Het RG, I hear what you are saying, but for an $18 PU it's pretty decent. PU rolling is a pain, I like some of the newer wiring harnesses that use connectors and PCB in the guitar (well sort of like them) as you could do PU swapping a bit more easily. Wonder what the holes between cavities in the squire are all about
only one I'm familiar with is for the bridge earth wire (the "god" connection LoL), like the jaws of life on a Floyd Rose (vital...). Seems a good idea to put it in another guitar (you have a few
) and hear the difference. You can probably eq a bit of body into the sound, what you can't eq in easily (if at all) is articulation, and I though it did very well in that area
It sounded as good (if not better (i.e. seemed to have a nice character, like my latest MP2 purchase, it's got a really nice character to it)) as the SD JB I tried in my Epiphone SG years ago, it's still in the cupboard with the SD Alnico neck PU (the standard swap out for a Gibson style guitar in the day), neither floated my boat, so I went for Gibson 57 re-issue (~$300 ouch, but sound great, again have character).