Worth putting BKPs in a cheapish guitar?

[oilpit]

I've got a Warmoth superstrat that I built last year, it's got an ash body, quilt maple top, maple neck, RW fretboard, a Floyd Rose and I absolutely adore it.  It sounds great, plays like a dream, and the neck fits my hand better than any glove


Right now it has a Dimarzio Crunch Lab/Liquifire combo, and I like them a lot but lately I've really been wanting to put a HD/CS combo in it.  My only hesitation is that the pickups would cost almost half what the entire guitar did.

I'm torn...is it worth putting BKPs in a cheap guitar?

[Madsakre]

ofc. those are nice woods, and the price tag does not say how good the guitar really is.

What music do you play?

[Brow]

As long as you like the tone of the guitar unplugged then I'd say it's definitely worth it.

I have BKPs in a fair few 'less than expensive' guitars and they're fine so far!  :lol:

[Telerocker]

The tonewoods look promising/ Warmoth is not exactly a cheapo brand. So upgrading is def. not a bad investment at all. I think the HD will do great in ash. I have the Crawler in swampash and this pu makes my superstrat very fatsounding. You will experience the same with the Diver.

[BigB]

As long as you like the tone of the guitar unplugged then I'd say it's definitely worth it.

Slowhands were an obvious (read: "night and day") improvement in my Vox Standard 25 (which is a pretty good guitar for the money but definitly not an expensive one).

[gwEm]

i wouldn't call that a cheap guitar!

and even if it were, i'd personally fit BKPs in anything that wasn't made of plywood.

[Madsakre]

i wouldn't call that a cheap guitar!

and even if it were, i'd personally fit BKPs in anything that wasn't made of plywood.

Lol well i can report that a painkiller sounds KILLER in a Plywood Ironbird xD

[Philly Q]

Nothing wrong with Warmoth parts, and definitely worthy of BKPs.

I'm just puzzling how you made this guitar so cheaply - did you use unfinished parts?  :?

[Bob Gnarly]

I put £220 worth of Cold Sweats in a Ibanez Iceman I bought 2nd hand for £70.
It sounds great and is my main recording guitar.

[oilpit]

Nothing wrong with Warmoth parts, and definitely worthy of BKPs.

I'm just puzzling how you made this guitar so cheaply - did you use unfinished parts?  :?

I just bought parts in stock, nothing was custom built.
I don't remember how much each part was, but the whole guitar (minus hardware and the Dimarzios) was about 600 dollars...

As for the music I play, on this guitar anyway, I play a bunch of instrumental rock (Vai, Timmons, Petrucci) and some metal (Metallica, Dream Theater, 80's stuff)

[Philly Q]

I just bought parts in stock, nothing was custom built.
I don't remember how much each part was, but the whole guitar (minus hardware and the Dimarzios) was about 600 dollars...

Ah, are you in the USA?  Warmoth stuff is much more expensive in the UK, due to the shipping charges, VAT and import duty.  Unfortunately!

[Ratrod]

I've put a  Blackguard in a Squier.

Totally worth it.

[metale]

I've put a  Blackguard in a Squier.

Totally worth it.

Hey, is that the Esquire replica with the artwork I've seen online? It had a Blackguard BKP if I recall correctly.

Cheers.

[Mr. Air]

i wouldn't call that a cheap guitar!

and even if it were, i'd personally fit BKPs in anything that wasn't made of plywood.

I totally agree with gwEm. I wouldn't call a Warmoth a cheap guitar and it is defenitely worthy of some BKPs. My BKPed guitars are all quite cheap, but they sound great  :D

[AndyR]

Yep, I'd BKP any guitar that I was playing and enjoying.

If it had issues that were bugging me enough to be thinking about replacing the guitar, then I wouldn't bother. Otherwise, plywood, whatever, if I liked the guitar but felt the pickups were letting me down, BKP time :D