So the long story.
I've had the guitar not quite a year and have really bonded with it. I decided I wasn't happy with the sound of the stock pickups ( not enough honk/jangle). So I bought a set of Fender Pure Vintage '65's and put in it.
They are a little brighter and sound "okay" enough of an improvement over the stock ones in neck and bridge positions. The middle position has been driving me nuts. The output is noticeably lower and sounds worse than the Stock ones. I understand the neck is reverse wound / reverse polarity on the PV '65 and the Japanese pups aren't(tested with a compass).and have listened to several clean sound demos on YT. and can tell "something aint right"with my middle position. I used the wiring diagram what came with the pick ups. that's all good . I don't think the Japanese wiring is any different that I can see.
I'm tempted to reverse the wiring on the neck and see(maybe I got a set with the leads put on backwards. seems like if it was backwards already it would sound out of phase which it doesn't I'm about ready to put the old ones back in.
Lead circuit pots were not linear in range at all and replaced all the lead pots/cap/resister components because the needed replacing anyways. That's all better but my" tone" issue is at a standstill. I can say that my sounds (clean on ac30).
While this post simmers, ill reverse the neck and see for fun and if not, go back to original pickups and see if I can send these back.
Here's a pic since posts without a pic ain't much fun. Any opinions, thoughts appreciated .
