difference IMHO.
The mules in a custom do sound very complex and clear, i can imagine alot of players would find them a bit too thin and would prefer them in a standard.
Everything
does boil down to getting the right guitar/pickup combination, i agree. My mules seem to be voiced for 500k pots, which is different from most 'true' PAF reissues IMO. I have Gibson, dimarzio and SD PAFs and all sound better with 250 caps IMO. I do prefer acoustically very clear sounding guitars though(2 of my customs have maple necks), which makes all the difference IMO.
I really like your standards, hope you can toss us a pic or two of your custom and maybe a couple of other mates you have around.
Kindest regards, Henk
