Kim, you and I live in a very small world...My gold top has no extra switches, but i installed some push/pull pots to split each p/u individually. I find that I like the neck PU split with the bridge in full Humbucker. Sounds pretty sweet. That guitar has a JB, btw...but it's a lot thicker in the body.....and, you're right about all the dang combinations available on the cherry sunburst...I love the options, but I end up using about 4 total - haha
Richard; I'll measure the PU...but either way, I am rewiring that whole dang guitar now that I have the proper diagram
Max; I haven't wired it up yet...very soon though, new switches are on the way
As for original Super58s, they're not bad at all. I kept a couple in the neck positions of guitars that came with them (I've had a few). I found the JB to have a bit more clarity with distorted/overdriven chords in the bridge, so I bought more of those. I highly recommend the GuitarFetish pickup for the neck though, it's half the price of a SD Jazz and sounds really nice.
As far as the Invader being a thermonuclear device among PUs, I'm okay with really hot PUs. I have a couple older Ibanez that have some really hot PUs. One set of Flying Fingers (Super 80s I believe), and one set of IBZ (DiMarzio/Ibanez creations) that look very much like EMGs...but are passive. They are epoxy'd into solid black (plastic?) covers....just like EMGs without batteries.
So, I'm not afraid of a hot PU, your idle threats don't scare me
- for $50, I'll try it out. I can totally sell it for that later if I hate it