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I hear more clarity and tightness..
The old Blacktop Tron in my Gretsch 5422 neck position sounds looser,,less clarity..
It actually sounds kind of aged..The looseness sounds more sort of Organic Maaaan..
From 10 minutes swapping them back and forwards..
I think I like the HF trons more..I like the tonal balance..
The Blacktops sound less cultured rawer and vintage,,I like that too..
The HF Trons in the G5420 look way better than the Blacktops..
I think pickups do open up a little with age,,it could be an illusion that,but I've noticed guitars I've used a lot,especially at volume with drums seem to have something..Again it could be phantom..
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They are basically as high as they can go..That's with the spacers..I'm not sure if the tech raised the polepieces or not..
It sounds good..Double spacers on the bridge pickup,,single on the neck..The poles would be miles away if flush with the pickup tops..
There doesn't seem much range on the tone pot..He said the one in there was 250 K,so put in a better quality 250k..
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I wouldn't normally go lower than that anyway..It gives the illusion of fattening the sound up a bit when on zero..
The HF Trons are made in Japan...Sound good..Aesthetically I think Filtertrons are maybe the most beautiful pickup.. I have the guitar on my lap right now..Plays so good..I love the look of it..I imagine the two tone green is a marmite thing..I prefer it to orange or white and gold...Not having to plug it in to hear it well makes it great for insomnia..
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein