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So, as I mentioned elsewhere, for no good reason, I decided to swap out some wonderful sounding Agile Alnico V HBs for BKP Stormy Mondays on my Agile 3010SE. I also did some before and after sound samples. But first, the disclosures:
- The pickup heights were not measured
- The channel volume might be slightly different
- I likely used different gauge strings - I have individual strings "in stock" and chose them at my whim when I re-string
- I changed the Box 3 way selector for the "better" kind, for everyone who thinks this affects tone
- I changed the PG, for the few others who thinks this affects tone
If this invalidates the experiment for you, you will want to skip the clips.
Now, since I changed the PG, pups and got rid of that pesky poker chip, and because this is a guitar forum, some pics
Before
After
And now, samples: bridge clean/bridge dirty/neck clean/neck dirty
Sample "A"
https://soundcloud.com/user-903662928/ocean-sample-a/s-4Ja95
Sample "B"
https://soundcloud.com/user-903662928/ocean-sample-b/s-pJv0W
So which do you prefer?
- The pickup heights were not measured
- The channel volume might be slightly different
- I likely used different gauge strings - I have individual strings "in stock" and chose them at my whim when I re-string
- I changed the Box 3 way selector for the "better" kind, for everyone who thinks this affects tone
- I changed the PG, for the few others who thinks this affects tone
If this invalidates the experiment for you, you will want to skip the clips.
Now, since I changed the PG, pups and got rid of that pesky poker chip, and because this is a guitar forum, some pics
Before
After
And now, samples: bridge clean/bridge dirty/neck clean/neck dirty
Sample "A"
https://soundcloud.com/user-903662928/ocean-sample-a/s-4Ja95
Sample "B"
https://soundcloud.com/user-903662928/ocean-sample-b/s-pJv0W
So which do you prefer?

